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Met a PTSD combat vet on way to Mexico

Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd

I wrote this by pm to a DS PTSD friend here and decided to share with everybody.


I arrived in San Cristobal last night, and what fun it is!  The counter clerks recognized me and remembered me from my January trip at my hotel and so did the waiters at the restaurant.  It was nice to be so well received on arrival.  It's just lovely up here in the mountains of San Cristobal right now.  So much nicer than in when I left in the States.  


I'm checking my memories of how much I liked this place last time, and they hold up.  It's great here.


I had a stopover in Mexico City, and during my wait I met a couple of guys from the USA.  One was an Iraq combat vet, an amputee from an I.E.D.  We had a great chat until one of the guys turned the topic toward politics. To my consternation, they had a loud row right there and then.  


The other guy stormed off, but I hung with the vet for a while longer.  I've got my tale of woe from ye olde carbombing when I was a kid overseas.  He had quite a tale of woe himself, the kind we know here.  How PTSD can really drag your life down, which was why he'd left the States to try to start over on the streets of Mexico City.  


I gave him a couple of bucks, and said a prayer for him as I got on my next plane.  There but for the grace of God go I, y'all.  Prayers for our vets with PTSD, ya know?


Hope you're all well.  Stay warm!

iwontbackdown1
iwontbackdown1
You're my brother. So, of course I keep all my sisters and brothers in my heart and thoughts.XO
MrMojoRisin
MrMojoRisin
That made me sad.

There but by the grace of nature and doctors and time go I.
Community Leadermujicaptsd
mujicaptsd
Thanks for saying so, Mojo. It left me feeling sad, too, for him and all those suffering like him without any support out there. He got spooked about his health care so that's why he came to Mexico, of all things. My two cents is that any vet who gave his leg in service to his country ought not be on the streets anywhere. He ought to be in a system in which he gets all of the support modern medicine has to offer in a luxury hospital with gold plated fixtures and peacocks roaming the grounds. I know, it's an extreme dream, but I have a dream. And a prayer.
Community LeaderSunCloudJD
SunCloudJD
Big hug for you muji..... I was really worried about you and I am so glad that your trip is going so well... I was worried because of politics and I am sure glad to be wrong

It sounds like you're in the right place at the right time for that young soldier.... I agree it is sad.... I have found for myself that using my disorders for good has really helped me to cope so much easier.... It then gives me a reason for having what I do that doesn't seem as wrong if that makes any sense

Big hug mojo and muji..... I hope that soldier gets that help that he so deserves.... It really sux that he is on the streets ....He should have the support and healthcare now..... It does seem so wrong.... God bless him .....xo
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