I got a second chance...Thank you God!!

I just wanted to let you know that Saturday I was driving home from grocery shopping and 1 mile from the house I had a wreck. It was already dark and it was snowing with a nice touch of sleet added to it. I came around one of the many curves in our road and the next thing I knew the back end of the car was passing me. I did a couple of 360's in the middle of road and then slammed into the ditch on one side but that wasn't the end. I then was slammed into the other ditch that is beside a small mountain and the vehicle flipped on the side and crushed the roof in on the drivers side. I forgot to mention while all this spinning is going on all the groceries and canned goods are being propelled through the car like rockets.

I finally stopped after the cave in and the van was thrown back into the road facing the opposite way halfway in the ditch halfway in the road. I could not find my cell phone and decided to crawl out to go get help. There nearest house was a ways down the road and down an embankment that was great fun sliding down. I think the man that came to the door was a bit shocked to have a knock on his door but more shocked to see me standing there all muddy and blood all over my face.

He took me home to get Brandon and he was as shocked to see me come through the door like that. He called 911 and the sheriff dept to come out. I had to get 4 stitches in my face and I have  cuts between eyes and on chin. I have 2 black eyes and bruises from head to toe...and a major concussion! I did not have my seat belt on and was told it was by the grace of God I didn't die. I was told if the car went off the other side I would of hit huge boulders and flipped into the river.

 So all of that being said I do thank God for keeping me here and just wanted to tell you that I treasure your friendship and thank God I am still around to be friends with you! I have been nervous about getting the surgery but now I know that God saved me and this is my second chance at life and I will be healthy and thinner . If I can make it through this wreck then I can make it through anything....thank you all for your love and well wishes!!

Love ya ,Mean it!!

Oh wow you are so very lucky!!!  Please take this as your second chance and always in the future wear your seat belt....my brother was paralized in a roll over accident; he was not wearing a belt.  The other 2 occupants died.  The officer said they would have all lived had they been wearing seatbelts.   Sorry for lecture.  I am so happy you are alive and relatively unharmed. *gentle hugs*

Thank you Jillian,I am so sorry for your brother.I have learned my lesson and I will never get in a car without buckling up. I was scared to death and know it could of been worse but I have learned my lesson! ~Melissa

Oh my gosh girl, I have chills reading this.  I'm SO glad you are ok and it's a nice wakeup call to the rest of us to not take anything for granted.  ((((gentle hugs))))

Shelly, You are so right,it is easy to take things for granit but no more. I wish that I was closer to the rest of the group on here, so when you guys get together I could join in. I feel isolated up here sometimes and have a few friends but not a lot. I am so busy with work and I have a hour and half drive to work each day so weekends are my free time but with my other job I am on the go with that. I am very happy I found this site and that there are such sweet people like yourself that keep people like me going!! Thanks for your kind words. ~Melissa

Hi Melissa, First, I am so glad you are okay.  I know how bad the roads have been lately! I noticed you saying you were a bit isolated.  I also saw you are a patient of Dr. Oh.  Are you in the Federal Way area?  I am a Srikanth patient (also operates out of St. Francis).  I facilitate Srikanth's band support group.  While it is spported by Srikanth, the group is open to all band patients.  As a side note, Srikanth and Oh used to assist each other - they have very similar styles and after care programs. If you would like to join our support group, just let me know and I will send you the info. Again, I am so glad you are okay.  Take care of yoursel!

Vicki,

Thanks for the invite but I live way north of y'all, I live in 2 1/2 hours northeast of Federal Way. I would love to be close to a support group, but I feel with my schedule I will only be able to get support on here. I have a 1 1/2 hour commute to work each day and on the weekends I work my second and third job. I Like Dr Ohi and I feel very comfortable that he will do a great job, I can't wait till I finally have my surgery.

Thank you for your support and kinds words you have given me at diffrent times on here. I really appreciate it. ~Melissa

That's too bad Melissa.  I understand that commute issue!  I used to commute from Tacoma up to Seattle until I just moved up here.  It definitely makes for very long days. I think you'll have wonderful success with Dr. Oh.  I have only heard good things about him.  And since I know his follow up care program is very similar to Srikanth's, I know that you can have very good success. Take care and talk to you later.

Omigosh!!!  What a terrible, scary thing to go through - and you were able to walk away from it with relatively minor injuries...  God and his angels definitely were looking out for you on Saturday!!    Hopefully you are feeling much better by now and those cuts and bruises are healing up quickly!  Glad to hear you are ready to take this second chance that was given you and make the most of it!  Try not to worry about the surgery - you've got a great surgeon!  Take advantage of all the info, support and friendships on this site...  Take care!!

Nancy, you are right ,it was by the grace of God that I made it. I think sometimes in our lives we get frustrated and think God has looked away...but he hasn't!! I am feeling better just the constant head ache is the thing that really bothers me. My husband is a trauma nurse so that is a bonus, just need him to work on his bedside manner a bit. ha-ha! He is great just being a "man" at times is all.I do love this site and have not met one person that I didn't enjoy talking to. I hope to meet some of you all in person some day. Thank you for your sweet words. ~Melissa