A horrible waste but the Charger gave her life to save yours.

I know it sucks, but I hope the car is saved. Take the bad parts off, and a few hours on a frame rack, and it will not be as bad as it looks now. The car is salvageable.

glad you're
OK. Damn shame but you can rebuild it.

*oman*

Glad that everybody is ok.

This story breaks my heart.

But that is the risk nowadays of driving any classic car or daily grinder..
Bottom line glad you are OK.

If she can be repaired,she will still be a "True Survivor" instead of a cherry picked parts car shell of her old self.
She deserves to be fixed but that's my opinion.

Feasablity,insurance may be big factors

Such a sad deal. Glad for you getting out safe. Please fix that sweet car, or get it to a new owner who will fix it. Easier than rust repair. Won't be cheap. Need a good frame man to make it happen.

and sitting in a garage a tragedy can still happen. Might as well drive them and have fun with them. And we only have some many heart beats. Again, get them out and have fun with them.

It was a shame but your statement above is more true that you know. More details to come.
I don't regret driving the car that day at all...

Well, The last couple months have been nuts. I am finally prepared to share...I declined medical attention At the scene of the accident but a few hours later, my lovely wife convinced me to go the emergency room, where I received a chest x ray and a head CT scan. The ER Doc pronounced me healthy and sent me home but two days later I received a phone call. The head of radiology was home on the day of the crash. Two days later, he was reviewing the work done over the holiday when he came across my chest x-ray. He spotted a bump on my right humerus (the big bone in the upper arm). Several x-rays/MRI's and 14 days later I was told I have bone cancer in my right arm. I'm only 36 and a father of 5 little ones so it hit me hard. The surgeon/oncologist said that I needed to have the top third of my right humerus cut out and replaced with a cadaver bone. It took 3 weeks to find a cadaver bone that had the right size/profile since the head of the humerus needed to fit my existing rotator cuff/shoulder. It took three weeks of taking it easy because the bone was so thin that it was close to breaking. The picture of the x-ray shows how bad it was-the black void is where the cancer had eaten out the bone. As soon as the bone came in, I had surgery. Before the bone could be removed, the surgeon had to cut/unhook and peel back all the muscles that attach to the shoulder (bicep, tricep, deltoid, pectoral, and 4 back muscles) before cutting the cancerous bone out and grafting in the cadaver bone section with a 6" plate and screws. After the graft, all the muscles had to be sown back in place. I spent 5 days in the hospital where the pain was BRUTAL. The first 5 days at home were pretty rough too but things got much better after that. I've been in a sling for 6 weeks now and I've never sat still so much. The surgeon thinks he got all the cancer, but I will be doing body scans every 3 months for the next 5 years. The bone was sent off for pathology and upon inspection, the bone was hairline fractured but the tissue above it tested clean. The surgeon says this bone can take 6-9 months to heal fully. If it's not healed by 9 months I will have to have another bone graft done so if you're a praying man/woman, please pray for healing. I have to take it really easy for the next year which is NOT MY STYLE!!
I'm not sure why this had to happen, but I believe that all things happen for a reason and I'm truly grateful to God have survived the crash and to have a solid chance at beating this cancer. I do know that without this wreck, cancer would not have been found in time. This type of cancer does not respond to radiation or chemo so it can only be cut out. And when it spreads, it usually goes straight to the lungs....so all in all, I feel fortunate. If you pray, please keep me in your prayers. Enjoy the pictures...
The tumor....





One of my favorite pics from inside the car...

I saw your post on FB yesterday and thought, wow, God works His miracles in so many different ways. No one would ever think you would be lucky to be in an accident with a survivor 69 charger, but you were.
That car accident saved your life and though wives can be a pita, lol, sometimes they're right about us making sure we get ourselves checked out health wise. Thankfully you took her advice.Sounds like you have a great support system. If losing one 69 charger means the hobby gets to keep a great mopar enthusiast and these 5 kids get to keep there dad, then take the car all day, every day. Best of luck to you on your road to recovery. Keep the prayers flowing because God obviously works! And who knows, if cutting out the cancer and bone can get you back to 100%, maybe you'll decide to cut out the damage in that charger and get that looking good as new too! Good luck and you will be in my prayers.

God Bless you and your beautiful family

Prayers will be sent

I don't want to say you're a lucky man because all of this sucks but good thing you got in that accident. It sounds like they got the bad stuff out of your arm

we usually don't understand why some things happen, but like you said, if you hadn't been in that crash, it may not have been caught in time. God is watching over you. Prayers sent for a good recovery.

Stay Positive!!

God Bless You and your Family

I'm happy you're OK. I'm so glad the the misfortune actually helped you find the cancer. I have a very similar story, I got very lucky myself or I wouldn't be here.... God bless you and yours brother. (oh and I stopped at 3 girls LOL)

Sending positive thoughts your way - and a thank you to the head of Radiology! I am thinking that seeing your family everyday is also translating into some powerful medicine as well

WOW! What a crazy turn! I am glad they caught it in time. I pray for a speedy and full recovery for you!

I remember when you first found this 69 charger (as your not too far from me) and was shocked at the accident you were in on a facebook post. The saying that "That the Lord works in mysterious ways" is a good lesson here. Had the accident not happened, how long would you have gone before discovering the big C?


Praying for you, your family and a full recovery!

I dont know what to say, I am not much of a religious man but have to say someone was on your side and I will pray that whoever it may be, is still watching over you.

5 years ago today I had that horrible first surgery...so I'm 5 years cancer free!!! I finally got around to making a couple youtube videos about the purchase and the wreck.

Part 1: The purchase

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Part 2: The wreck...and the cancer that was found by E.R. imaging