I'm a full-time job for her. She can't work because she's constantly looking after me, just keeping me level, keeping me where I need to be just to get through each day, which is the case for a lot of spouses and a lot of family members.
I have three sons who I haven't seen in years because my ex-wife thinks I'm absolutely crazy and that they wouldn't want to have any contact with me, and now they just don't want to. I've paid a heavy price. I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for Jeanette, I'll tell you right now.
What she is talking about, the catalyst for getting help for me, bringing in the National Post and everything, was a former standoff I had with a SWAT team in Trenton that ended with me hanging myself. That was it for her. I was sent to Ste. Anne's Hospital in Montreal, the only VA hospital left at the time. Dr. Provençal himself ran a two-month PTSD program. It was quite effective and it was a very good program, and it was back at the time when we didn't have any programs. He had the only working program. It was all-encompassing with financial counselling and occupational therapists. He had everything structured for every day, and it was a great system. Whatever happened to it, I don't know. Now you've closed down Ste. Anne's Hospital.
For soldiers deploying injured and going into civilian facilities, civilians, first, don't have the time, and second, don't have the knowledge of what these guys require. Military medical people understand military people. They understand what they need. They understand what they're going through because they've been through it. Don't put these people in with civilians because the civilians aren't going to understand, and they're going to get frustrated. They're going to get angry because of outbursts or other things that are happening with the veteran. Put them in with military medical people who understand where they're coming from.