I had significant injuries to both of my hips during the blast. I ferociously complained about it to the Canadian Forces medical service and was kind of put in this holding pattern. Eventually, when I left service and started seeing a medical team outside the forces, this was something they identified. I got connected to an orthopaedic surgeon and went on through that. Now I'm having this major surgery in May.
Here I am, 10 years after injury, and I'm still requiring all this care, so for my case to be arbitrarily dropped and for me to get out of the limelight just seems absurd, because I'm going to require lifetime care, and it's going to be at a level that is going to be far different from the level for other veterans. I don't know if it's the Canadian Forces medical system or the way my health has fallen over the years.... There are numerous factors that have contributed to this.