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Tim Medvetz

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519 total appearances

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We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

Like life was good. So let me ask you a question.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

Like life was good. So let me ask you a question.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

Like life was good. So let me ask you a question.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

How the hell do you start scaling Mount Everest five times after this accident? Yeah, I mean, probably drugs, alcohol.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

How the hell do you start scaling Mount Everest five times after this accident? Yeah, I mean, probably drugs, alcohol.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

How the hell do you start scaling Mount Everest five times after this accident? Yeah, I mean, probably drugs, alcohol.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

Essentially, I got to get back on that. What kind of drug? You mean pain medication? Yeah. So I get out of the hospital. So now I'm like, you know, this big, tough guy in an accident. I'm being pushed around in a wheelchair, but he's feeling sorry for me. And then I, you know, graduate to the walker, you know, that thing with the little tennis balls and shit, right? Nothing cool about that.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

Essentially, I got to get back on that. What kind of drug? You mean pain medication? Yeah. So I get out of the hospital. So now I'm like, you know, this big, tough guy in an accident. I'm being pushed around in a wheelchair, but he's feeling sorry for me. And then I, you know, graduate to the walker, you know, that thing with the little tennis balls and shit, right? Nothing cool about that.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

Essentially, I got to get back on that. What kind of drug? You mean pain medication? Yeah. So I get out of the hospital. So now I'm like, you know, this big, tough guy in an accident. I'm being pushed around in a wheelchair, but he's feeling sorry for me. And then I, you know, graduate to the walker, you know, that thing with the little tennis balls and shit, right? Nothing cool about that.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

It's cooler than the crutches. It doesn't look cooler. But it's better because you fall on your ass a couple of times with the crutches. How many times you fall with the crutches? Oh man, so many times. Yeah, I just hate that.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

It's cooler than the crutches. It doesn't look cooler. But it's better because you fall on your ass a couple of times with the crutches. How many times you fall with the crutches? Oh man, so many times. Yeah, I just hate that.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

It's cooler than the crutches. It doesn't look cooler. But it's better because you fall on your ass a couple of times with the crutches. How many times you fall with the crutches? Oh man, so many times. Yeah, I just hate that.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

So then I never fell with the walker. No, but I graduated from the walker to the crutches. Right. Then I graduated from the crutches to the cane and that was cool. Right. Now I'm riding my motorcycle again. I got a turtle shell surrounding as my back was completely shattered. I broke almost every bone in my body. What do you mean a turtle shell?

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

So then I never fell with the walker. No, but I graduated from the walker to the crutches. Right. Then I graduated from the crutches to the cane and that was cool. Right. Now I'm riding my motorcycle again. I got a turtle shell surrounding as my back was completely shattered. I broke almost every bone in my body. What do you mean a turtle shell?

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

So then I never fell with the walker. No, but I graduated from the walker to the crutches. Right. Then I graduated from the crutches to the cane and that was cool. Right. Now I'm riding my motorcycle again. I got a turtle shell surrounding as my back was completely shattered. I broke almost every bone in my body. What do you mean a turtle shell?

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

It was a, when you have a, I basically shattered everything from my L1 to L5. My complete back has been shattered. Put back together and bolted, mesh cage, titanium bolts. But I had to wear this to keep my back straight. It was this, like it was a shell, like a Ninja Turtle shell. How long ago was this? Well, this was, you know, 25 years ago. This was done, you know, right after 9-11, right?

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

It was a, when you have a, I basically shattered everything from my L1 to L5. My complete back has been shattered. Put back together and bolted, mesh cage, titanium bolts. But I had to wear this to keep my back straight. It was this, like it was a shell, like a Ninja Turtle shell. How long ago was this? Well, this was, you know, 25 years ago. This was done, you know, right after 9-11, right?

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

It was a, when you have a, I basically shattered everything from my L1 to L5. My complete back has been shattered. Put back together and bolted, mesh cage, titanium bolts. But I had to wear this to keep my back straight. It was this, like it was a shell, like a Ninja Turtle shell. How long ago was this? Well, this was, you know, 25 years ago. This was done, you know, right after 9-11, right?

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

And so I had to wear that. I had a knee brace. Did they call you Turtle? My girlfriend did sign it. Um, but so I went through this whole, you know, six months and then I started walking again and then it was like, okay, you got to start going to rehab.

We're Out of Time
How Tim Medvetz Turned Pain Into Purpose | The Heroes Project

And so I had to wear that. I had a knee brace. Did they call you Turtle? My girlfriend did sign it. Um, but so I went through this whole, you know, six months and then I started walking again and then it was like, okay, you got to start going to rehab.