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187 - How The VA Failed This Disabled Military Veteran ft. Tejano Space Cowboy | Unsubscribe Podcast Ep 187
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Chapter 1: What was the turning point in Tejano Space Cowboy's life?
Chapter 2: How does Tejano Space Cowboy advocate for prosthetics?
Yeah, they have so many more amputees that I think that a lot of the prosthetic technology advancements will come out of there. Unfortunately, if Americans don't do it, just because, you know, it's a lot of necessity. Yeah, just necessity. It's just necessity. Yeah.
That's wild. Getting that. Oh, Cody, you have a question? No. Oh, okay. No, I'm just, I'm just, I'm enthralled by it. I'm just listening. It's wild. So with yours, um, you, as you're saying, upper limbs are a lot rarer to survive or during the GY and, um, you got, I assume, super lucky for the blast to close the wound, and then they tourniqueted it right after.
Well, no, I began to put my own tourniquet on. Dude, it was terrible. You know what's so funny?
It's that training.
You're like, oh, that's what's in my fucking eyes.
My boys later on were like, my boy, my saw gunner was like, he was like, it's insane because you crawled out of this canal and you were just bleeding out, and he started yelling at us to get on the line and lay down, cover fire. And I was thinking to myself, like, That's stuff that I don't remember. That's a memory. Dude, I weigh 200 pounds now. I think I weighed 189 at the time.
And when they measured me, I weighed 165. I lost so much blood. And I was thinking to myself, I felt so weak and so cold. And I was like, you know, you don't remember until years later, like, things, and you piece together what happened from different people. And he was like, yeah, man, you were yelling at us. They're like, you're missing your arm.
You think you're still going to be in charge of us? And I remember, like, an award coming up later in the Marine Corps about that. And I was like, that's so badass. I don't even remember that. But I do think I would be yelling at you guys, like, get on the phone.
line like you do push-ups because you still like you're sorry you're like out of consciousness you're still a dickhead dude yeah it was like i can't believe you were yelling at us like and i'll be like we thought you were gonna they're like emotional crying and i like you know thinking they're thinking i'm gonna die and i'm like yelling at them so it's like an emotional that's wild yeah an emotional thing that i it's funny like thinking about that dude who's i was with the guy the other day and who was a singing veteran who's um
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Chapter 3: What challenges did Tejano Space Cowboy face with the VA?
Which is kind of funny. Because, like, any time when you have... Like, if I was to get fucked up tomorrow on range day, let's just say. I've heard people say this before where, like, this has happened to them. Where, like, if Cody's around me or Eli's around me, they're like... You're good, bro. You're good. Like, everything's going to be fine. You're good.
Just like, let's get the fucking truck here now. Like, you're fine, man. You're fine. If you guys started telling me I'm fine, I'm terrified.
Like, Brandon, you dumbass. God, you're so stupid. Just hold on. Cody, he is fucked.
Yeah. If you guys started telling me how good I was doing, I'm losing it, dude. I just, I love you.
oh no oh no gentle forehead kiss i love you buddy cody brings out a cross where did that come from no no no no it's funny with the dark humor element of that too because i've had people that like will make they'll they'll be irritated with the jokes that we make on the podcast it's like you've never met a veteran have you yeah you don't people have dark like
yeah i think that the darkness like because um yeah that changed so much obviously because the military and now like i feel like i relate more to people who are like in the anime and stuff like that because um you you don't have that light because you like i think about like all my idols it's very hard to like relate to people because you're like man like if i would have been in that place i would have died you didn't mean like we're talking about um marcus aurelius and like some of his quotes and i changed some of his quotes thinking about it i was like because
you know even in vietnam i would have been i would have died and so like you look at anime characters and you're like oh man like these are these people that maybe they weren't real but they created this violent story that's easier to relate to oh you're good and um you know sometimes it's easier to to to communicate in those kind of terms because it's like uh you know and and if i was a spartan i would have died
Um, you know, so I'm, I'm lucky to be alive in 2024 because, you know, the advancements of, of medical technology and stuff like that, because, um, those chances of your, I mean, DNA literally making up to that moment.
Yeah. They've got all your family members up to that probably did war or something. And then you're the one that survives. Yes. You get blown up, but you're like, okay. At that moment with technology. Yeah. Your DNA has made it millions of years to be able to get to the point where you could survive.
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Chapter 4: What is the importance of humor among veterans?
But he was SWAT, and his first call was – he was a sniper. His first call was responding to Santa Fe, and my little sister was at that school too. And his very first call was – Um, my sister was like a sister to him because they lived together. Uh, cause we're, you know, we're really poor. And, um, so he's my cousin and his first, his first call was responding to her mass shooting.
And it was just like, you know, you know, I don't know if you remember Santa Fe, but it was like 10 shooters. And that was his very first, um, call as a SWAT officer. And like, that's insane amount of trauma to be able to deal with that. Um, as your first call, your sister's school is, you know, um, did he stick with it after that?
Yeah, he stuck with it for like, you know, I think like seven more years. Eventually he got out. He just had a daughter. And he's like, unfortunately, I think that it's like most of you guys, like SWAT tends to be too – same thing with the military. There's just – it's too hard physically. It's just too hard physically, I think. And the smartest people don't want to stay in.
They want to get out and be successful on the civilian side. So it's just like he stayed with it after that. But there was a –
yeah i think that we're lucky because a lot of those people don't want to stay in because physically if you take it seriously it's very hard it's harder than majority military because the training uh physical physically side is is is like being in the infantry and and mentally this is not the thing that like we we talk about like or we've when we get together the last thing we talk about is you know fucking drama or anything like that but something i've always heard is uh
When you're talking about policing or SWAT or whatnot, the thing that fucks you up the most is that you're thrown into high adrenaline situations, high stress environments that are highly traumatic to most people. But it's not in the context of you are 5,000 miles from home. You are in your county you live in.
So you lose that safety net. Cody can probably talk more on that. I know. That is – it's that unknown, the hypervigilance, and then walking up to each car and you don't – it's the unknown versus like when we were there, it's bad guys. It's easy because it's like a vacation.
It's like a vacation. You're like, I'm going to go fight the bad guys versus like – yeah, because dealing with people – my family in Texas, another one's a police officer in Houston talking about it where it's like that's your neighborhood. It's like –
So you get home from a deployment and you're three blocks away from where the thing happened. That was your biggest thing with it. Like policing. What was like that? What was the most, what was the hardest part about that transition going from like, Hey, this is like the bad shit to right back home with your kiddo.
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Chapter 5: How did Tejano Space Cowboy's military experience shape him?
George Schroeder. He's like, I'm so I, cause you're, you're, you're from Texas. Like I got to talk about it at the Grand Ole Opry. You know what the Grand Ole Opry is? It's like a, it's like a country music place in Nashville. Yeah. Yeah.
The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Yeah. Next year we're playing, we're doing that.
dude that would be sick i i i got to talk about this on the stage of the grand ole and i was like uh talking about how bad it was you know uh getting unfortunately uh the va issues are why i got this because i had trouble getting prosthetics he heard my story and was like i bet you i can build you something better than you've ever had before and um and i did get to talk about so now you know having traveled to talk about it i you know i climbed kilimanjaro with this and ironically
Yeah, dude. You can't just drop shit like that. I feel like a lazy piece of shit. This is why I love individuals like you. If you make an excuse, it's like, well, I'm just tired. I get winded easy. Homeboys just dropped the bomb of I climbed killing Majara. So this part specifically, everybody else.
What these things were for, this was put on there for ropes because I was like, like you, Brandon was asking about like how much I use this. This arm is so injured that I get scared to overuse it because it'll wear out if I use it too much. So here's where I put the ropes.
And I told him, like, before I went to Kilimanjaro, I told him, like, if you build me this, like, I'm going to let you know right now. I'm going to put my life on the line. No, I told him, I was like, I'm going to rely on it. So, like, whatever you do, like, just no pressure. But I will rely on it to the point where I'll put ropes around it and trust my life with it.
So I put the ropes here, around here, and this is steel. And so people are like, why? Because there's, like, Fallout. And people have said that it looks like the armor from Fallout.
Oh, it looks like the, what's the suits?
The... Yeah, and I was like that was specifically for Kilimanjaro and but it's so funny cuz like some of the scratches I have from here are from the obsidian on on Kilimanjaro and that shit cut right through. Oh, yeah.
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Chapter 6: What is the significance of the 'Dark Horse' song?
But I had this arm, and I didn't know it was going to be so tough. And I finished the Kilimanjaro with it. And I feel bad sometimes talking about Kilimanjaro because we did lose half of our team. Like, half the team didn't make it. Like, didn't make it to the top or die? Yeah, no, no. Okay. Jesus Christ. I was like, this is a completely different story. Dude, who the fuck are you climbing with?
No, we only had a couple energy there. We had a couple of APTs. This was with the organization that they help first responders specifically like law enforcement and firefighters and military, and they'll take them on trips like that. And, um, but, but, you know, like, you know, whenever you do things like that, it is teach their own, like how much training you do.
And, uh, and obviously it wouldn't be a challenge if people weren't able to, you know, if it wasn't difficult, people would, you know, do it. So we had a double amputee that he didn't finish. And then we had, uh, uh, Noah Galloway. He's a, he's a famous, um, he was on dance with the stars. He didn't make it and it sucks. Cause it was just the prosthetic limitations. And, um, that's what's crazy.
He had an experimental knee. He had an experimental knee that auto box sent to him. Oh, he was above, above the knee. Yeah.
Which is crazy. And they're just now refining that show. Like, dude is crazy. Like the, how recent he bone into the, uh, like the titanium. Yeah.
Derek. Yeah, dude.
Those are some of the, Derek's one of the first ones. I think crispy. I don't know if Chris, no, crispy doesn't have it, but I remember talking to these guys and this is as of, um, the last five years, they're the first ones having this integrated into their bone. They're like, Eric's show was super experimental. That was terrible.
Yeah. People ask me about that all the time. And I'm like, no, I'm too, I'm too, too, too young and too active because I know so many of it's such a small niche community that, um, I was like, it wasn't worth the risk because I already had so many experimental experimental surgeries that I was like, I do have a really short amputation.
So they, that's why they asked me because they're like, I know you can barely use prosthetics because your amputation is so high. But I was like – I spent such a long time in the hospital that I was like, I just want to move on with my life. And I know he's had a lot of issues with it too, and it sucks, but that's the people making progress.
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