Normally, one associates a broken neck with death

instantly.

Yeah, I did.

And in fact, before my accident, anyone I saw in a wheelchair, I thought they were sort of born that way.

And I was well-educated, you know, I could leave and start in that.

And now I make sure that people don't associate me with being born in a wheelchair.

I tell everybody, anybody can end up like this.

You've accepted it, but you haven't come to terms with it.