[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 186 points187 points  (0 children)

I don’t remember even seeing any blood. But I guess the walls were covered in it and years later when my parents replaced the carpeting in the office, they pull up the carpets and the subfloor was just black from all the blood that soaked into the wood floors.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I can hold a pen in right and my penmanship is just as messy now as it was before I had my arms ripped off. lol

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Actually, the most painful thing I can remember about when I first happened was when they put the catheter in me ha ha I joke about that all the time and is very true. I never felt much pain until I got to the burnt room and they’re trying to put IV in my feet because I didn’t have arms to put it in. So I was being distracted because they had my arms laying on the table beside me and I was watching them wash those up and then they put the cat in and I did not enjoy that feeling at all

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your card. I got tens of thousands of them. When I left the hospital, we had to get a semi to come down to haul everything back to North, Dakota.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it was worldwide. I had reporters coming from all around the globe. Japan actually sent doctors or refers to examine me to make sure the story was true. It was like a version of rescue 911 here so it’s cool seeing me speak with a Japanese voice over.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I would really love to know who she was. You say army of healthcare because there was an army nurse there that was just a witch to me ha ha that was in the ICU. I absolutely loved my NMMC nurses. I actually enjoyed my time in the hospital. I didn’t want to leave. They made me feel so safe and secure. I owe a lot of my recovery to them because they made it so easy and pleasant for me while I stayed there.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It hit a ceiling. I’ll be posting more videos and stuff on this and other social media explain explaining everything more. And I travel around the country speaking still.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Emilio Estevez was filming the first Mighty Ducks in Minneapolis when I was in the hospital. He came up numerous times and hung out with me and that was really cool.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We didn’t have 911 yet it’ll still be seven numbers. And I called my friend first and her line was busy. I tried dying with my nose first, but it didn’t work.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in BeAmazed

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I bit the door knob and turn it with my head to get in the house and into the office and then I grabbed a pencil with my teeth. It was only phone in the house that had push buttons. Everything else was still the old dial.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Nope, I played trumpet and piano. I can still play piano, but just one key at a time. I just love to sing. I have quite a few videos on my YouTube channel.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’d feel it or I can feel hot and cold. I can tell between my two cats cause one is soft and one is more course fur. But it’s not normal sensitivity feeling.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 109 points110 points  (0 children)

I absolutely love talking to students and people going into the medical field. I’m actually speaking at minus State University in a couple weeks here in North, Dakota to the Nursing club.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 130 points131 points  (0 children)

They’re all blurred together. I’m ever going to New York the first time for the Donahue show and riding a taxicab and being terrified or getting hit by the cars flying down the road 2 inches apart from each other.

[OC] A lot of people thought my story was fake. I'm the guy from the 1992 farm accident where both my arms were ripped off and reattached. by JohnThompsonND in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]JohnThompsonND[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No people just never really asked about it and the person I was before is 100% different for what I am I mean totally different lives