Thanks to all for the encouragement.
Oh I hear ya; best to hold off though for now.<br>I can't embark on a physically challenging endeavor such as a 2,000+ mile hike while my injury case is still active and underway.<br>There was no criminal trial. My case went straight to the civil trial right from the pretrial hearing. I wasn't at the hearing to see it but the guy that hit me took the plea deal my attorneys offered. There were I am told about fifty people there with my family to support me. On his side there was him and two lawyers, that's it.<br>He was initially facing a possible seven years in prison. There were a slew of charges against him; DWI. Agravated DWI (two separate charges). DWI for being over the legal limit, 0.08% BAC. Agravated DWI for being over twice the legal limit with a 0.19% BAC. Vehicular Assault. Agravated Vehicular Assault for causing life threatening injuries. Leaving the scene of an accident. There were I think other charges as well but those were the big ones.<br>He took the plea deal my attorneys offered which removed the possible seven years if he accepted the plea but it meant he accepts 100% guilt. This also left the possibility of a year in jail.<br>My attorneys tell me this was huge because it avoided a criminal trial that could have dragged on for years. It also puts me in a much better position for the civil trial. If not for the 100% guilt part and it went to criminal court I could have been assigned a portion of the guilt. I don't know how all that legal stuff works but I am much better off as it turned out. I don't use any drugs. I had no alcohol in my system. My toxicology was 100% clean. He was ****faced. He got the year in jail and was taken straight from the courtroom in shackles and chains to the holding center downtown.<br>Anyway, I had multiple serious injuries. I layed on the side of the road with multiple skull fractures, a broken shoulder, broken cheekbone and a broken nose. I laid there having a massive brain bleed and brain swelling. I was in a coma for a month and spent five months in the hospital. After that eye surgery in another hospital a month after I was released from the main county hospital. Then a year and a half of physical therapy and cognizance therapy twice a week at a rehab nursing center.<br>All that and my case is still in litigation. My layers tell me it can still go through a jury trial if the defense requests it if agreements cannot be reached. As I said I don't know how all this legal mumbo jumbo goes and while not a criminal trial still a trial nonetheless and subject to the whims of a jury.<br>So... with all that it is better if I don't give them something to scream about. The reality is that I am disabled from this. I have permanent disabilities including vision and balance issues but foremost and most debilitating is my hearing. Hyperacusis and tinnitus. I hear a constant roaring noise in my head, others can't hear it but it never ceases. This is from auditory nerve damage due to the skull fractures. It is permanent and not treatable.<br>I need to put the hike off until court is over with.<br><br>MM