Episode 884: There is More to Life with JP Lane

On today's episode, Dennis speaks with Inspirational Speaker,
Performer and Purple Heart Recipient, J.P. Lane. J.P. joined
the Army at the age of 20, In 2008. He joined the U.S. Army as a
Combat Engineer and was deployed, in 2010, to Afghanistan to search
for IED’s (Improvised Explosive Device). He was blown up 3 separate
times, and the 3rd one got him causing severe injury that almost
took his life. July 2nd, 2011, J.P. was blown up by a 200lb IED
while on mission, it was the first IED to penetrate an RG31 truck.
The blast resulted in putting J.P. in a coma for 6 weeks. He lost
both his legs, his right arm snapped in half, he lost his four
front teeth, his pelvis snapped in half, spine dislocated from his
pelvis, and everything in his torso was destroyed by shrapnel
except for his heart and left lung. In total, J.P. received 26
injuries, and had 28 surgeries, this completely changed his life.
Doctors said he wasn’t going to be able to do many things, like,
use prosthetics because his legs were so badly damaged. Today,
Dennis and J.P. discuss the daily pain he deals with post incident,
the effects of short term m emory loss from his TBI, finding your
freedom, fear of the unknown, successfully dominating trauma, the
blessing in disguise, combatting suicidal thoughts and the signs of
suicide. Find out more about J.P.
here: https://jpsjourney.com/meet-j-p-lane/ Check out J.P.'s
book "Walking Again"
here: https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Again-Justin-Lane/dp/1943226377
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