Paul Rosen, Canadian Paralympic sledge hockey star, lay in bed, blankets pulled up to his neck with one question roiling through his mind. Nor did he mention that his day would typically start — often mid-afternoon — with four painkillers washed down by Jack Daniels. That, and likely decades of building a tolerance for painkillers, kept him alive long enough for medical help to arrive. Along the way, there were so many procedures on his right leg, Rosen lost count but he knows it’s in the thirties. “I came into the group at a very difficult time in my life and Paul was there for me.

Source: thestar December 05, 2019 10:00 UTC