Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-y0MtreTb4
Posted on 06/27/2015 9:42:16 AM PDT by Kaslin
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-y0MtreTb4
A routine hip operation turned into one of those life changing moments for David Horowitz. The surgeon damaged his sciatic nerve, leaving him with a paralyzed left foot and a reservoir of neuropathic pain, Horowitz divulges in the opening chapter of “You’re Going to Be Dead One Day: A Love Story.” In the midst of his suffering, however, the author found time for reflection.
Horowitz is an accomplished author, speaker, and freedom fighter. One of his most well known works, Radical Son, described the transformation he underwent from a radical leftist to a conservative activist. Recently, however, his physical struggles have urged him to take a break from politics and publish a four-part series on life and faith.
Horowitz’s biggest support system throughout his distressing trial, has been his wife April. Incredibly, shortly before her husband suffered through his painful surgery, she herself had just been through a traumatic experience of her own. A terrifying car accident left her near death in the hospital.
“She had a punctured lung, a broken collarbone, broken ribs,” Horowitz told Townhall. “She came as close to death as you can probably come. But, fortunately for me, she was somewhat recovering when I was struck down by this botched operation.”
Horowitz said his strong relationship with April tells the story behind his new book’s title.
“We had to take care of each other,” he explained. “The climax of the book, where the title comes from, is that we took a decision to make a gamble. You save your life for the future. But you have to see there’s a limit to what the future is. My wife wanted to spend some money to make our environment more beautiful and I tried to stop her and she looked at me and said, ‘You’re going to be dead one day. I’m going to be dead. We need to enjoy our life.’”
Part of enjoying life, he suggested, means not dwelling on mistakes.
“In the book, I’m kind of hard on myself,” he shared. “I should’ve investigated more, although I don’t think he was a bad doctor. Accidents happen. I think, like most people, or at least people who haven’t been through serious health issues, we are pretty ignorant of the way the body works. So I wasn’t really aware the nerves are so crucial to the muscle and I had had a very successful hip operation so I thought, Oh this is a piece of cake...I don’t think it was malicious. There are a lot of terrible things that happen in life that you can’t really blame anybody for. Not that it would do any good if you could.”
Horowitz said that writing, which has always been a cathartic experience for him, has proved even more comforting during this bout of physical pain.
“When you write, you can put the world in order,” he said. “One of the things that people are in denial about, big time, is that everything is really out of control. There is no order. Things aren’t necessarily going to work out. It is very calming and therapeutic. I think a lot of the reason I began writing it, was that I was immobile, I was in pain. Writing took my mind off all that.”
Horowitz also said that to move past the regrets of the present, one must look to the future.
“If you’re looking at yourself in age, you’ve got to look at the generations,” he said. “I have some wonderful children. Some of the book is what they have to teach you about letting go.”
Toward the end of our conversation, Horowitz said he is an agnostic, yet shared that his wife’s strong faith has provided much needed restfulness.
“I wouldn’t have been saved if it hadn’t been for April’s faith,” he said.
As for those concerned that Horowitz has given up politics, have no fear. He hinted he won’t be able to stay away.
“Willy nilly that’s who I am,” he said.
Praying for Mr. & Mrs. Horowitz’s health to improve greatly to enjoy/celebrate/accomplish all they seek in what time they have.
I wish David Horowitz and his wife better health. I heard him on the Alan Coombs show, he was rambling and he sounded terrible. It could be that at this point of his recovery, David will have his down times. That’s understandable.
Chronic pain is always a devilish thing to bear. You want to mute the acuity of pain, but without staying ‘comfortably numb’ 20 hours a day, and without becoming addicted.
He needs new doctors.
He probably has better lawyers (than doctors).
He’s had a lot of tough breaks. But then so don’t we all.
I do hope though that you feel better
What's wrong with you?
Prayers for him and his whole family. Keep up the good fight David.
I have almost no choice. Most the talk radio stations in the area have been decimated in favor of pre-recorded Health Talk. There Alan, and there’s John Batchelor, a more serious, more erudite, completely different type of show. Sort of like Charlie Rose used to be. There is Bloomberg News, but I never get to know anyone there, the hosts always change and usually have British accents, so I feel less connection with them.
Alan’s show can be fun, and informative. The show serves me as a useful portal into the mind of the Liberal. Sometimes, I have to change the dial for 20 minutes when Alan gets into one of his frequent “Obama Is Great/ All Opposition is Racist!” rages.
Prayers up for the Horowitz’ health. I’ve truly enjoyed his writings and his taking the fight to the lefties, over the years. I was disappointed when he publicly attacked fellow investigative writer Diana West. Both are fine, informative writers who’ve added much to our conservative principles landscape.
That’s nice. He has a noble outlook on things.
If you have the internet I think you would be greatly entertained and enlightened by the Howie Carr Show which originates in Massachusetts.
www.howiecarrshow
You can listen for free daily or subscribe to the commercial free podcasts for $5 a month. I enjoy him more than Limbaugh mostly because Howie talks to a lot of callers and the humorous camaraderie will lift your day.
make that www.howiecarrshow.com
I may give Howie try. I’m at the point where I admit it’s time to learn the new ways of doing things. Just like that definition of insanity.
Listen on the internet for goodness’s sakes!!!
You can listen all over the country.
Google Mark Belling, he’s pretty good.
Horowitz is one of my favorites. The article mentions his book Radical Son which is a great read but fairly long. He put out another book at the same time, Politics of Bad Faith, as a distillation of Radical Son. It’s one of the most powerful political books I have ever read.
What I like about Horowitz:
1) He’s an extremely effective and perceptive writer.
2) He’s a fighter. A member of the warrior caste and a total bulldog.
3) He knows the Left from the inside.
M4L Horowitz
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