I know that nobody with any sense ever said life was fair, but come on. Tuesday I saw my arthritis dr. he said take flexaril every 8 hours, wear wrist spint and use a cold pack for my elbow/hand/arm pain and if after a while it's not helping then for me to come back.
DH had forgotten to leave me some $ that morning, he called and told me he had some $ for me if I came by where he works, so after my dr. appt. I headed there. There I was, driving down the highway, thru town, speed limit 50 mph, which rrally is a little fast through considering that there are lots of buisinesses along there and there is no turning lane. I had slowed down and add my blinker on when all of a sudden a man in an older pick up hit me from behind. According to DH, who saw the whole thing and the law he was going quite a bit faster than 50 mph. Thankfully I didn't do any thinking, my insticnts just took over, I fought the steering wheel as hard as I could cause the truck was pushing me into other lane, boy, that would have been great. Thank God I am ok, I have a variety of strains, sprains and contusions, the ,majority listed as acute . Believe me, they are. Lots of pain. I talked to the insurance adjuster today after he had gotten the pics of my car, he said, and I quote " Oh ,my God". I didn't think insurance adjusters would be surptised about the shape of many autos. He told me I have alot to be thankful for. I am. I'll probably see the car for the first time tomorrow. I left the scene in an ambulance and nobody let me see it or told me how bad it looked. All DH said was it wasn't drivable and maybe totaled. It is.
One of the emts asked about my health proir to accident, I told him, then he asked about my pain level, I told him about 7 or 8 I guess, when he repreated that to the nurse, I wish ya'll could have heard his tone, I wanted to hit him. Just because we hurt like hell, are we supposed to be crying or moaning or yelling? I don't cry often, no big reason I don't guess, I just don't. I mean, most of the time will it help anything? No. I wanted to tell him off. My pain stays at about 5 or 6 most of the time anyway, unless I'm in a flare. I told him I have fibro. I also hadn't had a pain pill yet that day, I was out and had just a script from the dr.
The pain from the wreck has only gotten worse so far. So I am taking percocet and flexaril and ibprophen every time I can. Oh, wait. Here's the best part...the dr. wanted to give me vicoden for my pain :rolleyes: :( . I had already told him I had gotten a new script from arthritis dr. just a few hours before for the percocet. They finally brought me a percocet. I sure ould hace rather had a shot of some kind, but the pill helped a little especially being that I hadn't yet eaten anything that day and it was about 5 when I got the pill, accident was a few minutes past 2.
Well, one good thing...DH starting new job on the 27th and will have a work truck so I can drive our pickup and won't need another auto for a while, and you know, my car would have been pain for in May. Just 3 more payments! Oh, well, it could all be alot worse and am very thankful it wasn't and isn't. I'll just be so glad when all this extra pain is over with, my reg. everyday pain is plenty.
Thanks for letting me complain a while again. Hope you all are havinga better day than usual.
April

OH NO! I am so sorry you were in a wreck. I cannot imagine additional pain added on to what we have already. You are in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy, comfortable recovery!
~Mim :wave:

So sorry April! I hope you're injuries heal quickly so you won't have even more pain to deal with than you usually do. Take it easy and just give yourself time. :wave:

April,
Oh no. You poor baby. And the attitude of the hospital staff didn't help, either. I suppose if that doctor could walk in your moccasins for a week, he'd have a lot more compassion.
Huggies,
Kirstee

April so sorry about all this, I will say a few good words for you in my prayers and hope your pain gets better. Hopefully you will be sent to physical therapy after you start to heal to help strengthen those poor muscles that were stretched and joslted around.

Good Luck

Glojer

Thanks you guys, ya'll always make me feel so much better
My pain still isn't much better, but I guess that's normal (that word not applies to me very often) since it's only been 5 days.
I saw my car yesterday. The trunk now only goes back about 5 inches or so, only accessible through the back seats and my seat is broken and crooked. I never dreamed it looked that bad. I sent pics of it to a friend, she used to be a cop and said she's seen cars that didn't look that bad that the driver was killed. I may have quite a bit of pain but considering what could have happened, I am very thankful. It looks like we'll have to get a lawyer...I'm afraid that's really gonna do a # on my stress level and pain. I hope not though, am hoping it'll be alot better than trying to do everything on our own and not get hardly anything out of the insurance. I don't know if it's from my nerves over the wreck, which I had thought were ok, I mean, I didn't freak out or cry or anything when it happened, after all Billy Don was right there and that mad me feel calmer. But now I'm getting weepy at things kinda easy. I really don't like doing that, but I guess it'll get better, hopefully before too long.
Anyway, thanks for your kind words and your prayers, please for a little while keep the prayers coming. They really mean alot to me.
April

Hello April, first of all a prayer of thanks......God's Hand was on you
that day and He still has a purpose for your life. I'll continue to pray
for your health and that the stress will not cause you added pain.
Sometimes we have wake-up calls that make us see just how precious
life really is. I'm glad you have Billy Don's support through this trying time,
so many people have to face times like these alone.
Keep us informed on how things are going. Love you.....
Bilij

April the crying is probably from the stress releasing from your body. It is normal, have a good old cry and let it all out. It doesn't matter what you cry over, even if it is the way a drop of water lands on your hand, when that feeling hits let it go. That is guararnteed to make you feel better. Give yourself permission to be sore, and angry and tense and all the emotions that go with a trauma like this.....it's OK really.

Glojer

Dear April,

I have not been around much lately but I needed to come and say how very sorry I am about your car accident. I know it's so very hard at the moment to go through all of the stress and pain, but the thing is I am so thankful you came out of it. The emotions you will go through will be many and varied and as Glojer said, you have to try if you can to just let go and let it all out. Our car was hit from behind in much the same way as you describe and I was a passenger, but the car wasn't totalled like yours. My tears came a day or so after the accident when I realised what "could" have happened.

You do need to rest as much as you can and then think ahead a little. No rush with anything. I am just so happy to know you are able to come and let us know how you are doing.

Take care

goldenwings :angel: