So update on the car crash... I only had 1 day off work
initially because the Dr at emergency told me that I would be fine. He said the
pain might increase in the next day or two but to take pain killers and that’s
it. So off I went to work the next week. By Thursday I was in so much pain to
the point of tears (I have a high pain threshold to start with so it was a lot
of pain by that point) so I went to the clinic in the shopping centre and saw a
GP just to get a second opinion. Very glad that I did!
I now have to wear a neck collar, take stronger pain
killers, go to physio and had to take time off work. Fast forward a week and I
have determined that while I am glad that I am being properly taken care of, I
suck at being a patient. I am back at work tomorrow and thank god for that. Not
because I am totally in love with my work, I just have to be busy. I’m so over
sitting around at home not being allowed to do anything. I know my neck
probably won’t appreciate me having to stand up all day, but my mind certainly
will like being occupied. And besides I will have my sexy neck collar to help
out my neck, wonder how many customers will ask “omg what happened to you?”. My
bet is about every second person.
I also hate not being able to do what I want. Being in pain
I can handle, but when my body doesn’t do what I want it to do it’s so
incredibly frustrating. The physio session really made it clear how much my
neck and back are stuffed up from the accident. I knew it hurt and I knew I couldn’t
move my neck as much as I used to already, but I didn’t know that there were
muscles all the way down my back that were affected. I also didn’t know you
could put gentle pressure on these
muscles and it would make me want to scream (I didn't scream though cos I'm a lady). Now that I do know this I’m a bit
scared of what it’s going to feel like when she stops being gentle and
actually starts trying to manipulate the muscles properly... I have 6 weeks of physio
to get used to it I guess.
So this is where I’m at now. No exercising. No lifting over
5kg. No driving (not that I’ve got my car back yet anyway). No pushing/pulling
and I get to wear the sexy neck collar! I also get to have weekly physio
sessions and Dr appointments.
Who would have thought being stuck in traffic on a Friday night
would have been so dangerous to my health?
Moral of the story people – trust your gut and get a second
opinion! Oh and yes the second Dr did confirm the first Dr was a moron (which I
already suspected, but nice to have it justified).
Toni xx
Toni!!!!! Take care of yourself. :-)
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some dr's have no idea. lucky you did get it checked again
ReplyDeleteYep and now that I've been back at work for 2 days I've lost my voice because every customer wants to know the whole story. Nice that they care, but frustrating.
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