...it was the first wreck i've been in, too
Friday.
Guy pulled out of a parking lot, pulling across my lane to turn left.
Right. Fucking. In front of me.
...it could have been so much worse.
Front of my car is fairly busted up. The guy was mortified and said it was his fault (which it was). The cop showed up and made me sit down and called EMS when I was indecisive about it. I got the fun ride around the corner to Emory hospital, strapped down on a backboard in the back of the ambulence.
Those things are fucking uncomfortable.
After a solid seven hours, eight x-rays, and a CAT scan, no, I didn't fracture anything in my back or neck. They weren't enitrely sure at first.
Now I have 600mg of Ibuprofin, 2mg of Vallium, 500mg of Loratab, and a number to follow up with an orthapedist on Monday.
I hurt like a little bitch, probably shouldn't be typing, and almost certainly have some whiplash.
It could have been so much worse. I was going about 35-37mph, slammed on my breaks. I didn't hit my head, and the airbag didn't deploy. I was up and walking around and shaking for a solid fifteen twenty minutes before I sat on the back bumper. The cop arrived much faster than I expected.
I quite sincerely thank God that I didn't hit my head and that I was within about two miles from Emory Hospital, which is a really fucking good hospital. They were crazy busy, of course, and I realize that was low priority, but everyone was still very nice.
Also, Geico are really wonderful car insurance people.
Also, I'm 99% sure that my student health insurance through Emory doesn't expire until August something. Even if it's August 1st, this all happened on July 31st. And the Emory University student health insurance is really fucking good. I need to call Aetna later to makes sure, though, Otherwise I may have racked up some serioius hospital bills yesterday. I'm crossing my fingers, but it's better safe than sorry. Especially if a doctor looks at your first round of x-rays and isn't 100% sure you don't have a fucking spine fracture.
So, yeah. Fun weekend.
It could've been so much worse.
Guy pulled out of a parking lot, pulling across my lane to turn left.
Right. Fucking. In front of me.
...it could have been so much worse.
Front of my car is fairly busted up. The guy was mortified and said it was his fault (which it was). The cop showed up and made me sit down and called EMS when I was indecisive about it. I got the fun ride around the corner to Emory hospital, strapped down on a backboard in the back of the ambulence.
Those things are fucking uncomfortable.
After a solid seven hours, eight x-rays, and a CAT scan, no, I didn't fracture anything in my back or neck. They weren't enitrely sure at first.
Now I have 600mg of Ibuprofin, 2mg of Vallium, 500mg of Loratab, and a number to follow up with an orthapedist on Monday.
I hurt like a little bitch, probably shouldn't be typing, and almost certainly have some whiplash.
It could have been so much worse. I was going about 35-37mph, slammed on my breaks. I didn't hit my head, and the airbag didn't deploy. I was up and walking around and shaking for a solid fifteen twenty minutes before I sat on the back bumper. The cop arrived much faster than I expected.
I quite sincerely thank God that I didn't hit my head and that I was within about two miles from Emory Hospital, which is a really fucking good hospital. They were crazy busy, of course, and I realize that was low priority, but everyone was still very nice.
Also, Geico are really wonderful car insurance people.
Also, I'm 99% sure that my student health insurance through Emory doesn't expire until August something. Even if it's August 1st, this all happened on July 31st. And the Emory University student health insurance is really fucking good. I need to call Aetna later to makes sure, though, Otherwise I may have racked up some serioius hospital bills yesterday. I'm crossing my fingers, but it's better safe than sorry. Especially if a doctor looks at your first round of x-rays and isn't 100% sure you don't have a fucking spine fracture.
So, yeah. Fun weekend.
It could've been so much worse.