Erin how Are You???

[BrokenBladder]

Erin I just wanted to check in with you after your car accident. I realize you may not feel good, but it's not like you to not be on here. Drop in and let us know how you are!!:)

[ErinENj]

Hi Lisa!!

I'm sorry I worried you! It's been a rough few days. I spent all of yesterday in bed. I hate to say it, but I lied to my parents. I told them that my class yesterday was cancelled so that I didn't have to deal with the "why aren't you going? Your pain isn't that bad" looks and questions. My mom couldn't understand why having an accident would do anything to my back. I finally had to tell her, "you know how when I'm in the car with you and we hit a pothole. go over speed bumps or railroad tracks, or when you stop short, and you see me wince in pain? So multiply that pain by a hundred. I ran into a stationary object. That's going to hurt your average person, so you can only imagine how it feels for me." I think that really helped her understand exactly how I'm feeling. I have a small bruise on my chest from the seatbelt, and needless to say, my spine isn't happy. Unfortunately, now I have a lot of work to do for school because I've been in bed for a day and a half, so it's just been kinda nuts. I did make it through my classes today, which was made much easier by the second one only lasting a half hour (the assigned class period for a class on Tuesday and another on Thursday is 2 hours and 45 minutes. It used to be 2.5 hours, but they added 15 minutes to it so that professors would be more happy to give us a break halfway through. Many professors just see it as an extra 15 minutes to teach, but both of mine give at least a 10 minute break halfway through.).

Now I have a pile of stuff on my bed I have to go through for my portfolio (an assignment for one of my classes) and I have to find a decent story from my feature writing class (which I seem to have gotten rid of all of my paper copies of my stories with my teacher's remarks and corrections on them) for another class, so I can get at least those two assignments started today. But, that's a drop in the bucket for all the stuff I have to do. Oh well. Who needs to sleep? :rolleyes:

But, I'm alright. Not great, but I'm okay. One of my old professors actually saw me today in the hall and said, "Erin, are you okay? You look like crap." I thanked her for the boost to my ego. She was just concerned, which made me somewhat concerned also. So, I'm going to try to get this stuff done quick and then get back to bed. Don't worry, I'm okay. Just taking awhile longer than I would like to get back on my feet after Tuesday. I didn't think I hit her so hard until I woke up on Wednesday and standing up straight wasn't an option.

Oh, and I'm going to my PCP on Tuesday at 1pm to get my arms checked out. I figure I'm going to go there, see if it might be something else besides my neck before I go to my spiney, and also get those necessary tests done beforehand so that if I end up at my spiney, it'll be easier. The PCP I'm going to see is somewhat plyable and I can pretty much tell him what I need done and he'll do it. I'm going to see if I can get something besides an MRI done because I really don't think I can handle that enclosed space. I've been having some claustrophia issues of late, and there's no way I can have my head in that tube, and that I can lie on that horribly hard surface for as long as it takes to get the scan done. So either he's gonna have to figure out a way to do a MRI with me knocked out (if I have to go into the hospital overnight to have it done like that, I will. That's how freaked I am about the small tube. I refuse to go into that tube without a very large dose of a very powerful drug) or do a CAT scan. Doesn't a CAT scan do pretty much the same thing, just in 3D? I'd probably want my cervical and thorasic spine done if there's any thought this pain is coming from my neck. I'm terrified that the rest of my spine is going rotten. But, I won't know until after Tuesday, so now I just have to focus on getting my homework done.

I'm sorry I worried you!! I had started a post here yesterday, but I forgot about it until just before I went to bed at 2am, so I didn't finish it and just went to bed. I spent a while in bed this evening, so I just got my computer on. I'm alright, just hurting and have way too much to do for a weekend! :D