Accident Update

Gosh it’s been such a bad month for me hasn’t it. I’m glad that July is almost over.

O.K. So, saw the substitute doctor today. He was very nice. I really am impressed with that practice. He did another general physical check of my reflexes and the areas that hurt and my mobility and all. Then I was off to X-ray which was just upstairs. The whole thing took over two hours including having two doctors looking at my X-rays. They did not find any fractures or bone breakage in any part of my back. This is a good thing.

So, the current diagnosis is sprained back. This could take 6-8 weeks to recover, which means I will still be in pain when N2 comes to visit (guess I won’t be wearing the corset to the Ren Faire) and possibly when I go to Atlanta in the beginning of September to DragonCon — not looking to flying with back pain.

The doctor gave me some exercises to do 3 times a day and told me to take 2 tylenol 4x a day and only take the vicodin if it’s really bad. He gave me some more valium to last 5 more days or so, at least until my Friday appointment with the Sports Med people who will develop a Physical Therapy schedule for me.

What an annoying mess. I’m just relieved it’s nothing permanent. After talking to my dad last night about how his friend’s son got a $20K settlement after breaking his wrist on the job because he’ll never be able to use his hand to its full ability again — which of course, as a programmer is one of my worse fears…if I could insure my hands and arms, I would.

tags: car accident

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