Re: 1st car accident ever at age 22... 7 days postop

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Glad to hear that you are ok

Dee

> So I was driving back from school today on a 45 mph road, with a

> green light ahead of me... (it was solid green, no changes, no

> nothing) as I approach the light, i see this car in the other

lane

> trying to complete his left turn in front of me... At first, I

didnt

> think he was gonna do anything, but I braked just in case and

WHAM.

> He hit my front passenger fender and dented it the hell up. It

did

> not help that he had a chevy tahoe suv and i had a toyota corolla.

>

> so basically we get out of the car, this guy pretty much lies and

> says that he had a green arrow to make the left turn. (so he was

> implying that i just breezed through a solid red light that had

been

> red for a while) luckily a cop was right there for some reason,

and

> while he had not seen the lights at the time of impact, he did see

> cars go around me after impact which makes him believe that I did

> have the green (whch I did.)

>

> I'm very dissapointed that this family man would lie to an

officer's

> face but you know what they say, wha tcomes around goes around.

>

> However, the hit was not bad at all, all things considered. I did

> jerk a little bit, but my jaw still feels fine and has not moved.

I

> will definitely have to get it checked out on monday though.

> I can't believe i was so lucky, these left turn accidents are

usually

> the brutal ones, if either of us had been going 10 mph faster, i

> coulda been hit dead on. By the grace of God I am here able to

type

> this story to you.

>

> So the moral of this story is.. BE CAREFUL WHEn U DRIVE,

especially

> postop. too many wackos out there!!! =)

>

> by the way, I am 22 years old, have been driving since 15 and this

is

> my first accident, had only 1 speeding ticket. Happened 7.5 days

> after my upper/lower surgery. Funny how things work huh? Oh

> well,you've got to take what life gives you. hehe

>

> thanks for reading, and once again, I appreciate all you guys'

> support. I haven't seen Austria post here in a while, I hope

she'd

> doing OK.

>

> Warm regards,

> Mike

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mithongsallin wrote:

>

>However, the hit was not bad at all, all things considered. I did

>jerk a little bit, but my jaw still feels fine and has not moved. I

>will definitely have to get it checked out on monday though.

>I can't believe i was so lucky, these left turn accidents are usually

>the brutal ones, if either of us had been going 10 mph faster, i

>coulda been hit dead on. By the grace of God I am here able to type

>this story to you.

>

>

Wait until you wake up in the morning, you may have a different story.

If you feel that " something's not right " , go see your surgeon.

I was going to type " go see a chiropractor " but you don't want anyone

else but your surgeon dealing with the bones in your neck and face.

....anyway, back to the point -- I've been through two rear end accidents

in the past three years. The first time it felt like I was a tiny bit

nauseous but it would go away with rest. It hit with a vengence 48 hours

later when I couldn't turn my head to the right. Then nine months later

I got rear ended again (neither accident was my fault in any way, shape

or form), felt a bit queasy and heard a clinking in my neck as I phoned

in the report to my insurance company. This time I knew not to wait. The

accident occurred around 1:30 pm and by 4:00 pm I was getting xRayed and

adjusted.

In your case, since the surgery was so recent, I'd call the surgeon's in

a heartbeat if you feel the slightest bit funny. Call it in, make an

emergency appointment, explain the situation and let him or her sort it

out for you.

Bill