kbhogalW126
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this has got to be the weekend from hell!
I took friday off so that i could take mrs B and her mum down to london to do some visiting and see the sights.
On the way my mum in law wanted to go down to brum to visit the large templ on soho road. no problem i thought. it would only add 2 hours onto the journey. i was in no rush -*i had a day off for this reason.
anyways, we are right outside the temple oh soho road, sitting at the lights - which have been red for between 5 to 10 seconds - when i feel a thump and get thrown forward.
it must be noted at this point that i always sit at traffic lights with my foot on the brake pedal. also, i did an advanced driving course through work and the instructor told us to leave our running lights on during the day to be visible so these were also on.
i got out and had a look. she had hit the rear corner on the drivers side with the front passenger corner of her car! she says she was trying to avoid someone on the other side of the road! but, at the point she hit me she was on the other side of the road herself! i did the usual bit of asking her to pull in round the corner off the main road.
while we were exchanging insurance details she told me she was in a courtesy car because she hit someone else earlier on this week! arrrrrgh!
she said "i dont know what i am going to do now"
i was a little bit annoyed and said "maybe you should get a bus pass!"
all in all, i'm not too bothered about the damage, as horrible as it is. the insurance company are sorting that already.
what i am concerned about is my neck and back.
about 30 minutes later my neck went stiff and on the way down to west london my back started aching. i went to casualty plus in brentford yesterday and £60 later i was told i have whiplash and given some drugs and told to rest.
about 3pm yesterday,feeling sick and having a pounding headache with my neck and back killing me i went to bed. slept til 2.30am! i woke up, took my medicine and went back to bed.
man, i feel horrible. my whole weekend has been ruined, i cant eat, my neck and back are killing me. i feel like puking constantly.
what do i do? i dont know if i can even face driving back to sheff this afternoon, even go to work 2moro.
has anyone ever had this whiplash thing?
i used to think it was a made up ilness but i can categorically say its damn real ad damn sore!
regards
KJ
I took friday off so that i could take mrs B and her mum down to london to do some visiting and see the sights.
On the way my mum in law wanted to go down to brum to visit the large templ on soho road. no problem i thought. it would only add 2 hours onto the journey. i was in no rush -*i had a day off for this reason.
anyways, we are right outside the temple oh soho road, sitting at the lights - which have been red for between 5 to 10 seconds - when i feel a thump and get thrown forward.
it must be noted at this point that i always sit at traffic lights with my foot on the brake pedal. also, i did an advanced driving course through work and the instructor told us to leave our running lights on during the day to be visible so these were also on.
i got out and had a look. she had hit the rear corner on the drivers side with the front passenger corner of her car! she says she was trying to avoid someone on the other side of the road! but, at the point she hit me she was on the other side of the road herself! i did the usual bit of asking her to pull in round the corner off the main road.
while we were exchanging insurance details she told me she was in a courtesy car because she hit someone else earlier on this week! arrrrrgh!
she said "i dont know what i am going to do now"
i was a little bit annoyed and said "maybe you should get a bus pass!"
all in all, i'm not too bothered about the damage, as horrible as it is. the insurance company are sorting that already.
what i am concerned about is my neck and back.
about 30 minutes later my neck went stiff and on the way down to west london my back started aching. i went to casualty plus in brentford yesterday and £60 later i was told i have whiplash and given some drugs and told to rest.
about 3pm yesterday,feeling sick and having a pounding headache with my neck and back killing me i went to bed. slept til 2.30am! i woke up, took my medicine and went back to bed.
man, i feel horrible. my whole weekend has been ruined, i cant eat, my neck and back are killing me. i feel like puking constantly.
what do i do? i dont know if i can even face driving back to sheff this afternoon, even go to work 2moro.
has anyone ever had this whiplash thing?
i used to think it was a made up ilness but i can categorically say its damn real ad damn sore!
regards
KJ