i was out doing survey damage for skywarn storm-spotters (im a chaser) last thurs. night and ended up gettiong a REALLY bad wreck. i was transported to the hospital in the ambulance on a backboard, c-collar...the whole 9 yards. they even transported me code 3 (lights and sirens), which i guess they thought it was a real emergancy which at the time i was scared shitless. all in all, i ended up with a head injury (concussion), broken ribs on both the left 7 right side, a possible cracked sternum, and a really badly banged up left knee (of coarse it had to be my good knee). they had like 7 or 8 ambulances come in around my time so it seemed what took forever to get the doc in. and then he wouldnt give me anything for the pain cuz of the head injury. which has been causing me major headaches (more and worse than usual), blurry vision, vertigo, and nausea. and now i have what the doc called "post-concussion syndrom." ive been there done this a fe w times and it aint no fun...thats for sure. basically all these "head" related symptomes will probably last atleast for a couple more weeks. my last head injury itg lasted for a month b-4 it even started to even get better at all. i basically was turning left on a green arrow, and this bg pick-up truck hit me after running a light and he was going so fast it knocked my car 360 degrees, and then turned it another 180. when i got hit i hit the left side of my head on a panel and blacked out. when i woke up, it felt like the car was rolling which was acually me just being so dizzy from hitting my head and getting tossed around. im only 5’1" so i was right up close next to the steering wheel and dashboard both. the airbag alsol went off, giving me airbag burns all up and down both my forarms and my chin. thankgoodness i heal fast. the burns were not even visible after the next day, except the one on my chin. i was wearing my seatbelt also, so that was good. i would be dead otherwise. in fact, everyone says from looking at the car (which they said is unrecognizable, i was lucky to get away liker this at all. the only thing that really sucks is all the chest pain i keep having from the busted ribs n stuff, and the head injury...which im no starnger to those. when i got home to say the least i took a cocktail of meds with extra stuff my dad gave me. but to say the least...my car is no more. i went to the wrecking yard sat to get everything out, and i walked right past it not even noticing it was mine cuz of the shape it was in. when my mom turned me around, i was in shock to say the least. it was some crazy shit. i didnt even recognise my own car. the only other thing since then is that my memory has gone from normal for me to absolutly horrible. i cant even remember half the conversations i have with people, peoples names ive known 4 yrs...its really embarresing sometimes....anyways...im so lucky im still here....thought i would share this story with the group. my PM doc is going to prob flip out when i tell him about it ....which ill definantly be going in early this month!
