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Adding Insult to Injury

Friday 18th August 2006  

I was recently cleared by the doctors and physio to begin driving again, following on from the serious car crash I was involved in (I was the innocent victim, the guy who hit me has admitted full responsibility). My insurance company have paid out for the loss of my car (minus the excess) and are waiting for the third party to send payment so they can recover their costs. Until they recover the costs, the incident is a claim on my policy, which means that I have lost all my no claims bonus… which means that it is next to impossible to get insurance on any fast car, and I will be paying an extortionate amount on any moderate to slow car. Basically I have zero no claims until such time as the third party insurers see fit to pass payment to my insurance company. This could happen next week… or next year. So until then, I am a high risk, dangerous, wreckless driver and should not be insured (at least thats what the insurance computers say)

It makes you sick that innocent people pay such a high price for somebody else mistakes. I bet the other guys back on the road driving around as if nothing had happened. So much for getting a high performance Japanese import for my 25th birthday!

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 4:23pm

Very Pleased with my Recovery

Monday 26th June 2006  

I have made very good progress over the past two weeks, I have almost full range of movement in my knee, but it is still painful when fully bent. The muscles are still very week and it is very painful when I put load on my knee (i.e. standing up from sitting, or climbing stairs). I have been told to avoid kneeling on the right knee, If possible, as there is a weakness in the joint and it could be easily damaged or fracture again. My wrist seems to have settled down a bit now and I have a new set of exercises for it with light weights to build up the strength again. As usual after a physiotherapy session all my injured joints are throbbing! Hopefully they will feel better by the time I go back to work tomorrow!

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 5:46pm

First Day back at Work after the Accident

Monday 19th June 2006  

Today was my first day back in work after my recent car smash which left me with multiple fractures to my right kneecap and left wrist, cracked two ribs and left lots of bruising to my chest, and tore some ligaments in my left knee and ankle (the accident was not my fault). I have only returned on light duties at the moment as I can’t drive in or travel off site for support calls, nor can I lift heavy weights, but I can answer the phones and do some light desk duty like answer phones and typing - which takes the load off my colleagues and leaves them more time to do the on and off site support visits.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 7:30am

Consultant is Happy not to See me Again

Tuesday 13th June 2006  

My consultant at the hospital is very happy with the progress I have made over the past few months, and does not wish to see me again unless I have any further problems. It is still looking hopeful that I will make a full recovery and I am still to continue physiotherapy as required, but they haven’t given me any indication of how long this could take. At the moment I can walk for about 30 minutes before my knee gets too tired and gives way, and I can’t sit with my leg in the same position for more than ten minutes or so without it being painful.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 4:33pm

Putting on the Heat

Thursday 8th June 2006  

My knee now has nearly full range of movement, which is good, but the muscle is still very weak. After 10 minutes walking it starts to shake and give way. I am however making such good progress that my physiotherapist doesn’t want to see me for a week, and the second week she is on holiday making it a fortnight. Up to now I have been having weekly sessions so this will be the longest time not going in for a session. In the mean time I have to get out and have a purposeful 20-minute walk each day, as well as two 20-minute sessions on the exercise bike. This is on top of all the static exercises that I am doing on my quads and calf muscles. This will help to strengthen the muscle, not to mention get me fit! My wrist on the other hand has not showed any signs of improvement over the past few weeks. I am seeing the consultant on 13th June so we’ll see what he says then.

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 4:43pm

Physiotherapy is still Progressing Well

Tuesday 6th June 2006  

Physiotherapy sessions are still progressing well, my knee movement is up to about 130 degrees now and my “good” knee is 155 degrees. Strength-wise it is still very weak, but steadily getting stronger day by day. I have included a photo of the scar on my wrist with a ruler for comparison. Its a little over 4 inches long, and the scars from the stitches are fading away nicely.

 

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This post is filed under Car Crash, Injury and Recovery by Lonewolf at 8:24pm