[Fwd: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side..Update...
 

Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
:-(

I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
have to treat myself as a stroke victim.

No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...

No fun....

My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
headache that just 'won't' go away...

Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...

What a pain in the butt!!!

Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!

I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!

Yee Haw!!!!

I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
stuck! LOL!

I'll take photos...

Mike

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
>
> It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> three weeks ago, June 9.
>
> The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> time.
>
> We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> right.
>
> He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
>
> Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
>
> I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> time.
>
> Knee and ankle are messed up.
>
> Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> attention was there.
>
> The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
>
> I didn't make it....
>
> I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
>
> I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> sleep tonight....
>
> It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> and holidays like today was.
>
> We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
>
> Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> managed to get me into the Cherokee.
>
> We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
>
> They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> be
> there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
>
> I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
>
> Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
>
> They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
>
> They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
>
> My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> of the car would have connected.
>
> It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
>
> Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
>
> Crap!
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: [Fwd: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side..Update...
 

Hi Mike,
I'm so, so sorry. You know there's a lot of damage in order for it
show up on magnetic imaging. Did your socialist Doctor guess that and
treat you with antibiotics during the first couple weeks while your
system is cleaning out the dead tissue?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> :-(
>
> I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
>
> No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
>
> No fun....
>
> My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> headache that just 'won't' go away...
>
> Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
>
> What a pain in the butt!!!
>
> Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
>
> I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
>
> Yee Haw!!!!
>
> I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> stuck! LOL!
>
> I'll take photos...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> >
> > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > three weeks ago, June 9.
> >
> > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > time.
> >
> > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > right.
> >
> > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> >
> > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> >
> > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > time.
> >
> > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> >
> > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > attention was there.
> >
> > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> >
> > I didn't make it....
> >
> > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> >
> > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > sleep tonight....
> >
> > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > and holidays like today was.
> >
> > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> >
> > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> >
> > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> >
> > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > be
> > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> >
> > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> >
> > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> >
> > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> >
> > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> >
> > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > of the car would have connected.
> >
> > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> >
> > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> >
> > Crap!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: [Fwd: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side..Update...
 

Hi Mike,
I'm so, so sorry. You know there's a lot of damage in order for it
show up on magnetic imaging. Did your socialist Doctor guess that and
treat you with antibiotics during the first couple weeks while your
system is cleaning out the dead tissue?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Mike Romain wrote:
>
> Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> :-(
>
> I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
>
> No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
>
> No fun....
>
> My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> headache that just 'won't' go away...
>
> Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
>
> What a pain in the butt!!!
>
> Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
>
> I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
>
> Yee Haw!!!!
>
> I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> stuck! LOL!
>
> I'll take photos...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> >
> > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > three weeks ago, June 9.
> >
> > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > time.
> >
> > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > right.
> >
> > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> >
> > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> >
> > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > time.
> >
> > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> >
> > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > attention was there.
> >
> > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> >
> > I didn't make it....
> >
> > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> >
> > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > sleep tonight....
> >
> > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > and holidays like today was.
> >
> > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> >
> > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> >
> > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> >
> > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > be
> > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> >
> > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> >
> > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> >
> > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> >
> > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> >
> > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > of the car would have connected.
> >
> > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> >
> > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> >
> > Crap!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side.. Update...
 

Geez... Good luck! Hurt backs SUCK. Compacted my spine mountain biking
(actually, falling OFF a mountain bike. Never mountain bike while going
through a divorce or in any sort of "I don't give a damn" state of mind) and
was in decent pain for years then just annoying. Now 100% (8 years later).

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F7383AD.5EDAF64A@sympatico.ca...
> Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> :-(
>
> I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
>
> No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
>
> No fun....
>
> My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> headache that just 'won't' go away...
>
> Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
>
> What a pain in the butt!!!
>
> Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
>
> I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
>
> Yee Haw!!!!
>
> I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> stuck! LOL!
>
> I'll take photos...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> >
> > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > three weeks ago, June 9.
> >
> > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > time.
> >
> > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > right.
> >
> > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> >
> > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> >
> > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > time.
> >
> > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> >
> > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > attention was there.
> >
> > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> >
> > I didn't make it....
> >
> > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> >
> > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > sleep tonight....
> >
> > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > and holidays like today was.
> >
> > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> >
> > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> >
> > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> >
> > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > be
> > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> >
> > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> >
> > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> >
> > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> >
> > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> >
> > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > of the car would have connected.
> >
> > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> >
> > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> >
> > Crap!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side.. Update...
 

Geez... Good luck! Hurt backs SUCK. Compacted my spine mountain biking
(actually, falling OFF a mountain bike. Never mountain bike while going
through a divorce or in any sort of "I don't give a damn" state of mind) and
was in decent pain for years then just annoying. Now 100% (8 years later).

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F7383AD.5EDAF64A@sympatico.ca...
> Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> :-(
>
> I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
>
> No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
>
> No fun....
>
> My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> headache that just 'won't' go away...
>
> Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
>
> What a pain in the butt!!!
>
> Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
>
> I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
>
> Yee Haw!!!!
>
> I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> stuck! LOL!
>
> I'll take photos...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> >
> > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > three weeks ago, June 9.
> >
> > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > time.
> >
> > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > right.
> >
> > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> >
> > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> >
> > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > time.
> >
> > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> >
> > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > attention was there.
> >
> > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> >
> > I didn't make it....
> >
> > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> >
> > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > sleep tonight....
> >
> > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > and holidays like today was.
> >
> > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> >
> > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> >
> > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> >
> > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > be
> > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> >
> > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> >
> > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> >
> > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> >
> > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> >
> > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > of the car would have connected.
> >
> > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> >
> > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> >
> > Crap!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: [Fwd: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side..Update...
 

Thanks Bill and no, the clinic doctors around the corner from my house
didn't take the injuries seriously because I was still walking and
talking.

When the nerves in my chest seized up so I couldn't breath, I got taken
seriously really fast....

A CT or CAT scan showed the blood clot, so an MRI was ordered. Due to
the SARS virus here in Toronto, there was a long waiting list for non
critical cases.

They said I could have been born with the blood clot as far as the CT
scan could show, but the MRI with me on an IV of some inert element,
Gallium, I think it was to give them a blood flow contrast shows it as a
recent event.

Man oh man, my roommate who was driving owned an 85 CJ7, he had traded
it to an old boss for a few days and some cash in his pocket... It was
a Saturn....

If he had of had the CJ, the damn Honda would have just gone under it,
not nailed me....

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> I'm so, so sorry. You know there's a lot of damage in order for it
> show up on magnetic imaging. Did your socialist Doctor guess that and
> treat you with antibiotics during the first couple weeks while your
> system is cleaning out the dead tissue?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> > :-(
> >
> > I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> > have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
> >
> > No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
> >
> > No fun....
> >
> > My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> > headache that just 'won't' go away...
> >
> > Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> > 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> > 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> > with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> > that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> > honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
> >
> > What a pain in the butt!!!
> >
> > Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
> >
> > I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
> >
> > Yee Haw!!!!
> >
> > I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> > stuck! LOL!
> >
> > I'll take photos...
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Mike Romain wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> > >
> > > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > > three weeks ago, June 9.
> > >
> > > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > > time.
> > >
> > > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > > right.
> > >
> > > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> > >
> > > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> > >
> > > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> > >
> > > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > > attention was there.
> > >
> > > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> > >
> > > I didn't make it....
> > >
> > > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> > >
> > > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > > sleep tonight....
> > >
> > > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > > and holidays like today was.
> > >
> > > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> > >
> > > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> > >
> > > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> > >
> > > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > > be
> > > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> > >
> > > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> > >
> > > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> > >
> > > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> > >
> > > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> > >
> > > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > > of the car would have connected.
> > >
> > > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> > >
> > > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> > >
> > > Crap!
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: [Fwd: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side..Update...
 

Thanks Bill and no, the clinic doctors around the corner from my house
didn't take the injuries seriously because I was still walking and
talking.

When the nerves in my chest seized up so I couldn't breath, I got taken
seriously really fast....

A CT or CAT scan showed the blood clot, so an MRI was ordered. Due to
the SARS virus here in Toronto, there was a long waiting list for non
critical cases.

They said I could have been born with the blood clot as far as the CT
scan could show, but the MRI with me on an IV of some inert element,
Gallium, I think it was to give them a blood flow contrast shows it as a
recent event.

Man oh man, my roommate who was driving owned an 85 CJ7, he had traded
it to an old boss for a few days and some cash in his pocket... It was
a Saturn....

If he had of had the CJ, the damn Honda would have just gone under it,
not nailed me....

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) ------ III" wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> I'm so, so sorry. You know there's a lot of damage in order for it
> show up on magnetic imaging. Did your socialist Doctor guess that and
> treat you with antibiotics during the first couple weeks while your
> system is cleaning out the dead tissue?
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> > :-(
> >
> > I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> > have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
> >
> > No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
> >
> > No fun....
> >
> > My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> > headache that just 'won't' go away...
> >
> > Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> > 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> > 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> > with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> > that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> > honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
> >
> > What a pain in the butt!!!
> >
> > Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
> >
> > I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
> >
> > Yee Haw!!!!
> >
> > I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> > stuck! LOL!
> >
> > I'll take photos...
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Mike Romain wrote:
> > >
> > > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> > >
> > > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > > three weeks ago, June 9.
> > >
> > > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > > time.
> > >
> > > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > > right.
> > >
> > > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> > >
> > > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> > >
> > > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> > >
> > > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > > attention was there.
> > >
> > > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> > >
> > > I didn't make it....
> > >
> > > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> > >
> > > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > > sleep tonight....
> > >
> > > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > > and holidays like today was.
> > >
> > > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> > >
> > > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> > >
> > > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> > >
> > > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > > be
> > > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> > >
> > > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> > >
> > > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> > >
> > > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> > >
> > > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> > >
> > > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > > of the car would have connected.
> > >
> > > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> > >
> > > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> > >
> > > Crap!
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side.. Update...
 

Sorry to hear about the crash. Accidents Suck. I know I don't compare to
what you're dealing with, but I'm currently suffering from a couple back
ribs out of place. I can rotate my right shoulder and can hear them click
around in the back. It's a work thing. I got wrenched out of place about
two months ago. My pain/ discomfort didn't set in until about a week after
we were doing some heavy lifting etc. at work. of course there were stairs
invloved. Anyways, to try and justisfy it as a work accident would be
foolish. In my economy here in Vail I'd be on the street. It's an
(employment at will) State.

Take care my friend!

--
Thanks Always !!!
Paul '75 CJ5 258
Vail, CO.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F7383AD.5EDAF64A@sympatico.ca...
> Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> :-(
>
> I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
>
> No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
>
> No fun....
>
> My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> headache that just 'won't' go away...
>
> Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
>
> What a pain in the butt!!!
>
> Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
>
> I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
>
> Yee Haw!!!!
>
> I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> stuck! LOL!
>
> I'll take photos...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> >
> > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > three weeks ago, June 9.
> >
> > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > time.
> >
> > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > right.
> >
> > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> >
> > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> >
> > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > time.
> >
> > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> >
> > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > attention was there.
> >
> > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> >
> > I didn't make it....
> >
> > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> >
> > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > sleep tonight....
> >
> > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > and holidays like today was.
> >
> > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> >
> > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> >
> > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> >
> > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > be
> > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> >
> > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> >
> > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> >
> > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> >
> > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> >
> > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > of the car would have connected.
> >
> > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> >
> > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> >
> > Crap!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side.. Update...
 

Sorry to hear about the crash. Accidents Suck. I know I don't compare to
what you're dealing with, but I'm currently suffering from a couple back
ribs out of place. I can rotate my right shoulder and can hear them click
around in the back. It's a work thing. I got wrenched out of place about
two months ago. My pain/ discomfort didn't set in until about a week after
we were doing some heavy lifting etc. at work. of course there were stairs
invloved. Anyways, to try and justisfy it as a work accident would be
foolish. In my economy here in Vail I'd be on the street. It's an
(employment at will) State.

Take care my friend!

--
Thanks Always !!!
Paul '75 CJ5 258
Vail, CO.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F7383AD.5EDAF64A@sympatico.ca...
> Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> :-(
>
> I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
>
> No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
>
> No fun....
>
> My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> headache that just 'won't' go away...
>
> Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
>
> What a pain in the butt!!!
>
> Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
>
> I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
>
> Yee Haw!!!!
>
> I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> stuck! LOL!
>
> I'll take photos...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> >
> > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > three weeks ago, June 9.
> >
> > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > time.
> >
> > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > right.
> >
> > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> >
> > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> >
> > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > time.
> >
> > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> >
> > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > attention was there.
> >
> > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> >
> > I didn't make it....
> >
> > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> >
> > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > sleep tonight....
> >
> > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > and holidays like today was.
> >
> > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> >
> > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> >
> > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> >
> > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > be
> > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be
> > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> >
> > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> >
> > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> >
> > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> >
> > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> >
> > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > of the car would have connected.
> >
> > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> >
> > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> >
> > Crap!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Re: OT: Crap, I was a passenger in a T-bone hit, on my side.. Update...
 

Sh*t Mike, Im soo glad you didnt get killed in that accident but wow, you
sure took a beating. Have fun wheeling and hang in there, hopefully your
body will adapt to the deficits and you will overcome it all.
Kevin H.

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:3F7383AD.5EDAF64A@sympatico.ca...
> Well... 'Finally' had the MRI last week and got the results today....
> :-(
>
> I basically have had a stroke from the bounce off the door frame and
> have to treat myself as a stroke victim.
>
> No heavy work, keep the blood pressure low, etc...
>
> No fun....
>
> My back, ribs and neck are still really messed up and I have this damn
> headache that just 'won't' go away...
>
> Need to wear sunglasses outside, when I never have used them in the past
> 45 years, have issues with one hand being slow, so when I type, I do
> 'hte' more than I do 'the', (the neurologist has already spotted that
> with a freaking stun gun and electric patches to pick up the pulses,
> that was 'fun' LOL!) and have problems counting change and I was an
> honors Math student, shorter tolerance fuse, etc...
>
> What a pain in the butt!!!
>
> Hey! I did get some 'good' news though!
>
> I can go off roading to my heart's content!!!
>
> Yee Haw!!!!
>
> I am going to go and hit the local mud holes and try to get Soooo
> stuck! LOL!
>
> I'll take photos...
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> >
> > Well, I appear to be in some fairly serious trouble here.
> >
> > It would appear that I got my head bounced pretty bad as passenger
> > three weeks ago, June 9.
> >
> > The reason I was a passenger is because I had a cut on my cornea and
> > just came back from the doctor with a patch on and was in screaming
> > pain, even with a lot of pain pills in me so was in no condition to
> > drive. Likely I could have even broken my leg and not felt it at that
> > time.
> >
> > We were turning right on a small residential road in front of my house
> > into a driveway and some fool in a Honda thought it would be cool to
> > show off for the Russian chicks with him and tried to pass us on the
> > right.
> >
> > He hit hard enough to need a tow away.
> >
> > Jerk T-boned us and I was the passenger....
> >
> > I 'knew' my leg got hit, but had no idea the severity or lack of at the
> > time.
> >
> > Knee and ankle are messed up.
> >
> > Don't 'really' remember if my head got bounced or not. Vague memory of
> > moving fast that way maybe, but I think the knee got hit first, so my
> > attention was there.
> >
> > The clinic I went to finally had my neck x-rayed last week, the leg was
> > the first priority and phoned yesterday to have me come in, so I
> > intended on going in today as they were open and the same doctor was on.
> >
> > I didn't make it....
> >
> > I was going for a shower and reached in with my left hand to check the
> > water and my complete upper back nerve set seized up on the left side
> > and half seized on the right side from the neck to the solar plexus.
> >
> > I couldn't inhale using my chest. Still as I write this I can barely
> > use my chest to breath. I still don't know how or if I am going to
> > sleep tonight....
> >
> > It took me a half hour to crawl to the phone and just as I got there it
> > rang. My wife who very seldom 'ever' calls home from work was on it,
> > she knows I don't usually answer, it's always for the kid on weekends
> > and holidays like today was.
> >
> > We 'connect' sometimes, always have.... Pretty cool.
> >
> > Rather than call 911, she came home from work which is real close and we
> > managed to get me into the Cherokee.
> >
> > We went to Emergency at a local hospital.
> >
> > They did a second set of neck x-rays in different positions after
> > phoning the clinic for the results of the first set and the complete
> > back and found a curve in one place in my neck that 'isn't' supposed to
> > be
> > there so I have to go back tomorrow for a CT scan on my neck. Could be

> > a fracture the xray doesn't see is what the doctor told me.
> >
> > I am in a solid foam neck brace until further notice.
> >
> > Because of the headache I have had since the accident and still having a
> > high light sensitivity in my eyes, they did a CT scan on my head.
> >
> > They found internal damage with the CT scan... Damn!
> >
> > They are setting up an appointment with a neurologist and sending me for
> > an MRI scan ASAP using the 'emergency' department priority. The Doc
> > said that would be the fastest. Hope so.
> >
> > My scalp and outer skull are still physically 'very' sore to the touch
> > in the center right area three weeks later. About where the door post
> > of the car would have connected.
> >
> > It wasn't a fun day today.... I spent 12 hours in Emergency having to
> > wear a mask because of SARS and in a neck brace, not being able to
> > breathe to start with, in freaking screaming pain bad enough I couldn't
> > inhale and they wouldn't allow pain pills. Got out at 1:00 AM or so...
> >
> > Tomorrow is also going to be a long one.
> >
> > Crap!
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's