by blukatzen » Fri 21 Dec 2007, 03:45:16
Loki, get it checked out. Even thought I doubt you willl be working much next week (Xmas holiday and all, I am sure the business will take a few days off).
It sucks when you obtain an injury and it isn't your fault. You need to get it checked out.
Here's what happened to me, and I was in a car. I was taking someone home from the hospital, and I was in rush-hour traffic. (Chicago suburbs, fairly busy). Someone was talking on the telephone, and stepped on the wrong pedal. I was AT THE RED LIGHT STANDING STILL and I still got hit. The first impact was 4 cars behind us, and it hit us as we were standing still.
I did not feel bad in the first hour or two, but my ex took me to the hospital, as I began to feel "off". What happened is the impact broke a blood vessel around the base of my skull, near my neck on the left side.
For most of the summer, I felt as if I was living in a gyroscope. It affected my appetite, as I was nauseous most of the time till my broken blood vessels healed. Homeopathic meds helped somewhat, but I had to lay down a lot, with a cool towel on my head for a few weeks. I do NOT want to go through that again.
The lady was very sorry, she was speaking to her husband who was a doctor. She was coming home from work, and not focused on driving/cell phone conversation. Was this nun on the cellphone?
There were 4 cars involved in this bangup, as she hit the cars with so much force, we were forced into the next car up. There were cars on the side of us on the street, parked, so there was no "empty" spot for any of us to go to.
Allstate was very good, gave me something for the car damage,and reimbursed my health insurance for the injury. (in essence, I never saw any of that money, one insurance company cuts the other one a check.) However, I *Had* to sign off on any further claim of money from this accident. In reality, I didn't know if that broken blood vessel situation would have resolved itself. It did, but since then, I have been hit by...get this..4 other people talking on the phone whilst driving the car.
I am not saying that you should go after her because the Catholic church has money, but you should definitely not roll over just because you can, folks count on that all the time, and then where does that leave YOU? HER negligence caused the accident, and driving is a responsibility. If it was dark, and you had no reflective gear on your bike, you may be partly to blame too.
But I think you need to see a doctor and assure yourself of the extent of something. Sometimes a hairline fracture exists and you don't know right away. NOW is the time to do something NOT LATER ON. The law is on your side right now. USE IT. Don't whine later on if you lose the feeling in your arm or if it's a hairline fracture that works it's way into something worse due to the rigors of your job. (and you injure it due to ignoring the problems).
She owes you a doctor's "OK" at the very least, and an x-ray or two. If you get the "all clear" then it's gravy, she's learned to maybe not drive anymore, or at night/dusk, and you've gotten an EQUITABLE settlement.
There is NOTHING ethically wrong in wanting that.
What if she is elderly and has hit you, but kills the next person, or hits a mother/child crossing a street? Did you think of that? Maybe her order/Mother Superior needs to evaluate this situation too, she may be a liability for her Order. You may be doing the whole situation a favor. PLEASE think about that!
Blu
PS Glad to hear that you will have a permanent situation at that nursery! (per our other thread.)
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blukatzen on Fri 21 Dec 2007, 16:59:44, edited 1 time in total.
of course he is the guy that did it.
