It's been almost a month since my car wreck, and I'm doing quite well. The physical effects from the crash had an interesting progression:
- day 1: sharp pain in my left side when twisting or clenching, minor bruise on inside of left arm
- day 2: pain lessening
- day 3: sore neck when turning my head; moderately severe vertigo with nausea when I look down or up
- day 4: very sore neck, dizziness a little less and no nasuea
- day 5: sore neck a little better, dizziness lessened, a big sneeze reaggravated my side
- day 10: neck soreness almost totally gone, dizziness very minor
Now at day 30, I still have to admit to a sense of very slight dizziness when I look down sometimes, but it is very minor. I fact, I played soccer two nights ago, and took several tumbles, but felt no accident-related effects afterwards and never felt even slightly dizzy.
Another unanticipated side effect from the accident is that I discovered more than my dad, wife, and Jeff read my blog. I had responses from one of my former coworkers (who I hadn't talked to in almost a year) and a friend from high school (that I hadn't talked to in over 20 years!) after reading about my wreck. That was surprising and heartwarming.
There are other accident-related storied to tell, but I'll leave them for other posts.