Don't you hate it -- see a doctor and during your exam, you wondered what you were seeing yet the tech or someone used that dreadful line "wait til the doctor tells you?"
It brought back memory for me!
Yesterday, I went for my eye exams cuz I thought my glasses wasn't helping me anymore. One of the newer tests freaked me out BIG TIME, and I had to know "now" and asked the tech to explain that white dot on screen. WAIT TIL THE DOCTOR TELLS YOU...
Once the doctor came in,, I told him,, DON'T PUT ME ON ANYMORE SUSPENSE,, WHAT THE HECK IS THAT WHITE SPOT? He laughed! He said everyone asked the same thing, as if that white spot is something fatal!
This brought back memories, back when I had bone scans, xrays, MRIs, EMGs, and much more.... Along with every test -- ZILLIONS OF QUESTIONS, dying to know answers NOW! It been quite a few years now,,, I just realized that a few days ago marked 8 years since my MVA.
I remembered how it was, I knew I was hurt and all but it wasn't until I was in ER, while still strapped to backboard, waiting to be x-rayed when it finally sink on me that I was in bad accident. I bawled my head off, while being strapped and waiting in hallway. I kept saying over and over, "a truck hit me." They had to sedate me cuz I couldn't calm down.
Many months and years of treatments and therapies follow. Even though it had been 8 years, I still have problems related to that damn truck driver who got careless and ran into my little ole dependable Honda Accord. Man, I miss that car!
Slowly, I learned to control my pains and limits and do something good to my life!
I know I am NOT going to make sense here, but without my former range of motion, I couldn't move as quickly to find the source of sounds while wearing my hearing aid anymore. With that limit, I felt more "deafer" than before. So, I got cochlear implant to improve my hearing in hope that I can more aware of sounds instead of turning around to find the source. YES, I am hearing much more and I can ID sounds without looking around, something I never was able to do before!
Armed with new self-esteem with new hearing, I went back to school! I managed to graduate with honors and in timely matter too! I still can't find a job yet, but I wouldn't dare give up hope.
Everyone,, new and oldie,, No matter what, don't let stupid drivers control you. Keep in mind that 10% of all whiplash injuries ended up permanent, so in reality -- you have an outstanding chance of full recovery. If you are one of the unlucky 10%, there are ways that you can adapt to it. I know it sounds very bull****tish, but it can be done if you set your mind to it.
Sorry for rambling on.... but it's good to get it off my chest.
Lee
P.S. my eyes are normal, other than OLD AGE! Of course, I already knew that, as it had been going downhill for past 10 years. Instead of new glasses, I will be getting contact lens. As a rule, Medicaid won't cover it; however, we are waiting for Medicaid approval, in which the doctors think it will be approved due to conflicts in my ear region. It has been hard enough with cochlear implant being in very SAME area where glass frame sits. For that reason, I have three doctors' letters saying the same thing, that I could be helped best with contact lens because glasses and implants are interfering with each other.
BTW, that white spot is a “marker” for doctors to locate certain part of eye.