Car Accident and Falling down the stairs....
 

Urm..... Hi..... :blink:

Ok, so wednesday I was involved in a car accident, no one was hurt; only during the day my body began to ache and it got worse and worse. The following day my neck and arm was very painful, I had pain in my tummy and lower back and my ribs were very sore if I laughed or breathed heavily. Yesterday I started to feel a little better, my body hurt less, it was still a little sore but I was able to move around and get things done.

Today; my body was ok a little sensitive and still a little achey but ok. Then I have just managed to fall down the stairs..... :plain: :crying:

I sort of slid from my feet, fell quite a way; probably 5 - 6 steps and sort of ended up in the air for two, then on my bum bouncing for a few, and then came to a holt and just sat there. My hand had grabbed behind me, and sort of stayed there so had been dragged as I had fallen. When I finally came to a stop, my arm was extremely sore in my armpit and shoulder - as if it's been ripped out of it's socket! Ok, so it hasn't, but it hurt; it's still very sore. My feet sort of juddered right up to my lower back, so my leg and sort of leg/pelvic joint bit is also really sore..... :ermm: I have a headache and my shoulder blade of the other arm and neck on that side hurt too...... My head feels fuzzy and I have a pain in the same side as my shoulder blade and neck pain...... :crying:

Ok, so obviously it's going to be a little sore, but I am overly paranoid and now terrified I'm broken.... Or something is horribly wrong.....

Help...... Please? xxxxxx :notsure:

I would just like to state - clearly I know I haven't 'broken' any bones! I just mean.... I don't know, internally.... :crying: It still hurts......

You need to go to the hospital sweet. Just get your head checked out if you can

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:notsure: I really, really can't go to the hospital, I really can't. I can't. I didn't hit my head as such, and I stayed with it all the time, but it's just sore - but could it be the shudder jolt type thing? I just took my dog for a walk and had no energy..... :crying: But that might be because I'm uber tired, and that really isn't anything different for me. It's just, two things in one week; I'm scared. :crying:

I'm sorry, I so appreciate you replying meaculpa, and I know how annoying it is when someone asks for advice and then they never take it - and I'm not ignoring your advice, truthfully I'm not, I'm just..... I don't know. xxxx

Not a doctor, but you probably gave yourself a bit of wiplash and/or jolted your internal oragans.. which is why it hurts. being shaken around like that isn't nessarly good for you.

and yuor arm probbaly hurts because catching yourself requires a sudden shock of all your weight pulling at once. assuming you didn't dislocate it, that *should* under normal circumstances stop hurting in a few days.


One or the other and you probably owuldn't need to, but.. get checked out. Doctor or hospital either one.

I have the nurse on Tuesday I'm just scared that's too long to wait. I have a fear of going to sleep and not waking up and things and so I'm terrified my head is something really bad and something awful will happen.

:crying: I know I'm being useless and I'm sorry. xx

hunny you need to go to A&E or a walk in centre to be on the safe side.
xxx

I think you know what I'm going to say and I think you're thinking it yourself; you do need to get checked out. It may be that you have hurts your back and/ or neck and that can cause headaches, as can the stress of your body beeing pound around and your head also doesn't have to bash against anything for damage to be caused, just imagine having a box with a ball inside, if you shake the box you'll hear the ball pounding about inside, your brain will do this pounding around, colliding with the inside of the skull if the forces are great enough. You also need to get your arm/ shoulder checked to make sure nothing has gone wrong there and just a full exam to see if there has been any damage from the accidents. As you're not feeling too good it is probably a good idea to go to A&E this evening so that you don't fall asleep first. I would also make sure the people with you know what has happened so they can keep a check on you to ensure you are ok. Waiting until when you see the nurse probably is not the best idea as it probably needs to be at least a nurse practitioner, preferably one specialising in emergency medicine/ trauma that sees you or a doctor.

Another thing is make sure you don't drive over the next couple of days just whilst things settle.

Kim; I do know and I also know that you are right and every single thing you said is true!! I'm just an idiot and when it comes to Doctors I completely run to the other side. I fainted last week at work and I KNOW I should have got checked, but I didn't..... :notsure:

I sobbed for hours last night, and finally got to sleep at about 1. I woke up with a head ache and achey..... I then had massive pain due to 'time of the month' and felt really sick. I went out to the summer house and came back in cos I didn't feel well and ended up on the kitchen mat, on the floor. Dad picked me up and I went to sit in the bathroom for a bit - mum took me to bed and I laid down on my bed and fell asleep - I do feel much, much better now..... I will ring the Doctors first thing tomorrow morning and make an appointment - I just know as soon as I go they will want bloods and I just.... CAN'T give them any of my blood!!

I'm really sorry I am being so useless. xxxxx

They may not necessarily want to take bloods and if you are needle phobic then I would discuss that with them.

They went into great detail last time about how they were going to talk to a Doctor who worked within peads but it never happened..... :notsure: So I went into my, very mature, 'If it was that important they would have done something' mode and she never said anything from then on!

I am meant to see her more often than I do, but there isn't a lot of point as it doesn't change anything, and I go to the Nurse for by BP and weight every other week..... xx

Sorry to bump this, just wanted to update.

I saw the Nurse this morning and got so worried and panicked about going I daren't get out of the car because I felt so faint. Anyway, I went in and had my BP and weight checked, and she has booked me an appointment with the Doctor on Thursday - as that's her next available time. The nurse said there is so much going on and my body is crying out to be looked after and listened too..... We shall see how the Doctors goes, I'm now officially terrified. :crying:

Hopefully it will be fine, just try and relax and just wait and see what happens. If you need treatment, especially for your fainting/ BP they should be helping with that one. Are you driving? I'm just worried about you driving if you keep feeling really faint.

My insurance has been moved over to my mums' car, so I did drive this morning - when I got there I felt poorly, and I sat in the car for a little while afterwards until I'd calmed down.

I have an appointment tomorrow but my SW has offered to pick me up and bring me home, and on thursday when I go to the Doctors I have asked a friend to come with me so I don't get scared - or if I do there is someone with me. I am so anxious at the moment it's ridiculous - I'm now terrified about what is going on with me. I was terrified about my pup last night - who is completely and utterly fine (thank you) and on saturday I was convinced I was going to die. My anxiety levels are shot; and I feel rubbish!

My BP is always low - and as for the fainting, I don't know. Just happened, and usually never happens...... Shall have to wait until Thursday and hope I feel a bit better soon - I'm really beginning to get scared and upset.... I feel like I've gone back a couple of years!! :crying:

*hugs* you have had two accidents in very close succession, it makes sense that this would leave you feeling anxious for a while.

It will take a little while for things to settle again, both physically and mentally after any accidents, so allow yourself the time, don't feel you have to rush to be better straight away. You have not gone two years back, as you are aware of what is happeneing and will have it settled again soon enough.

*cuddles* be gentle with yourself and good luck for the appointment.

Roiben x

*Snuggles* Thank you for your kind post. xx

I think I just find it disheartening that I try so damn hard and see to fall, one way or another, every single time! That sounded very 'woe is me' and I don't mean to come across that way.

Thank you to everyone who has replied to this thread; you've all been very kind and I really do appreciate all of the support that I've been given. xxxxx

Been to Doctors, explained how I felt; dizziness, fainting, tiredness, feeling like my muscles are very weak, fuzzy head, being 'behind' myself, wobbliness and generally feeling poorly..... She asked me whether I kept my fluids up and has said that I need to drink more.... That was in and I can go back and see her in 5 weeks.

This can be locked or shot to the bottom now.

Thanks to everyone who helped me. <3

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Glad you got checked out and you can get checked closer than the 5 weeks she said if you still don't feel good or are unsure.

KimA