Paging those who've injured themselves...

Exactly as the man says, only quicker.

 

Too right.

dwb, if you need therapy, you need it quickly.

A few weeks down the line it becomes progressively less effective.

The effects of whiplash can persist for AGES if you don't get timely
treatment.

Get down the A&E and take a book/iPod/whatever. You'll wait for ages no
doubt, but it is important for your health.

Martin.

 

Well, you will, you know.

 

This is certainly what I'd do.

 

I might not even bother with the paracetamol. Not because I'm one of
those people who "try not to take drugs" but because I forget.

 

Christ but we've become a nation of poofs.

 

I know, it's bollocks, isn't it. When I lobbed my Bandit the first
time, my priorities were getting photos on the damage and my injuries,
and giving my mates a bit of a laugh.

 

Who;d have thought it, me a non-poof.

 

No one's ever accused the Bokkas of being poofs.

 

One swallow does not a summer make ...

--
Pip
Elly - a tired Pixie
ZX9R-E1 - 'The bike made me do it!'
Spike - FZ400 - firing on 3 cylinders
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"Angel in the kitchen ... "
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

'Oo you callin' a poof?

6 months down the line...

<dwb> Ouch.

<Doctor> Your neck is seized up. Why didn't you get physiotherapy
straight away?

<dwb> Because some blokes on Usenet thought I'd be a poof if I did.

<Doctor> You stupid poof!

<dwb> Ouch.

S'not about being hard or not. After a few weeks, a whiplash that could
have been sorted out can become a life-long problem without proper
treatment.

But hey, it's his neck, not mine.

Martin.

 

<snigger>

 

Somewhere in this thread it clearly states that I am seeing a Physio today.

And yet I must rush down to the A&E - etc etc.

 

Yes, but, he wasn't even saying he had whiplash. The logical
conclusion of your argument is that you go to A&E every day to get
yourself checked out "just in case", rather than when you know there's
something that needs attention.

 

Sorry chap, can't see that in this thread so far.

As you were then...

Hope all turns out well.

Martin.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

I thought the original suggestion that he go to A&E was because if there
is a problem then not attending would give the other guy's law-weasel
some wiggle room.

But I could be wrong.

 

Aye, but he asked "what does whiplash feel like." You wouldn't ask that
if you didn't suspect you had some possibility of a whiplash. Unless you
were a poof.

Symptoms can take time to come on, so it is worth having it checked out.

Which he is, today apparently.

Pimm's all round then!

Martin.

 

... and survived the awful group rogering that inevitably
followed, anyway.

--

Pip

Elly - a tired Pixie
ZX9R-E1 - 'The bike made me do it!'
Spike - FZ400 - firing on 3 cylinders
MRO#32 ibW#25 BoTAFOT#46 BoTAFOF #46 GP#1 UKRMRM#00 TWA#3
http://www.garagepixies.co.uk
"Angel in the kitchen ... "
elly at garagepixies dot co dot uk

 

FFS - I wanted someone to give me a first hand idea of what whiplash feels
like - "neck pain" kind of thing.
As it is, I googled because you lot have all jumped on the "A&E at once"
bandwagon.

To label this clearly now - I am not an ambulance chaser - all I would want
is the medical costs I incur paid for.
Therefore rushing to the A&E for THIS reason is, to me, stupid. That's why
I'm going to a physio later, someone who is more specially trained in such
things, to assess my neck - rather then Dr. Gooblewang who whilst qualified,
will have a much broader range of knowledge, not to mention a huge wait.

Rightly or wrongly, I see making a claim unncessarily does me short term
favours, but long terms adds just another little bit to the pot of "reasons
for banning motorcycles".

I thank you.

 

<ponders etymology of "roger">
Was there ever an excessively gay chap, called Roger?
</peor>