As if my luck couldn't even!

[IHaveAMustang]

Do insurance companies no longer pay for pain and suffering? Seems like you really got messed up in his accident, and someone should be paying.

[black2002ls]

thanks I'll check those out. It really does make you feel like less of a man when your wife has to pick stuff up for you.
Thanks for commiserating with me.

I wish I had known about those books before my surgery, I may have been able to avoid it altogether.

I was in pretty bad shape before I had the surgery, and I've had a couple of bad stretches since. It is something that definitely is a life long concern/problem, once you suffer a major back injury. The key is maintenance. Keep up physical therapy exercises, maintain core body strength, and be active.

[4bangen]

Pick up a copy of treat your own back and treat your own neck, by Dr. McKenzie on amazon. I think they are $8-10 each. Treat your own back has pretty much kept me from a second back surgery.

It is a very hard thing to go through. It isn't only painful to your body, it hurts your mind as well. Everyday tasks are now hard, it is harder to help out at home, it just kicks you in the nuts and keeps on kicking.

I'm not sure which meds you are on, but there are a couple that they put me on that as long as I took them, I was ok. Happy, energetic, however when I would stop, I was a raging asshole.

thanks I'll check those out. It really does make you feel like less of a man when your wife has to pick stuff up for you.
Thanks for commiserating with me.

[black2002ls]

Pick up a copy of treat your own back and treat your own neck, by Dr. McKenzie on amazon. I think they are $8-10 each. Treat your own back has pretty much kept me from a second back surgery.

It is a very hard thing to go through. It isn't only painful to your body, it hurts your mind as well. Everyday tasks are now hard, it is harder to help out at home, it just kicks you in the nuts and keeps on kicking.

I'm not sure which meds you are on, but there are a couple that they put me on that as long as I took them, I was ok. Happy, energetic, however when I would stop, I was a raging asshole.

[Shaggin Wagon]

5 Star Ford Plano?

[4bangen]

Well here's an update. The bodyshop was able to get the OE parts price matched and there will be no aftermarket body parts going back on my car! That alone has me feeling better. They think they can pull the quarter strait without cutting it off, they got the trunk floor strait, but they aren't sure if the trunk lid is good until they get the rest of the car square. They think I might have it back by the 10th.
Me on the other hand, well I go in for anther MRI tonight. My neck is killing me, sleep doesn't come easy, and I've had some nasty headaches. My shoulder isn't to hot either. I was turned 3/4 around straining to look over my left shoulder when she hit me, so I hurt things that wouldn't normally get hurt in a rear end collision. Fingers crossed about the MRI tonight. I'm hoping it's not anything permanent. My lower back is hurting too, but not as much as the neck and shoulder. I'd just lost 36lbs before the wreck, I'm hoping my lack of normal activity levels doesn't slow my gains in that department.
To be completely honest, I've been in kind of a funk since the two wrecks. The pain, the frustration, and trying to cram all these Dr. appointments into a 10-12 hour a day job and being a present involved husband and father has really been a test of will. My joy has been fading. But I'm working though it. Trying to manage pain while keeping the pills to a minimum and not be an asshole is tough, but my family is being patient, and I'm grateful about that. It's starting to get easier, but man I don't know how people with cancer, or other stuff like that do it! I lost a friend this year to cancer and I swear he kept a positive outlook even till the last time I saw him when he was barely there physically.
I need to man up! All I have is two smashed cars and some human body damage. lol-ish

[AnthonyS]

Soooo after finding a different working number for her fly by night insurance, and then them trying to make me jump through hoops, they are going to cover my claim. Not near as bad as yours for sure, but still annoying.

Shady insurance companies, paper tags galore, crash and dash.... be careful out there guys.

[kingjason]

If it makes you feel any better, the insurance company from the girl that hit my wifes car is out of business. People suck.

I almost, and I mean almost bought one of those for my wife. Just didn't feel solid like here older escape she owned when I met her. That thing was rock solid and reliable.

Soooo after finding a different working number for her fly by night insurance, and then them trying to make me jump through hoops, they are going to cover my claim. Not near as bad as yours for sure, but still annoying.

[Rick Modena]

Stupid Mexicans

lol!

[Juiced4v]

Dang man you have the worst of luck...sucks!!

Stupid Mexicans

[AnthonyS]

What happened to that lost art, those old artists, who could pull that out

I found one to fix my Miata I bought as totaled from very similar damage. Car was a rare color and in perfect shape otherwise so it was worth it to me. Same guy will be taking care if my Porsche body kit this winter.

[shumpertdavid]

What happened to that lost art, those old artists, who could pull that out

They have gotten too old to do it or died off.

Seriously though, when I was taking the Street Rod and Custom class at Grayson County College, there were some guys that could do amazing work with damaged metal. I've cut a piece out of a fender well lip, worked the damage it had and welded it back in, stretched and shrunk areas to get them back close enough for a thin coat of filler, etc. But most of the newer stuff is made to cut and replace.

It's not that a guy can't work the metal, it's that it's faster and easier to just replace it. Especially when you're taking about over laps and areas for potential water intrusion, rust to form, etc.

I'm by no means a body man though.

[Gasser64]

Going to be a lot of new metal and a lot of spot welds.

What happened to that lost art, those old artists, who could pull that out

[AnthonyS]

Going to be a lot of new metal and a lot of spot welds.

[SS Junk]

At least a week for every $1000.