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I'm beyond paranoid driving.
I've only driven by the accident site once and I saw, what I think is, my skid marks and they were pretty long. I felt like I had my brakes on for a long time, too, even though I know it was just a few seconds.
Yesterday I was driving home and I have to go across this bridge called "the trestle" and I was going under the speed limit since there was heavy'ish traffic. A car from the left lane pulled out in front of me, suddenly, and thankfully I was going slow enough that I didn't hit him. But I sure was in a panic! My seat-belt tightened, as did my entire body. The jerk got right back in the left lane a few cars up. As I drove by him I laid on the horn. He has NO idea how close we were and how I could have easily hit him had I been going just a little faster. The last thing I need is another accident within the same damn week! I may have swore, too. I'm honestly not someone that swears a lot, but UGH! He freaked me the hell out!
I'm planning on seeing a chiropractor and a massage therapist soon. As long as I can find people that will bill the claim number and not require me to pay out of pocket. Hoping that exists around here. My dad wants me to see his chiropractor and I think my step-mom said that I wouldn't have to pay out of pocket but I wasn't really paying attention when she was telling me. My MIL said that her massage therapist is wonderful so I'm going to go there if they'll bill insurance. We shall see. I've been too busy to look into this stuff.
While I'm still feeling some pain here and there, I haven't taken my muscle relaxers in two days, although I was going to yesterday after that guy almost caused another accident. But they put me right to sleep so I have to make sure I've got nothing else going on that I need to take care of before I take them. Mostly I'm feeling good but the pain starts to make its way through in the evening. I feel pain in my lower back and some pinching mid-back. Today while I was at work, I was looking for a puzzle piece under an end table so I had my head down low and to the side and it really hurt. Not sure what that was all about, but apparently my neck isn't as healed as I thought it was
Dealing with the insurance companies is a royal pain in the butt! I'm playing phone tag with the insurance company for the guy I hit. I've talked to the insurance company from the second car in the line-up that was hit. I find it odd that the insurance company for the girl that hit me hasn't tried to contact me at all yet. Same with the insurance company for the Comcast van, which I believe is the one that caused the whole shebang to happen. But having to answer the same questions over and over and give my statement over and over is such a pain! Plus the paperwork I have to fill out and send back to my insurance company...I just don't wanna, but I know I need to get that done and sent. I know my mom would like to be reimbursed the $200 it cost to tow my car!
Yesterday, we got the preliminary estimate for my car repair, along with a check from the insurance company, in the mail. It's estimated that my car is going to cost $7,300 to fix {and no, I don't know why they didn't total it}! Thankfully our deductible is only $500. But it's not going to be done getting repaired for another week to week and a half! I guess they just got the approval from my insurance to start work on it. AND we don't have car rental insurance. Apparently, even though we have full coverage, rental insurance is separate. SO, my MIL is an angel and is letting me drive her car for as long as I need it!
Anywho, overall, I'm feeling good, but I'm paranoid it's going to happen again and a bit scared to drive. Yet, I have lots of driving to do every day so hoping this paranoia goes away soon!
