My neck started hurting on the weekend and by today, I couldn’t move my head at all without it hurting a lot. Pain was accompanied by numbness, tingling and a headache.
After lunch, Anna from our team walked me over to the accident and emergency department of the hospital. I was lucky to be there on a Tuesday afternoon because I had a short two hour wait. If I had come on a Friday night, I probably would have waited four hours. On Friday nights, I imagine the A&E department is full of drunks and people wounded in fights.
The doctor x-rayed me and asked me to push/pull/lift various limbs. After looking at my x-rays, he said that there didn’t seem to be anything wrong. I had probably slept in an awkward position and the pain should go away in a few days.
He gave me painkillers, which help a lot.
Try to take it easy, Joan.
definitely, and get someone to spoil you!
A few years ago I was a drunk in the emergency department at the Alfred Hostpital in Melbourne on a Saturday night. I had cut my hand open trying to impress some friends with amazing acrobatic hi-jinx and had to wait 11 hours to be seen. This had something to do with me needing to be sober and something to do with the number of serious knife wounds and head injuries coming through the door… I haven’t been back there since.
Thanks, Rohan, Dan. I have taken the day off today. I lasted until 10:45am without the painkiller. I wanted to see if I had improved since yesterday but apparently not. I needed the drugs 🙂