i may have fractured my back.
 

so yesterday while i was working we were loading up all our shelving pieces because were moving shops.
anyways we had all the sheets of plywood (and particle board) about 30 sheets total on the forklift ready to put on the trailer. Me and my brother were sliding the sheets on the trailer 2 at a time and got to the last one and the last sheet was as far as it could go onto the trailer but still about half an inch on the forklift.
so my brother starts kicking the bottom of the wood to get the bottom to slide off the forks. Anyways im standing in between the wood and the forklift and im like just pull the forklift back and this will slide off but he was like no help me kick the wood back and he kicked it really hard and boom they all start falling over and i go to try and push them back but me (120 pounds) vs 30 sheets of plywood that weight about 50 pounds each just didnt work. it pretty much catapulted me into the forklift and followed right behind smashing me into the forklift til the forklift started rolling back and finally gave me enough space to fall underneath the forks.
I layed there for about 30 minutes trying to take deep breaths but it wasnt happening. i was panting for air and finally started catching my breath. after about an hour i got to the point where i drank some water and could completely breath again. got carried to my office where i sat and ate some food.
my fiance picked me up shortly after and i went home and tried to sleep all night being pretty unsuccessful i figured the doctor was a good idea. today i went into urgent care and they gave me an x ray of my lower back and said it may be fractured but it was hard to tell so tomorrow i go in for a cat scan.

in one swift fall i bruised the **** out of my knee, scraped my stomach, back and side and possible fractured my back.

by doctors order im not allowed to bend over til saturday, not allowed to lift over 20 pounds and am not allowed to work.

so workers comp and lots of boring sitting at home time here i come!

i'll know more tomorrow after my cat scan.

and the doctor gave me some vicodin which doesnt do anything to me. sweet thanks!

i dont get how i'm suppoed to live my life without bending over lol


my christmas break just got a little bit longer.
anyways thanks for reading.


-Josh

damn d00d! hopefully it's nothing serious and you'll heal up quickly. not a very merry christmas present :(

yeah im trying to look at the positives.

more time with the girl.
less time working.
might do little low labor things to my e30 while im healing up.
time to figure out what exactly i want to do to my car and possibly time to look for a better paying career.

Oh sh!t, that's crazy! Take care man.

thanks im trying to lay low for the time being but it gets so boring in an empty house

although it may drive you crazy, if you f*d up your back, you don't want to do any more damage. take it easy.

my buddy messed up his back lifting a dishwasher by himself and will probably have issues the rest of his life because of it. it went out when he reached for a damn tupperware container on a high shelf. take care of your back d00d!

yeah for sure backs are serious things and will effect your whole life.

thanks eric (thats correct right?)

i will take your advice

sure is josh :)

at least take it easy until you get the findings from the cat scan. have a beer (only if you're old enough of course) and watch UFC unleashed. that's what i'm doing ;)

hahaha im not much of a drinker (bot old enough either) my brother already offered me some crown.

maybe once the girl gets home i'll have a drink.

whos fighting tonight?
i dont have cable and never watch tv so its hard for me to follow the most recent fights.

i think last one i watched was rampage and liddell.

just replaying some old fights. now i'm watching the world's strongest man while i eat dinner. they're deadlifting two small chinese cars! lol

Liddell is fighting Wanderlei Silva, GSP is fighting Matt Hughes - 12/29/2007

Do you have an Xbox? I still got the first system and I'm playing, Spartan - Total Warrior. Yo that game is DOPE! Smoke some trees, fire up the Xbox...

Damn Josh...i'm bummed to hear about your mishap.
get well soon (as the saying goes)
if not...drink plenty of Fat Tire!
Word

want to find a bar that has that fight on the 29th. anyone else in denver area interested?

damn ... a murphys irish stout seems to have found its way into my glass. now get in ma belly!

i'll check it out with ya eric.
they have all the fights at Andrews (11th and Lincoln)

oh sh!t...i just remembered that i'll be back in Portland, Oregon when that fight is on...gotta spend X-mas with my kids!
next time :biggrin:

haha thats great hope to some day be able to lift one of my cars... the isetta! lol

funny you say that i have 2 xbox 360's but i am playing super mario world for super nintendo. almost done with the game trying to beat it with 100%

lol
i would play xbox live but i still dont have high speed at home.
i use my blackberry as my 115 kbps connection lol

yeah it sucks!
never much cared for any beer. but that is a good choice if i were to choose!