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quite a wierd day today

Postby LunchBox » Fri Mar 16, 18:04 2012

This isn't 100% happy so this may be the wrong forum. My roommate (not the blatantly bitchy/gossipy one but still one that annoys me frequently) got into an accident halfway into an 8 hour drive home for spring break. She got into it because she has a seizure and being that she has a condition that causes mild seizures she probably should not have been on the road at all especially when she forgot to take pills. I've refused to make the drive with her the last couple of times due to a scare with similar circumstances over the summer on one of those exact 8 hour drives. It's a silly detail of no matter now but had I gone with her I'd have been crunched along with the passenger side of her car. Although if I had gone with her hopefully I would have thought fast and taken the wheel. But this isn't a post about me getting lucky.

She is just fine, contrary to her car. All the little things I was at wit's end with her the last month are insignificant. I'm just really happy she's ok. She's disappointed that her license got taken away but that is the least of my concerns. Again, I'm ridiculously happy she's ok. I didn't bother waking up this morning to say bye either, because I am a douche roommate absorbed in my own world. Even though she has her downsides she has been the only one besides my boyfriend who hasn't judged me on my recent complete life and school failure. Now I feel that I should've been better to her. I'm even more ashamed that it took a close call car wreck for me to get a clue about that. I was kind of sad to drop her at the airport a bit ago.

So spacefemmers, this is incredibly cliche and hackneyed but appreciate even the people in your life that you can hardly stand. Also, if you have a medical condition which puts your driving in danger please, please donnot drive. I'm on a strange happy high at the fact that she is ok even if this isn't a happy circumstance.

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A roommate I have been shit to got in a wreck but is completely ok therefore making me a weird kind of deliriously happy.
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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby rowan » Fri Mar 16, 20:54 2012

glad she's ok; car wrecks are scary.
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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby Sonic# » Fri Mar 16, 22:29 2012

I'm sorry to hear that she got into a wreck, but glad that she's okay. Is your school in an area where she can get around without driving?
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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby LunchBox » Fri Mar 16, 22:35 2012

Sonic# wrote:I'm sorry to hear that she got into a wreck, but glad that she's okay. Is your school in an area where she can get around without driving?


Oh definitely, we live maybe a mile or two walking distance from the school. It won't be an issue. She likes driving other places though. I get the feeling my boyfriend is going to become the new chauffeur for all my roommates, which will suck.
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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby Aum » Sat Mar 17, 14:56 2012

Not to sound like a jerk, but why is someone who has random seizures driving a car? Isn't that illegal?
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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby LunchBox » Sat Mar 17, 15:36 2012

Aum wrote:Not to sound like a jerk, but why is someone who has random seizures driving a car? Isn't that illegal?

Don't worry about, it's my thought process too. She was allowed legally to drive because she only had "partial seizures" and gets Dr.'s notes saying her seizures are not severe enough to impede her driving however see how well that worked out. I feel bad that people should have to lose their right to drive but there is plenty of public transportation or walk/bike and it's more safe for them self and others.
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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby kelsa » Sat Mar 17, 15:43 2012

Aum wrote:Not to sound like a jerk, but why is someone who has random seizures driving a car? Isn't that illegal?


It depends on the state and the condition! If the condition is well controlled or specific (like night seizures, partial seizures, seizures with well defined pre warnings like auras.) its legal to drive. Once you have a seizure, you have to wait anywhere from 3-12 months depending on the state before you're eligible for a license again, and of course have the doctor's permissions.


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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby Epicenity » Sun Mar 18, 18:10 2012

Wow. That can be scary if I was her or in the same car. Hope she is taking her pills.
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Re: quite a wierd day today

Postby drunken dragon » Sun Mar 18, 18:20 2012

I'm glad she's okay! That sucks that her license got suspended but she needs to be taking her pills!
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