notroubleclubber
03-08-2010, 07:16 AM
I was due to do my best mates wedding disco on saturday just gone.
During the week i stuck a thread up on here stating what you guys do if you are too ill to attend to a disco your doing....i think i cursed myself.
On the thursday before i hurt my back...bad! I was at work about 40 miles from work, bent down to get something out the van which was very light then a shooting pain up my back and i couldnt move for 20mins. Managed to get into the place i was working (im a fire alarm engineer in the day) and asked for the first aider which they said they didnt have one!
A woman came down ,took one look at me and asked where i had done it. I said in my van as i was getting something out the van and the first thing she said is "nothing i can do as you wasnt on company property!".
I said its not that! Im stuck and needed to get my kit into the van and get myself in there and drive home.
Anyway, she got a bloke working there to stick my things in the van and i tried to have a little walk round the village to see if i could free myself up but i was in agony. I phoned the missus and she said she would come and pick me up but i thought i might as well try and get home.
I managed to get back to the car and force myself in there. I started the drive back but half way through had to stop as the m4 was shut and got caught in traffic.
Anyway eventually got home, somehow managed to get on the sofa flat and stayed there from 2pm till 4am. I had some strong cocodamol left from when i done my back about a year ago so took them. By 4am i managed to get myself up the stairs to the toilet and managed to get into bed.
The next morning (friday) i could move a little so got to the docs who gave me even stronger painkillers. He said i never done any permanent damage so to rest for 2 days and then try and free it up. I had my mates wedding to do (for free) on saturday and was supposed to be a guest all day to (it was in a hotel).
I phoned him and explained that i couldnt come all day but WILL get there for the evening to do his disco.
The friday night i took my stronger painkillers as well as the cocodamol as the doc said it would be ok.
On saturday i woke with the room spinning and i could hardly talk! Luckily after a few hours i came round to myself again. I got the father in law round to load up my van for me and i set off around 6pm to get there for 6.30pm. I was stiff as hell (my back!) but once i got there a few of my mates unloaded it for me (they were ushers) and i directed how to set it up.
Anyway it finished at 1am and everything went well. A few mates help load up the van and i got home for about 2.30am.
The next morning my back was hurting again so i had monday off work too.
Im now back this morning and my back is still a bit twingy but i cant afford to take any more time off!
Anyway that was my weekend!
During the week i stuck a thread up on here stating what you guys do if you are too ill to attend to a disco your doing....i think i cursed myself.
On the thursday before i hurt my back...bad! I was at work about 40 miles from work, bent down to get something out the van which was very light then a shooting pain up my back and i couldnt move for 20mins. Managed to get into the place i was working (im a fire alarm engineer in the day) and asked for the first aider which they said they didnt have one!
A woman came down ,took one look at me and asked where i had done it. I said in my van as i was getting something out the van and the first thing she said is "nothing i can do as you wasnt on company property!".
I said its not that! Im stuck and needed to get my kit into the van and get myself in there and drive home.
Anyway, she got a bloke working there to stick my things in the van and i tried to have a little walk round the village to see if i could free myself up but i was in agony. I phoned the missus and she said she would come and pick me up but i thought i might as well try and get home.
I managed to get back to the car and force myself in there. I started the drive back but half way through had to stop as the m4 was shut and got caught in traffic.
Anyway eventually got home, somehow managed to get on the sofa flat and stayed there from 2pm till 4am. I had some strong cocodamol left from when i done my back about a year ago so took them. By 4am i managed to get myself up the stairs to the toilet and managed to get into bed.
The next morning (friday) i could move a little so got to the docs who gave me even stronger painkillers. He said i never done any permanent damage so to rest for 2 days and then try and free it up. I had my mates wedding to do (for free) on saturday and was supposed to be a guest all day to (it was in a hotel).
I phoned him and explained that i couldnt come all day but WILL get there for the evening to do his disco.
The friday night i took my stronger painkillers as well as the cocodamol as the doc said it would be ok.
On saturday i woke with the room spinning and i could hardly talk! Luckily after a few hours i came round to myself again. I got the father in law round to load up my van for me and i set off around 6pm to get there for 6.30pm. I was stiff as hell (my back!) but once i got there a few of my mates unloaded it for me (they were ushers) and i directed how to set it up.
Anyway it finished at 1am and everything went well. A few mates help load up the van and i got home for about 2.30am.
The next morning my back was hurting again so i had monday off work too.
Im now back this morning and my back is still a bit twingy but i cant afford to take any more time off!
Anyway that was my weekend!