{"id":5190,"date":"2013-03-20T09:27:20","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T15:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2013-03-20T09:29:02","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T15:29:02","slug":"insurance-companies-and-bright-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brickhouseracing.com\/?p=5190","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Companies and Bright Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things are slowly getting back to normal for me.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, I had a meeting with an insurance agent from Progressive, the insurance company of the driver who hit me. Up until this point, I’d received a lot of advice and admonishments about how to handle the wreck\/insurance situation. Everything from, “Call a lawyer and sue everybody for huge sums of $$” (most of facebook) to “You’ve got no reason to meet with them. Don’t do it” (my dad), and lots of people saying that I needed to be on my toes because I would be pressured to sign a settlement immediately and for less than what I “deserved.”<\/p>\n

Thankfully, my experience was quite the opposite of any of those things.<\/p>\n

The agent I met with was kind and genuinely concerned for my well-being. I know what some of you are thinking- I’m being naive. No, not really. She was, by far, the nicest and most helpful person I’ve dealt with (and she felt bad about asking if I was wearing dark clothing in our previous phone conversation). I’ve got a pretty good handle of when people are blowing smoke. So, it looks as if everything is in motion for getting my medical, equipment, and P&I (pain and inconvenience, which I had no idea even existed) taken care of, with her help.<\/p>\n

As for riding, I’ve been getting back into it slowly. I can pedal at a moderate pace without any pain or discomfort. However, any hard efforts make my sacroiliac joint ache. According to the ortho doc I visited last week, everything is structurally intact, but there’s lots of soft tissue bruising. He also said that getting back to my normal activity at a rate that’s not uncomfortable is the best therapy for my type of injuries.
\nI did manage to get out with a group ride last night. I joined up with the Memphis Hightailers<\/a> for an early-evening loop around Germantown. Being in a group feels a little safer to me for the time being, though I’m determined to not let solo-ride traffic anxiety deter me from getting on with training in the near future. I did make a “security blanket” purchase last week- Cygolite Hotshot 2W<\/a>
\nI actually bought 2. Just in case. In case of what? I can’t really tell you, but so far it’s come in handy for when Matt went out for an evening ride while I was using light #1.<\/p>\n

\"hightailers\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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So, the machine is slowly winding up again. Hopefully I’ll be back at cruising altitude in the not too distant future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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