Outcome

I received two voicemails from ICBC yesterday. In the first, on my cell phone, the agent said that the other driver had not accepted liability and they were contacting the witness to make a statement.

The second message was left about 30 minutes later on my office voicemail. I listened to it this morning when I got into the office. The agent stated that the witness' statement correlated with my statement and they had assigned 100% liability to the other driver. That was some good news to brighten up my day.

The agent also indicated that I can have the damage estimate performed at certain repair shops, so that I don't need to go into their claim centre. This must be something new. I've never seen them do that before.

Car Photo

Here it is.

Stairclimber

25 minutes at 30 resistance last night.

Collision

I got into a collision tonight on my way to my parents' place. Some guy in the opposite direction turned left in front of me as I proceeded through a green light. I was in shock for a good hour and a half. The witness who pulled over saw me physically shaking.

I'm okay now and I'll post more later after I get a chance to sleep on it. The vehicle damage is relatively minor and at first glance seems superficial, but if I had entered the intersection a split-second sooner, the hood of my car would have been under his truck.

Stairclimber

I'm now up to 16 minutes at 27 resistance on the stairclimber.

I have another EMG test scheduled with my neurologist at the end of this month. Although the clinical results are awesome and beyond what she was expecting (which anyone who has seen me through this in the last year can attest to), I'm looking forward to seeing the test results too.

Goals

I've really started noticing the improvements I've been making in my recovery since December. I have a follow-up scheduled with my physiotherapist in about two weeks, which is three months from the last time I saw her. She's going to be impressed.

There are many things I want to do right now but just can't because of my condition. I thought I'd make a list with some realistic timelines.

• I've already started swimming.
• I should be able to do some bicycling this summer on relatively flat terrain, like the Stanley Park seawall.
• I may be able to start some ice skating at the end of this year.
• Inline skating will probably have to wait until summer 2008.
• I don't think I'll be able to do ice hockey until the winter of 2008/2009.
• Dodgeball and aikido will also have to wait at least another year to early 2008 at the soonest.