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pmile69 · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Location: ulsan

so i was involved in a motorcylcle accident approx 3 days ago. fortunately no bones were broken, and no head trauma.....i did however get lots of road rash, and have skin missing off a fairly large portion of my laft arm,right hnd is skinned, and left knee had 2 large fiction burns.

while at the hospotil the cleaned my wounds, they of couse charged me and then pushed me out the door.

obviously im in a bit of shock. the accident had happened just 2-3 hours earlier. the drs treated me lik crap (i did have a friend there to help translate...which didnt seem to help)...they were rough and so on.

so i went to another hospitol a day or 2 later. by this time im in exrucuiting pain. the drs told me that if it hurts then to take tylenon. now maybe the states have made us a little soft when if come to dealing with pain, but tylenon or ibuprofen as a pain killer for an accident feels not right.

i know there issue with opiates....and am trying to respect this custom, but i am in serious pain. one dr said i will give you one codeine. what is that going to do? one codeine for weeks of pain?

so what are your recommendations? is this just tha way it is? i have a few tattoos.....and im a foreigned is this just a cultural bias? im in ulsan, is it a smaller town mentality (i know ulsan is by no means small....but its not a huge city)

what are your thoughts. its been going om the 4th day. i cant sleep, i have no appetite. tramadal, and ultracet have no history effecect on me.

what should i do. this is be comming rediculous. why if i am REALLY in pain will nobody helop me? should i go to seoul or busan or something to see if a clinics there would would be more helpful?

any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

FistFace · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 6:08 am Post subject:

Were you hit by someone?

If so, maybe you shouldn't have left.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

If you were not at fault, then go to the best hospital and get the best treatment. Charge it all to the jerk's insurance.

jeffkim1972 · Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Location: Mokpo

Just go to a different hospital. Hospitals can vary a great deal in their treatment. Some are extremely rude, while others can treat you like a king.

Trust me. Unfortunately, i'm not in Ulsan so i can't help you find a good one, , it's hit or miss like almost everything here.

canuckistan · Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:43 pm Post subject:

A head's up: Check the areas around your wounds a few times each day the next while to make sure you don't get blood poisoning/infection from any missed road crud left lodged in your body.
If you notice any of the veins in your arms/hands/legs near or leading away from the injury sites that are very red and angry looking, (like a red stripe) go back to the hospital RIGHT AWAY. Do not let that stuff slide.

peemil · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa

You are soft.

Suck it up.

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

Pain killers make the pain appear blurry in your mind and therefore harder to block.

pmile69 · Joined: 05 Jan 2007 Location: ulsan

i am checking the bandeges regularly. and the nain issue is ntjust the road rash. 1.5 year ago i shatterered my right patella and severerd the tibial tendon......and it re hurt that knee. and its not just a few scrapes you get in the back yard.

i have been 2 both of the hospiti=ols in my area,and they both treat me like crap. i may bus out to busan and hope for someting better. i just want to be comfortable. its been a while.

thanks for the responses guys.

Fresh Prince · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: The glorious nation of Korea

I'm not to impressed with the anti-American statement in the OP but I'm also curious as to how can you get road rash that bad if you are wearing body armour and armoured gloves?