taken ill on the road.

[chilistrucker]

ever happened to any of you?
i had a run last night, a regular we do from basildon to merthyr tydfil, trailer swap and back. to be honest, a fair nights work on its own. but all went belly up last night. i had some sort of allergic reaction, and ended up in hospital for a few hours, finally got home tonight. anyone else, ever not made it home?

[chilistrucker]

rumple said:

About 4 years ago I had some viral stomach thingy, had to go to a drop in center, spent 2 days in my bunk, boss wanted to pick me up but with a toddler and baby in the house I didn't want to take it home, highlights apart from the 8 hours straight puking was getting out the truck for a pee and stting myself lol, doctor was gonna admit me to hospital because I hadn't had a wee in 24 hours, managed to go whilst seeing him, wasn't fun

yuk, not nice.

i set off from merthyr, for the drive back to basildon, i felt offish at merthyr and by the time i'd got back to the m4, it had just got worse, was covered in a rash, dizzy etc, knew i'd never make it back. thing is what do you do? i didn't know where a doctors would be, the fact that it was midnight wouldn't have helped, where would i stick the lorry, blah,blah,blah!
i phoned 999, my only option, but was now feeling really rough, they were brilliant, and were with me in 4 minutes, 5 minutes later i was in the hospital, and getting sorted, so top marks to the n.h.s.
the ambulance guy, and the team in a&e were great, especially beings it was mobbed with the normal friday night drunks. i think i got fast tracked

[chilistrucker]

i didn't know what to do at first, didn't really want to do the 999 thing, but had no choice as i knew i wouldn't be ok untill i had some kind of treatment. luckily for me, i knew there was a wide load lay-by at j32 of the m4, so got the lorry in there. when the paramedic car turned up, he said he'd take me to cardiff hospital for treatment, and then he got onto his control to let the police know why my truck was there.
by the time i got back to it, i knew i didn't have enough hours left, even on a 15 to get back to the yard, so made it to membury and had a 9 hour break there. then ran home saturday afternoon to yard.
top marks to all the hospital staff, they were great. i see alot of hospitals at mo as my dad is really ill, and never ceases to amaze me, with all they have to do and put up with, 99% of them are always happy, smiley, polite and helpful.

[chilistrucker]

rumple said:

Glad your ok, so much to moan about these days but the NHS ain't one of em, do you still go on bimmerforums.

yep, i can't knock the n.h.s mate.
i don't get on bimmer forums at mo, sold the m5, wish i hadn't but i went back on the touring work.
how about yourself?