Incapacitated to a degree

#1 - The Car.....I'm looking at about $8,500.00 worth of damage. My mechanic said that if my airbags had deployed, the bill would have been near $12,000.00, and they might have declared the car a total loss. My mechanic owns the shop, and at the moment, it's just him working. He is going to try to get help from a friend's shop....he's trying to get everything fixed ASAP, but it could be over 2 weeks. #2 - Me....my right hand/wrist is not broken, but it hurts like hell. I've got a removable cast on and a prescription of Darvocet. I also went & bought a lighter wrist cast, similar to what you'd wear for carpal tunnel or tendonitis problems. I'm fairly capable of working on the computer...as shown here. :) Everything else though....is difficult. I can't really grasp things or lift things with my right hand. Getting dressed/undressed is a challange. Driving.....painful. I don't like being helpless, incapacitated. I don't like having to rely on others for things. I don't like asking for assistance. Especially when I end up feeling like I'm being a burden, or a hassle. Work....it was like listening to 2 people talk at once. On 1 hand, I get told to do whatever I needed to do, to go see a doctor, whatever......and on the other hand I'm told that I need to try to schedule things for after work. Rik is also very sick right now....sick enough that he can't go into work...which means that I'm driving myself..... We're having our annual Joint Staff Meeting tomorrow morning. I'm supposed to be at the conference room at 6:00 AM to help get things organized. My boss drove me to BART this afternoon, so I could get home....and first she tells me that I can come in at 6:30 tomorrow.....then she grudgingly said that if I couldn't come in, to call her cell and leave a message. I told her that the only reason I wouldn't be in....would be if Rik is still too sick to work....and I'm too sore to drive. Part of me wants to be coddled & catered to......served if you will.... but part of me also is leery of what strings & conditions will be attached to said service.