So, I got concussed Tuesday. My experiences, and others can add theirs.

[MiltonWaddams]

I’ve had 4 documented concussions and the only one that I recall the immediate after-effects of was skiing at high speeds and hitting an unseen large chunk of avalanche debris. I tomahawked down the slope about 100 feet and remember not seeing for about 30 seconds. My helmet was cracked in half. I laid down, seeing spots/stars for 20 minutes as my friends climbed up to me. I was able to stand up and get my gear on. my friend gave me his full-face helmet  and went with me to the hospital to ensure I was okay. I kept spinning and spitting into the front of the full face helmet…irregular for me as I don’t generally do so. I spent 3 days in a dark room with my girlfriend having to stay with me to be sure I was woken up every 30 minutes. My equilibrium was a mess for a month. 

[Golden*Wheels]

I hurt my back once, but it was actually a back injury.

[Shaw66]

Never been concussed, so far as I know.  And that's another part of this - concussions that do brain damage sometimes are mild enough that they don't generate the symptoms people are talking about here - headache, dizziness, loss of memory, etc.  Apparently concussion damage is cumulative, and if you're concussed and have no symptoms, you've still added to your long-term damage.  And so, you have guys who even today can still talk their way back into the game, because they don't have apparent symptoms.   I think that's what happened with Tua.  I think the testing they did on him in the Bills game wasn't thorough enough to determine that he had in fact been concussed, so they let him go back into the game.  It seems to me that any doctor who looked at the replay of his head injury and how he walked when he got up should have said, "You're done for the day."  

 

Over 20 years ago, sliding in on a close play at the plate in a high school game, my son got smacked in the head on a swipe tag by the catcher.  (This was before the concussion issue had become serious in the NFL.)  He lay at the plate for a few seconds, stunned.  The coach came out.   I was thinking, "get up and shake it off."   Coach kept him on the ground for a few minutes, then took him out of the game.  He told us to go to the doctor after the game.   My son had a headache and didn't feel well that night.   Doctor wouldn't let him play until he had been symptom free for a week.   Symptoms lasted a week, and as a result he missed the end of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs.  Still, I was really grateful that they were that proactive about it. 

 

There simply is no question about the long-term impacts of this stuff, maybe not for every player, but for too many.  It's one thing if their fingers are mangled or their knees are failing them.   It's another thing altogether when at age 50, guys' ability to think clearly is fading, memory is shot, etc. 

 

The NFL won't like it, but their protocol should be fail-safe.   That is, if there's any question at all, the injured guy should not be allowed back in the game.  There haven't been many cases recently like Tua's, because the protocol seems to be working pretty well.   There's very little question this time, however, that either the protocol failed or someone cheated.   Is it possible that Tua's problem last Sunday was not a concussion?  Sure, it's possible.  But given what happened Thursday night, there just seems to be no reason to have allowed him to play just because Sunday MIGHT not have been a concussion.  

[BringBackFergy]

 

There was this one time  I was on my lunch break and decided to walk through the mall and grab something to eat.  I had to use the restroom really bad.  So I went in and put toilet paper on the seat to protect against germs and other bodily fluids which might be on the toilet.  I took care of business and buttoned up.

 

I then walked out of the bathroom and down the main corridor of the mall toward the food court.  I had to weave in and out of others during lunch hour but generally the mall uses the same "rules of the road" as with driving (everyone stays to the right in one direction). After 100 yards or so, there was a wall of mirrors.  As one is apt to do, I naturally glanced over toward the mirror to glance at the dashing young man called Fergy.  Everything looked in check: the suit, the tie, the hair was spot on.  But what was that 5 foot white tail dragging on the floor behind me? My preventative steps toward germ free bathroom use, created a long toilet paper trail hanging out of my pants.

 

That was more painful than my tonsillectomy in 1982.

 

I have never fully recovered. I lost a lot of sleep.

 

Public bathrooms haunt me.

[Just in Atlanta]

I was in first or second grade, hanging on a tree limb while my grandma raked leaves. 

The branch cracked, sending me falling with the back of my head hitting her waist-high rock wall, which outlined the property.

 

I don't remember how I felt but I will always remember hearing the sound of what I thought was a baseball unravelling in slow motion by my ear. A whoosh sound. 

[boater]

4 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

I've been told that's the one thing you're not supposed to do if you suspect a concussion

When I got concussed, I very strongly wanted to go to bed, and I did. Maybe I'm lucky to be here.

[TheBrownBear]

I've gotten my "bell wrung" a few times as an adult by bouncing my head off the ground in mountain bike crashes, but never went to the ER.  Just headaches and tiredness for the rest of that day. 

 

Had one concussion in a high school summer league basketball game after taking a knee to the head while diving for a lose ball.  Didn't lose consciousness, but saw stars and was wobbly when I tried to get up and walk, similar to what we saw from Tua on Sunday.  Went home that evening and went straight to bed and was still asleep when my Mom got home from work the next day - I had slept for basically 20 hours straight - it was the strangest thing.  Little nauseous that evening, but was basically fine when I woke up the following morning.

[Sweet Lou]

September 1991, it was a Sunday, don't remember the actual date, it might of been the last Sunday in September, but I lost control and went over the handlebars on a steep downhill, during an off-road motorcycle race.  After the crash, I knew I was ***** up.

Out of frustration I removed my Bell Helmet and threw it with my left arm.  Right arm was dislocated and broken.  I was raised to my feet by a fellow racer then escorted off the track to an ambulance nearby.  I was taken to a trauma center somewhere in Cattaraugus County.  From there I ended up at ECMC, but don't remember how I got there.  I was told later that I was air lifted.

I do remember them cutting off all my gear at ECMC, including my boots.  I remember bitching about being naked and remember them bitching about the whereabouts of my helmet and who removed it.

I told them "I DID!"  They set someone to retrieve it after I described what it looked like.

From there; a complete blank until I heard the voice of a nurse sitting beside me in a chair while I was laying in bed, at ECMC.  She was a very pretty girl who told me you have to stay awake.  She also told me that I was an "#######" downstairs and you're naked because you had minor, manipulative surgery, so you gotta learn to relax.  I was actually embarrassed by her scolding.

The last thing she told me was: "Concussions ruin people, so try to remember who you used to be."

There was a bills game on the TV but I don't remember the details because I had a hallucination, which I had to describe to the nurse and I still remember it to this day.  I vomited only once.  After I got home I had an EEG (brain activity stuff) and some muscle and joint therapy later on.

I completely recovered with no side effects, but I think the whole experience was directly related to my divorce five months later on February 8, 1992.

I have a great wife and a great marriage now.  We originally met in 1993 and became the best of friends, then we got married in 2018. 

So;  the concussion was the best thing that ever happened to me, but I wouldn't want to go through it again, nor would I wish it on anyone.

 

[GoBills808]

I skinned my knee yesterday

[BaaadThingsMan]

Had a concussion from HS football. Spent a few days in a dark room, on my knees with my head on the floor wondering if it would ever end.

 

I recovered by Friday and played the whole game both ways then hosted the after party 🤷‍♂️

[BuffaloMatt]

I get concussed every Sunday thanks to the King of Beers. I always clear protocol for the next game. 

[Dr.Mantis_Toboggan]

About 20 years ago, as a young man who was pretty certain he was invincible, I decided that I was going to pursue pro wrestling. Far from the biggest guy, I knew if I ever wanted to achieve my goal, there would be some bumps bruises and broken bones along the way.  Unfortunately I did not go the proper route, and a friend of mine had done some workshops with ECW vets and so I told him to just show me what he learned… along with a bunch of other backyard wannabes. Then another backyard wannabe somehow procured an actual wrestling ring, and shortly after the biggest joke of an independent wrestling company, Roc City Wrestling, was born. Following no actual licensing requirements, with no medical staff on site or proper insurance, it’s really a wonder how they were able to run without being fined, but this is also oddly enough where the late Jon Huber (Brodie Lee/Luke Harper- RIP) go his start.  Anyway, so you got a bunch of backyarders doing the most sorry excuse for pro wrestling in the world, but most of us were just happy to be in a real ring. My first few matches, while not at all watchable other than for cringe inducing entertainment, were fine and without injury, but I realized this wasn’t exactly for me, not like this, I wanted to go to a real wrestling school.  So I stop, a year or so goes by and they call me up asking to come back, and I oblige bc I still hadn’t been able to save up to make the move for wrestling school and just wanted some ring time.  Big mistake, they put me in their with two of the single biggest jackasses ever. I got one guy straight up stiffing me with punches to the forehead, then I get blind sided by an uncalled spot, a spear of the top rope, and my head just bounces of the mat full force, out cold, and then come back to being pinned, but it wasn’t supposed to be the finish, and I remember the ref only counting to two, even tho I didn’t move to kick out, and the first thing I remember seeing is blurry faces and kids yelling “he didn’t kick out”! So then I kinda roll a bit, and I hear “Shane! Shane! Cmon Shane!” And I’m just thinking who the Frick is Shane? Then I realize, ohhhhh, I’m “Shane”.  So I manage to roll to the corner, as if I’ve just finished the last step of “stop drop and roll”, make a tag, and then proceed to just roll right off the apron to the outside floor and lay there, with zero medical attention, until the end of the match.  Then my tag partner, I’m assuming helped me to the back? I don’t remember the walk back, I do remember being in the dressing area, and trying to walk and then going full Tua on Sunday, stumbling and falling flat on my face, luckily into a pile of wrestling mats as this place was a big karate dojo. Even then, there was no medical attention, and being 19 or so myself, I didn’t realize the severity of the issue.  This was my third head trauma as a result of being careless with pro-style wrestling, but this by far felt worse than the others.
 

The other two both involved my tag partner, a couple years prior when I was 16 or  17, the guy who bought the ring, previously rented a ring, and I took a power bomb without knowing how to bump properly (turns out even after semi-learning it was still an issue, and not one I cared to keep trying over and over until I got it right) and my head smacked off the mat, as well as a chair shot on the top of my dome from the wrong part of the chair… Sean, if you’re reading this, you suck… oddly enough, my whole childhood I was cursed with such intense headaches I had to undergo CT Scans and MRIs, only to find that my headaches were stress induced, but it was a scary enough experience that I never wanted to go through that type of testing again.  Now I’m just kinda praying, for my family’s sake, that I don’t end up with CTE or already have it.  No lingering headaches, but I do feel like time is almost distorted sometimes, and I’d just be lying if I didn’t say my temper can be embarrassing at times.

Oh and years later, I ran into Huber (Brodie) and brought up RCW and his response was “oh yeah, we used to watch that video over and over, rewind, just brutal”… My only regret is not getting a copy of that tape and a good lawyer.

 

Go Bills!

Edited September 30, 2022 by Dr.Mantis_Toboggan

[ExiledInIllinois]

48 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

I skinned my knee yesterday

You sir are an inspiration.   A true warrior! 

 

Okay... 🌈 Warrior! 😉 

[BigAl2526]

I've never been concussed.  I should have been multiple times.  Just lucky, I guess.

[The Red King]

Thanks, all.  Knock on wood, it seems like I could have been much worse off.  That aside, given all the recaps here it is terrifyingly negligent for the 'phins to put Tua out there Sunday for the second half, or yesterday at all.

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

6 hours ago, The Red King said:

So I fell on Tuesday and cracked my head on the corner of the wall.  This post applies to more then just Tua's concussion, it applies to Trent Edwards and everyone else players or otherwise.  That's why I made a separate post.  Anyone else out there that got a concussion can add their experiences as well.

 

Let me tell you where I'm at.  Tuesday was bad.  I ended up in the ER.  I was dizzy, with double vision.  When I got home, I was stuck in bed.  Now Wednesday I felt a lot better.  My head was mostly better.  I was fine in bed or in my chair and just a little fuzzy when I got up and moving.  I could move around with pretty much no difficulty.  I figured things were recovering quickly.  On Thursday I felt much the same, no better, no worse.  Then I woke up today.  My head is swimming.  Things are not as bad as Tuesday but they are worse then the last two days.  I need to be careful when I get up and move around.  That's when I discovered I'm not alright and it's going to be some time before I am.  I can't imagine what this is like for football players who are rushed back into playing.  Tua is, of course, the worst example but this applies to anyone who is concussed.

 

So, what is the point of this post and why is it separate?  I want to get other members' experiences.  How their concussions affected them and how much time it took for them to recover.  I also want this to be a precautionary tale to anyone who gets concussed in the future, to look at these posts and not rush themselves back so that they don't risk additional injury.  Finally, I want this post and additional replies to put NFL concussions in perspective.  Sometimes it's hard to see how concussions can truly impact players, not just short-term, but long term as well.

 

So TBD members who have suffered concussions, I want to hear your stories as well...

I’ve had two pretty minor ones.  First one I was scrambling for a loose ball on the floor face down in basketball and someone kneed me in the back of the head and smashed my head into the floor.  I was very woozy with hazy vision.  I felt better a couple hours later.

 

second one I caught an edge snowboarding and fell backwards and smashed my head on ice with no helmet.  I was really nauseous and had a pretty serious headache but wasn’t as woozy as that first one. Both were mostly better the next day.  My hair grew in gray in the spot where I smashed it on the ice for months after 

Edited September 30, 2022 by Generic_Bills_Fan

[seattlebillsfan]

Got a concussion from a bike wreck (wearing helmet) a few years ago. Was incoherent for about an hour and can’t remember much. Spent the night in the hospital. Took a few days off of work and was advised by my doctor not to look at a computer screen or phone for 2 weeks (my secretary saved my bacon; it was back to the 1950s…). Followed instructions and have never had any Ill effects….No screentime plan worked well for me….

[US Egg]

The Dolphins have forever altered the concussion protocol…..and it won’t be fun.

 

If in 2023 there isn’t some sort of new take extra precaution Tua preventative rule, I’d be surprised.

[ExiledInIllinois]

6 minutes ago, I am the egg man said:

The Dolphins have forever altered the concussion protocol…..and it won’t be fun.

 

If in 2023 there isn’t some sort of new take extra precaution Tua preventative rule, I’d be surprised.

Flag football. 

 

Thanks Dolphins!

 

[Shay]

I suffered a serious concussion due to being thrown from a horse at age 13, 

I was completely unconscious until I woke up my head covered with blood, and  with a huge head gash in an ER,   My parents drove me to the hospital as this happened on a rural road, I had no recollection of the ride.
i remember dizzy spells and a terrific headache and my parents not allowing me to do much for a few days,   And I did get back on the horse🐴 and love riding to this day (now with ⛑)

 

[blacklabel]

I can't say for sure if it was a concussion because I never went to the hospital for it or anything. But about 20 years ago I was swimming in a creek with some buddies and there were these falls you could slide down. We slid down them all summer without issue. On the last day of summer I forgot to sit up when sliding down and I smacked my head on a rock. Had a big ol' goose-egg and everything felt fuzzy and distant for the rest of the day. Everything sounds like it's really far away from you and you're just in a fog for a while. Not fun. 

[MJS]

I have a friend who played QB in high school. He received a concussion in a game and then went back in and finished the game in the second half. The next day he had no memory of the rest of the game and had to ask everyone else what happened. They won, and they said he played pretty normally, but they could tell there was something off about him, but nobody knew he was concussed until later.

 

Anyways, he recovered, but he had this blind spot in his brain. There was a certain route that he just could not throw afterwards because he could no longer mentally gauge the distance and where to put the ball. He had to train to relearn how to throw that specific route from scratch because it was just gone from his brain.

 

I had a couple mild concussions growing up, but no lasting effects. I was better after a couple of days.

 

My younger sister played soccer and she got so many concussions. Apparently girls soccer has one of the highest rates of concussion in sports. Not sure why it is different from boys soccer in that regard.

Edited September 30, 2022 by MJS

[gjv]

I believe Tua when he said it was his back and not his head that caused his instability last Friday. I think Tua is not a liar. Had Tua not made those comments about his back and we were relying on the integrity of the Miami management, I would have had my doubts. 

[Playoffs?]

7 hours ago, billsfanmiamioh said:

I know I definitely had a couple playing hockey growing up. Luckily not serious enough to seek medical attention, and pretty mild symptoms overall so don’t think they were too bad. It wasn’t really a “thing” back then so i just went on about my business 🤷🏻‍♂️. 

Yep, same. Hockey, football and rough housing… never threw up and don’t remember being fully disoriented… but distinctly remember a hit to the hit with a bright flash and loud ‘clank’ sound.  And then I shook it off, and got right back in there… because that’s what you did.

I/we used to think that a concussion meant you were knocked out.  So when you weren’t knocked out, you clearly weren’t concussed, and you get your butt back in the huddle. I might have had 10 of those instances….

13 minutes ago, gjv said:

I believe Tua when he said it was his back and not his head that caused his instability last Friday. I think Tua is not a liar. Had Tua not made those comments about his back and we were relying on the integrity of the Miami management, I would have had my doubts. 

I literally have no idea who/what to believe. Remember, Tua probably wanted to play… and that was his ticket to playing… but I also don’t want to call him a liar. 

[Negan]

Got one playing flag football, seriously had a headache for like 4 weeks and felt dizzy.  It was an awful experience.

[BigDingus]

Hope you're doing better today!

 

I only ever suffered one concussion in my life, but it was fairly potent. 

 

I was 17 playing in Lacrosse, saw a guy running to bulldoze me over when going for a ground ball, so I just picked up speed to meet him. We both leaned into it, basically knocking each other out. 

 

Most of what followed are pieces I slowly recovered memories of over the years, but immediately following the hit, I only remember telling my coach I wanted to keep playing, but they kept asking me what day it was. For the life of me, I couldn't even recall what the days of the week were, much less what day it was then.

 

That's when I realized something was wrong. My coaches brought me to my dad, he drove me home, and the next thing I remember was 5-6 hours later my parents putting me on the phone with my best friend hoping he could help fill in the blanks & help me remember something.

 

Problem was I basically lost all memory of the past 2-3 months, and it was so bad I got a medical exemption to skip my chemistry & history tests that week. Worst part was my sister having to tell my new girlfriend that I didn't remember her... I still thought I was dating another girl, when apparently we had broken up a month prior 😅

 

That was the most awkward part. Fortunately, the girl I was dating was a friend from my neighborhood, so it wasn't like I didn't remember her at all. Other than that, I didn't suffer any extended pain, headaches, dizziness, etc. It was just amnesia. I do remember crying myself to sleep that night, as it was an insanely scary feeling not remembering so many things...

 

It never sounded like a big deal in TV/movies, but suddenly having a large gap in your memory was not fun at all. 

[US Egg]

haD meye cher of kuncushuns playing yuth and hi Skool sports.

 

NEveR efffected frum n e 1 of them.

Edited September 30, 2022 by I am the egg man

[Steptide]

I've never had a concussion (that I'm aware of) but I dated a chic who fell down a flight of stairs and nailed her head. I remember the week after she was so spacey. Saying alot of weird things, acting loopy and not all there. It was definitely strange. It was almost like a completely different person. That's my only real experience with a concussion 

[Bills2022]

1 hour ago, gjv said:

I believe Tua when he said it was his back and not his head that caused his instability last Friday. I think Tua is not a liar. Had Tua not made those comments about his back and we were relying on the integrity of the Miami management, I would have had my doubts. 

 

If you believe that you are incredibly gullible.  People don't stumble like that because of their back.  It was textbook gross motor instability with a neurological cause.  In fact, it is highly unlikely Tua even remembers collapsing.  The back excuse was obviously provided to him by some unethical people on the Dolphins staff.  If it was a back injury that caused it, what did it miraculously go away in a few minutes?

 

[Pete]

1 minute ago, Bills2022 said:

 

If you believe that you are incredibly gullible.  People don't stumble like that because of their back.  It was textbook gross motor instability with a neurological cause.  In fact, it is highly unlikely Tua even remembers collapsing.  The back excuse was obviously provided to him by some unethical people on the Dolphins staff.  If it was a back injury that caused it, what did it miraculously go away in a few minutes?

 

NFL and Fins are doing damage control PR.  But this story has people fired up.  And it’s is getting lots of coverage(even over seas).

But they can’t bull#### their way out of this.  Heads will roll.  Miami is going to get punished as they should imo

[SoCal Deek]

1 hour ago, Pete said:

NFL and Fins are doing damage control PR.  But this story has people fired up.  And it’s is getting lots of coverage(even over seas).

But they can’t bull#### their way out of this.  Heads will roll.  Miami is going to get punished as they should imo

Don’t hold your breath. The current Commissioner probably just hopes it increases eyeballs on screens. 

[Nextmanup]

True story: at one point in my career, I was working in an office environment with a guy who said he received so many concussions growing up playing hockey, that he could sort of "jerk" his head in a quick, forward motion, and GIVE HIMSELF A NEW CONCUSSION.

 

He seemed to be taking it OK, like he was telling us a drinking trick or something.  He almost mentioned it with a smile, as if to say "Isn't that weird?"

 

I would be horrified if I could do that.

 

 

[Draconator]

10 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Look at me... I am fine! 😜

But are you sure?

[Michael1962]

I have been in health care 31 years or so and have seen multiple patients with TBIs.  The very concept of a "mild TBI" is like saying "a mild plane crash".  Many people

s lives are changed forever.  Plus weird stuff can happen, I had one patient with a TBI who started stuttering 2 years after her accident.  The coach for Miami saying that "it was just a concussion" is a moron.  

[Since1981]

Concussion is brain getting bruised. My daughter spaced out. I thought I knew what a concussion was prior—until my daughter’s brain weirdly shorted out for 2-4 wks
 

I concluded—> one only fully grasps the nasty brain injury with a VERY close person behavior afterwards. 

[RuffMuff]

Sledding Southtowns, head first into a pine tree, with 2 others.  Kid behind me shoved me directly into it, could have been indirectly. Woke up walking up to the front porch. Been fine ever since!

[djp14150]

12 hours ago, The Red King said:

So I fell on Tuesday and cracked my head on the corner of the wall.  This post applies to more then just Tua's concussion, it applies to Trent Edwards and everyone else players or otherwise.  That's why I made a separate post.  Anyone else out there that got a concussion can add their experiences as well.

 

Let me tell you where I'm at.  Tuesday was bad.  I ended up in the ER.  I was dizzy, with double vision.  When I got home, I was stuck in bed.  Now Wednesday I felt a lot better.  My head was mostly better.  I was fine in bed or in my chair and just a little fuzzy when I got up and moving.  I could move around with pretty much no difficulty.  I figured things were recovering quickly.  On Thursday I felt much the same, no better, no worse.  Then I woke up today.  My head is swimming.  Things are not as bad as Tuesday but they are worse then the last two days.  I need to be careful when I get up and move around.  That's when I discovered I'm not alright and it's going to be some time before I am.  I can't imagine what this is like for football players who are rushed back into playing.  Tua is, of course, the worst example but this applies to anyone who is concussed.

 

So, what is the point of this post and why is it separate?  I want to get other members' experiences.  How their concussions affected them and how much time it took for them to recover.  I also want this to be a precautionary tale to anyone who gets concussed in the future, to look at these posts and not rush themselves back so that they don't risk additional injury.  Finally, I want this post and additional replies to put NFL concussions in perspective.  Sometimes it's hard to see how concussions can truly impact players, not just short-term, but long term as well.

 

So TBD members who have suffered concussions, I want to hear your stories as well...

 

The big one I had was in college 35 years ago.

 

i had 2 incidents happen over about a 1 months time at college ….

 

incident 1….in my dorm I was at a hall party. I walked downstairs to run back to the dorm room. On my way doen someone going upstairs du,ped beer on me. I didn’t know these people nor did anything to provoke this. After an argument one of the guys cold clocked me snd I feel to the floor. Witnesses said i was kicked.

 

incident 2 … a few weeks later I was playing a hard touch football game ( you had to obviously touch the player like grabbing their arms or waist) with dorm mates on the college astroturf field.  Me and  another player collided heads on a play.

 

didn’t think of any of these things….I wasn’t having anything like a long drawn out headache.  Over the following months I noticed something was off with my learning skills.  The only subject I seemed to do well in was math.

 

for a few year in college I had problems with colleges.  Thrn it improved and went back to normal.

 

about 15 years later I had brain surgery planned to treat a form of epilepsy I had.  I had a bunch of texts. One of these was a CT scan.

 

the CT scan showed a spot in the front lobe on the right side of my brain in the front and a corresponding spot on the left side of my brain in the back of my head.

 

ehrn I saw it it had to be consultant because that was the point of impact with both things I mentioned above.  
 

i was likely still young enough for my brain to re-wire itself and recover.

 

as for the brain surgery….

 

I had two forms of epilepsy.

 

the form I had as a infant was always controlled with a small amount of meds. Drs say I grow out of it. I go off meds and in 2 weeks I have a seizure. These seizures was classic form.

 

the second type came out post puberty.  This was more of an absence seizure.  I had 25-30 sec spells you might not realize I was having a seizure.  I had medications added over the years but I’d have break thru seizures because it woukd adapt to the drugs.

 

i had my brain surgery in DC.  Prior to the surgery I had the following tests

 

1 ct scan

2 mri

3 neuropsychology test

4 wada test

5 a 5-7 day inpatient epilepsy study 

 

2,3,5 were done post surgery

i had a second opinion done out of univ of Virginia pre surgery.

 

the neuropsych test is a long 5+ hr test thst focus on different memory and learning tests believed to be done in different areas of the brain.  Post op text only focused that are in the surgical area so it was shorter.

 

the MRI clearly showed a problem area. The amygdola in an mri looks like an oval nut. You have one on each side. The one on my left side looked weird shaped not a normal shape,

 

the Wada test gave me a new perspective on vegetative states.  In the test they send a catheter up your main arteries into the brain.  They first go up my right side of my brain. They inject a hot chemical that simulates a stroke.  Thrn I’m tested on the left side only operating. I could hear fine. I saw objects shown and recognize them. I could not speak or recall the words.when they reversed sides I was full functional.

 

the surgery was a success with very minimal long term problems.  It got rid of the second seizures.  I still take meds for the first type I had as a infant.

 

in my post neuropsych test there was nothing different.

 

the problems I do have are

 

1. I can have problems on some short term memory like memorizing a list of 5 items.  My recall memory processing is slower.  I can blank on peoples names.  Along with this is a form of dysleksia that cause word and spelling changes.  Sonet8nes I can change words that start the same but have different endings.

 

2. my jaw is affected because of muscles getting cut in surgery. I can’t open my mouth as wide as I could before.  It was worse after the surgery. I could get a small burger in my mouth from mcd/bk but couldn’t eat a whopper/quarter pounder

 

3. some peripheral vision was affected. This nerves go thru the surgical area.

 

 

 

 

[John from Riverside]

When I was deployed to Iraq I had a bomb go off close enough to me that it concussed me

 

It’s actually kind of weird you don’t actually know that it is happened especially if you’re concentrating on something else in the moment but when I slow down long enough to realize what it happened to me my body was shaking the following day I had a bad headache

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

As for personal and verifiable incidents of concussion, I have none.  I did stand up too soon when exiting a machinery pit while ascending stairs years ago, and cracked my hard head on a steel cross beam.  Results:

1. My high school Spanish seemed to be more easily recalled.

2. It must have affected my short term memory.  I could have sworn I posted to this thread yesterday...🤔🤨

[gjv]

12 hours ago, Bills2022 said:

 

If you believe that you are incredibly gullible.  People don't stumble like that because of their back.  It was textbook gross motor instability with a neurological cause.  In fact, it is highly unlikely Tua even remembers collapsing.  The back excuse was obviously provided to him by some unethical people on the Dolphins staff.  If it was a back injury that caused it, what did it miraculously go away in a few minutes?

 

Gullibility has nothing to do with not believing Tua to be a liar. However, it appears you possess an unnatural ability that allowed you to witness the unethical manipulation of Tua by people on the Dolphin's staff. Perhaps you should offer your supernatural services to the FBI.