Thursday, March 3, 2011

Having a Concussion

I was playing a game of indoor soccer last night. I got tripped while chasing down the ball and I ended up falling into the wall head first.  I slammed into it pretty good.  It didn't really hurt all that much when it happened. But by the time I got home I had a little bit of a headache. This morning I woke up with a nice bump on my left temple. I also had a sore wrist and my knee had a nice bruise. As the day went on I started to not be able to focus on things.  I couldn't focus my eyes for more than a couple minutes.   By noon I couldn't concentrate on  anything and I was having a hard time thinking straight.  It was really weird. I looked up the symptoms of a concussions and I had over half the symptoms.  So I ended up coming home from work before I got to the point that I couldn't drive.

I have never had a concussion before.  It is the weirdest feeling.  I don't think I like it all that much.  What is crazy is I have hit my head way harder than that before and not gotten a concussion. So why this time?  I think the main thing is how I hit the wall.  I hit it head first and straight on my temple.  So I guess in all reality it could have been much worse.  Good thing I have a VERY hard head. It comes from a lifetime of hitting my head on things.

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