These concussion discussions got me thinking... what is your worst concussion story?

[TenerHallTerror]

a nice ski weekend to Tussey Mountain was ruined when a snowboarder cut me off on a challenging slope. I lost my balance, slipped on a patch of ice, and took a header into the ground. Lights out.

I remember coming to, a circle of people around me, and one guy says, "holy sh*t, he's still alive!"

Took about a week to fully recover . . .

 

[The Spin Meister]

HS football. Made a tackle hitting the guy right on the hip. Started to get up but collapsed. Remembered my mother was listening to game on radio as she was getting ready for the night shift at the local hospital so I felt I had to get up. Didn't want her to hear on radio I was hurt. Struggled to my feet and blindly walked into the huddle. Looked around and realized I was in the other team's huddle! Mumbled 'sorry' and went to my own huddle. Played rest of game, no headache, and was ok so not sure it was a concussion.

 

[TXHILL89]

Here's mine... 12 years old playing hockey goalie on all star team with 14-16 year old kidson back home in Boston. I took a wicked slap shot right on the forehead that laid me out, half conscience. As coaches and trainer attended to me my dad came out of the stands and shuffled across ice to see how I was doing. My dad leaned down gently and whispered in my ear, "sew up your vagina and get back in net... you're embarrassing me".

True Story.

I little friendly advise for any fathers out there. Do not tell your wife about this story. This story was first shared with me and my lovely wife roughly 15 years ago. My son was 9 at the time. Any time in the last 15 years that he got hurt, if I was not the most compassionate father in the world, I would receive the death stare from my wife. I knew exactly whose father I was being compared to.

 

[hagberg]

I was playing in an on-base football league in Spain in the late 70s. Mind you, I hadn't played tackle ball in about 6 years, but our flag football team kicked ass, and isn't that pretty much exactly the same thing?

My buddy Mark was MLB and I was DE. The other team's RB was running the ball toward me, Mark came through the line almost untouched, I hit the RB and Mark hit me right on the side of my head. I didn't lose consciousness, but I had to stay kneeling for a bit and, oddly, the whole world looked like it was green and white checkered for several minutes.

Finished the game, but that was my last year playing tackle football.

 

[Carl Spackler]

43 years ago. Working on a roof repair, climbing the ladder with a bundle of shingles, half way up when an 80# roll of roofing paper slid off the plywood roof sublayer, right off the top of the ladder, top rung below the roof edge and hit me on top the head squarely breaking my neck along with the initial concussion and complete spinal compression. Roughly one second later I landed, back of my head first onto a stack of plywood then springing backwards hyperextending my entire spine and gathering the second major blow to the head.

I have no memory of the event from several hours prior to that evening when I awoke in the hospital, tied to a bed in a neck brace. Concussions were the least of their worring at that time. Since my many issues to follow are suspect to the double blow to the head and the concussion I receive six week earlier playing intermural football at PSU, Beaver Hall, 6th floor team. Three shots to the head in six weeks with the double shot right after Christmas. If anyone doesn't believe long term issues stem from concussions I can tell you from first hand knowledge that they do and are not fully understood. Numerous issues stem from those moments so long ago........

 

[LionsandBear]

If anyone doesn't believe long term issues stem from concussions I can tell you from first hand knowledge that they do and are not fully understood. Numerous issues stem from those moments so long ago........

I can identify 2 permanent changes that occurred immediately after my concussion.

1. Severe motion sickness. I can't watch my kid play video games, ride in the back of a car or enjoy a 3D movie without getting sick.
2. Short term memory loss.

 

[Carl Spackler]

Sorry to hear of your impacts. Mine were sound and light hyper sensivitity and allergies. Longer term were chronic pain, vertebra deteoriation, disc disease, arthritis, nerve pain, regional pain complex and so many more issues some I likely don't associate with the accident but are still active and increasing.

 

[ericstratton-rushchairman]

I little friendly advise for any fathers out there. Do not tell your wife about this story. This story was first shared with me and my lovely wife roughly 15 years ago. My son was 9 at the time. Any time in the last 15 years that he got hurt, if I was not the most compassionate father in the world, I would receive the death stare from my wife. I knew exactly whose father I was being compared to.

Ahh yes but that young man is now tough as nails