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ailsagirl

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4. I was thrown from a horse...

Reply to Bertha Venation (Original post)

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 08:34 AM

Sep 2015

and I didn't remember very much after that. Next thing I knew, I was waiting for my father to pick me up and
I was reading a magazine. I was trying to, at any rate-- I recall that I could read the words but I didn't know what
they meant. Fortunately, it was a mild concussion.

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Have you ever had a concussion? [View all] Bertha Venation Sep 2015 OP

I got a concussion playing ball when I was a little kid. Tobin S. Sep 2015 #1

Thanks, Tobin. Bertha Venation Sep 2015 #5

I think the term covers a VERY broad range of brain injuries pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #2

That's true. Good post. nt Tobin S. Sep 2015 #3

Excellent point, pinboy. Bertha Venation Sep 2015 #6

I was thrown from a horse... ailsagirl Sep 2015 #4

Whoa! Bertha Venation Sep 2015 #7

I was in too much of a daze to really freak out ailsagirl Sep 2015 #8

"Whoa!" pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #9

Totally unintentional. Bertha Venation Sep 2015 #11

You're lucky malthaussen Sep 2015 #10

I once got thrown by a Shetland Pony pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #12

an ex of mine (Jim) Skittles Sep 2015 #22

same kind of experience here roscoeroscoe Sep 2015 #14

I am sorry to hear about Mrs. V's accident davidpdx Sep 2015 #13

Yes. LWolf Sep 2015 #15

Went over a 250' cliff in a '53 Ford in 1963. antiquie Sep 2015 #16

The Ghost in My Brain NJCher Sep 2015 #17

I don't think I felt normal for 6 months or more... Phentex Sep 2015 #18

I think so, but it was never treated. femmocrat Sep 2015 #19

i counted up at least 6 i had as a kid. mopinko Sep 2015 #20

I've had a couple mythology Sep 2015 #21

"Back" to normal? OriginalGeek Sep 2015 #23