LongDistanceRunner wrote:
So I had a jog just to see how I respond to exertion, and it was quite good (just a little more dizzy at the end of run and I pushed it quite far when everything seemed to be okay) but it was only 2,5k so I gave up that 5k run anyway to have a peace of mind :)
Good for you!
In 2008 I was involved in a work accident. I arrived to the hospital in a coma. Nine hours of facial reconstruction surgery that involved removing the front of my skull to pull my brain back to repair my eye sockets and plug my sinuses. Bleeding and scar tissue on my brain caused me to have 2 grand maul seizures. Now I'm on meds for the rest of my life. The other day my daughter told me my memory sucks! Trust me you never want to mess around with concussions.
GoatZenHeimer wrote:
takk for the moose wrote:Well, what did the doctor tell you to do? Do that. If in doubt, call the doc's office and ask.
Running a race within 24 hrs of a concussion sounds foolish to me -- what your brain needs right now is rest, plus there is a non-zero chance you might make it worse -- but if I were you, I would talk to my doctor rather than rely on what a bunch of goons, morons, drunks, and losers on LRC would tell you.
Hey! I resemble that remark! Nyuk Nyuk!
That's a head scratcher! Heh,heh, see what I did there, Goat breath.?
Anything that splits your head open and tears your eyes out is not simply a concussion.