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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Stix » 06 Aug 2019, 7:02 pm

TassieTiger wrote:2 weeks off work and I’m going stir crazy...and I can’t really do anything because I’m so bloody vague.


House work in a strange location is real good for that...!!!...& being a single bloke, i can help you out...!!

Send me your card details & ill book your flight over...we'll zip past bunnings & aldi for cleaning gear when i collect you from the airport... :thumbsup:

Make another shelf for the loading bench...
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Member-Deleted » 06 Aug 2019, 7:24 pm

Get well soon mate rest is best and if you get bored ask the mrs to read you a story from a loading manual and now is a good time to buy a new gun and blame it on the concussion ,nah mate seriously rest is the only way to clear up the head from a concussion any doctor will tell you that hope all goes well for ya mate
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by TassieTiger » 06 Aug 2019, 9:11 pm

Cheers for the laughs fellas.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by AZZA'S HJ47 » 06 Aug 2019, 9:36 pm

TassieTiger wrote:Cheers all. Ive been in and out of hospital last 3 days now (when I called my current missus, my ex misses name - that was that lol, she took me straight in...) for tests and scans - and I’ve been referred to a injury specialist. Ultimately, it’s a nasty concussion (no brain bleed) but having never endured one to this level - I was wondering how the symptoms might settle / progress...as I’ve never experienced anything like this...it’s like a bloody hang over without the good bits
Appreciate the replies.



Good to see you went to the hospital mate better safe than sorry.

I had a scare a while ago that kind of drummed some sense into me. Being told your lucky not to be in a box is a bit of a wake up call and warning to get yourself checked out when these things happen. Best to be sent home than the other option.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Faedy » 07 Aug 2019, 12:24 am

TassieTiger - look after yourself - head injuries are shocking things . Especially as we get older.
I had a horror motorbike accident when young and got serious concussion amoungst other injuries there - 2 weeks later, I was all good.
Flash forward 40 yrs and bugger me but another motorbike accident - quad bike this time, and 80kph sideways roll with 570 Polaris coming down on back of head,neck. I was wearing a non approved thin harley helmet and boy did my head/ brain take a beating. My son was in front of me and heard the crash, instantly turned and came to my aid - I had stopped breathing etc so he got me into coma position, cut helmet off and I started to breath again. I came to several minutes later, my wife was near hysterical, had called chopper into lift me out. I made her ring and cancel thinking I was ok. Dragged myself to hospital the next day, 4 broken ribs, collar bone etc. No s**t, my brain has never recovered. Memory is not a patch on what it was prior.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by TassieTiger » 07 Aug 2019, 12:43 am

Faedy wrote:TassieTiger - look after yourself - head injuries are shocking things . Especially as we get older.
I had a horror motorbike accident when young and got serious concussion amoungst other injuries there - 2 weeks later, I was all good.
Flash forward 40 yrs and bugger me but another motorbike accident - quad bike this time, and 80kph sideways roll with 570 Polaris coming down on back of head,neck. I was wearing a non approved thin harley helmet and boy did my head/ brain take a beating. My son was in front of me and heard the crash, instantly turned and came to my aid - I had stopped breathing etc so he got me into coma position, cut helmet off and I started to breath again. I came to several minutes later, my wife was near hysterical, had called chopper into lift me out. I made her ring and cancel thinking I was ok. Dragged myself to hospital the next day, 4 broken ribs, collar bone etc. No s**t, my brain has never recovered. Memory is not a patch on what it was prior.


That’s a bit s**t mate. It’s eye opening as to how easily s**t can go south with head injuries. I’m hearing more and more stories re ppl with big concussions just not returning 100% to what they were - with either memory, or just thinking differently. Dr was telling me that some ppl get very aggressive after head injuries and some get really passive - that any combination is possible - so I said, why would you just keep hitting the patient in the head until you get the correct recipe you want...he didn’t laugh.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by trekin » 07 Aug 2019, 4:01 am

TassieTiger wrote:
Faedy wrote:TassieTiger - look after yourself - head injuries are shocking things . Especially as we get older.
I had a horror motorbike accident when young and got serious concussion amoungst other injuries there - 2 weeks later, I was all good.
Flash forward 40 yrs and bugger me but another motorbike accident - quad bike this time, and 80kph sideways roll with 570 Polaris coming down on back of head,neck. I was wearing a non approved thin harley helmet and boy did my head/ brain take a beating. My son was in front of me and heard the crash, instantly turned and came to my aid - I had stopped breathing etc so he got me into coma position, cut helmet off and I started to breath again. I came to several minutes later, my wife was near hysterical, had called chopper into lift me out. I made her ring and cancel thinking I was ok. Dragged myself to hospital the next day, 4 broken ribs, collar bone etc. No s**t, my brain has never recovered. Memory is not a patch on what it was prior.


That’s a bit s**t mate. It’s eye opening as to how easily s**t can go south with head injuries. I’m hearing more and more stories re ppl with big concussions just not returning 100% to what they were - with either memory, or just thinking differently. Dr was telling me that some ppl get very aggressive after head injuries and some get really passive - that any combination is possible - so I said, why would you just keep hitting the patient in the head until you get the correct recipe you want...he didn’t laugh.

Yeah, your doc probably thought you was having a dig at him and his trade. Changing a persons personality by jolting the brain was the long held theroy behind electroshock therapy.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by mickb » 07 Aug 2019, 3:47 pm

This is why online forums are not always the best to air difficult symptoms or seek advice. You will get some home grown advice, some real life advice, but also the more extreme incidents which may not apply to you, or may sound worrying as hell. Sort of like asking about cancer and getting every persons/relatives/best friends cancer horror story. Its all well meaning of course and may even help. But just keep in mind your particular problem relates to you alone, with your specialists advising you, and following those orders and not worrying too much are the best idea :)
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by TassieTiger » 07 Aug 2019, 4:40 pm

I think most ppl - when confronted with something akin to a disease they don’t understand - assume the worst to at least some degree, because lack of understanding.(or I do anyway).
When I googled “severe concussion” - it was apparently much worse than I had any idea of - one site said I had brain damage, would never be fixed, require years of rehabilitation and....ugh.
Some of the stories on the forum actually help me put some context around what it is, what might be expected from a hit like this, etc - to me, hearing other stories is a tiny step forward in better understanding what it is and how it impacts...but yeah - need to keep the individual application in check...
I spoke to the specialist today and told him I was getting worried - he asked me to explain exactly what I was experiencing...he then said I described exactly what he would expect - that he’s 99% sure it will just take some time, but returning to “wanker” me won’t be too far away...

It’s interesting talking to someone who can put the proper description on an issue...I was trying to describe a vertigo like symptom and he said - is it like a pair of cheap safety glasses, where the lenses are curved just so, that your vision is just off by enough to be disoriented? - yep...100% spot on.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Stix » 07 Aug 2019, 5:31 pm

Well hope my tale didnt give you unnecessary worry Tassie... :)

I guess i didnt take into account how morbidly some would/or could take it.

My point to the story was that every case is different, & given how bad the "concussion" was for my friend, that id be confident that you'll settle down in a few weeks...

The exsmple of my friend getting up & walking, wasnt meant to mean i believe in some miracle cure or that pure emotion allowed him to suddenly walk--rather i was trying to portray how (i think) the brain slowly opens up its neural pathways again--my mates old man was right in getting me to come see him when i did--his brain was ready to fire up the bit that my visit prompted.

My saying stay vigilant meant for you to remain observant as you have been...
Im obviously no doc...& havnt meant to give you excessive worry, nor was i being flippant...but im sure you'll recover with no brain damage mate...positive thinking was my motto in my reply...:drinks:
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Post by TassieTiger » 07 Aug 2019, 6:11 pm

All good mate - no worry at all. I think your tale was cool as and proves s lot about the power of the mind.
I appreciate all the replies - I really do, helps me research, helps me understand, helps me comprehend...
For even the darkest stories offered up on here - the end results in the author still shooting guns, as a LAFO, so there’s light in the tunnel regardless... but shhheeesh I wanna shoot my new 300 now...3 weeks it’s been teasing me! Argh,
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Mark » 17 Aug 2019, 6:11 am

Head knocks are nothing to sneeze at, thats for sure. To many time do you hear about a young fella being killed from a punch to the head.
We all have different tolerances, so im glad you went to the doctors. :thumbsup: None of this take a teaspoon of cement s**t !!!!
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Post by TassieTiger » 17 Aug 2019, 7:54 am

It’s funny how the things that ring our bell - linger in the mind...guess you’d be a comedy show at a base ball match lol.

A mate asked me if I was up to driving an excavator last weekend at his house...I had to turn him down.

On another note the doc said to me - listen, don’t make any big decisions whilst enduring this concussion, it could take a few months...
Good call bastard!!!! I just bought another dog...arghhh maybe I do have brain damage.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Sergeant Hartman » 17 Aug 2019, 10:25 am

Awww next you will buy a daisy farm and sing kumbaya... while burning your guns and going meat free on mondays like some Melbourne councils.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by TassieTiger » 17 Aug 2019, 11:18 am

Ziad wrote:Awww next you will buy a daisy farm and sing kumbaya... while burning your guns and going meat free on mondays like some Melbourne councils.



Vegan? Because I bought a bear hunting puppy? Okkkkkkk....

This pup will be weaned on to wallaby and is expected to grow to 55-60kg...and will crush plenty daisy’s when he rolls in the grass....that’s if I can find the little bastard - forgot how quick they are.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Sergeant Hartman » 18 Aug 2019, 7:47 am

:D :D
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Post by mickb » 18 Aug 2019, 1:57 pm

Ziad wrote:Awww next you will buy a daisy farm and sing kumbaya... while burning your guns and going meat free on mondays like some Melbourne councils.


Ziad this is a joke right, councils going meat free?
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by TassieTiger » 18 Aug 2019, 10:15 pm



Bloody hell...
Sometimes, the more I read / learn about the insanity going on in the world like above,, the more I just want to bugger off and go off grid and away from ppl..,it’s becoming insane.
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Re: Concussions - who has had a good one?

Post by Stix » 18 Aug 2019, 10:18 pm

TassieTiger wrote:
Ziad wrote:Awww next you will buy a daisy farm and sing kumbaya... while burning your guns and going meat free on mondays like some Melbourne councils.



Vegan? Because I bought a bear hunting puppy? Okkkkkkk....

This pup will be weaned on to wallaby and is expected to grow to 55-60kg...and will crush plenty daisy’s when he rolls in the grass....that’s if I can find the little bastard - forgot how quick they are.

Sh1t...!!!
Am i the only one that didnt know you got bears in Van Demon's Land... :shock:

Hell...!!...no wonder you bought a 30 csl magnum...!!!

I hope your travelling well mate & the buzz from the knock has dimished... :) :drinks:
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