Head injuries are all each to their own...
A close friend/mate of mine had his head beaten to a pulp by a kunt with a cricket bat...he wasnt expected to last the night...
No one would let me see him he was so bad...i was told to be prepared for his funeral...
Well he survived...
Many months later after stepping up to living without life support & out of a coma things still werent looking too good for the poor fella...head to one side, constsnt drool, no motor function or vocal communication--only form.of communication was sonetimes a thumbs up (barely), but most of the time he was just a zoned out vegetable...
Brain specialists said he's likrly to not get much better given its been months, & this would be his life...but ultimately they admitted to not knowing what would happen...
His old man (one of those seriously hard core bisalloy chested never to be fukd with blokes) asked me to come visit in hospital to see if it would spark any reaction from him--this fella & i were neighbours & grew up together from very young toddlers to little sh1ts of boys & teens--we were each the brother we both didnt have, so i was warned what i would see is going to be confronting...
I managed to hold things together for a good while...pushed him around the hospital & talked about our history & got a few grunts & thumbs up...that was the most they'd seen & all involved were amazed...but still, not an existance any of us would want...
Then we all sat in his room before i left & it all started to hit me...i experienced a horrible feeling of overehelming distress & lost myself into an uncontrollable choking bag of snot while i embarassingly collapsed my head into my hands...
At that point, like some stupid "fairy" tale movie, he--this breathing drooling vegative lump of human flesh, got up out of the wheelchair, walked. ..he fukn walked actoss the room to me, leaned over & hugged me because i was upset...
He went from not being expected to survive any night for the first couple of months...to recovering well over 90 percent...
His brain shut down in order to repair itself, & it slowly came back, & he had re-learn a few things...along with drink from plastic cups because he dropped everything for the following year after incident.
Take care of yourself...stay vigilant...the fact you are aware of whats hsppening is a good sign that damage may well be none to minimal...
Fact is, your brain naturally shuts off areas to repair itself...swelling is all part of it too...thats my take...
As for loading rifle ammo...you cant double charge a case, so you shouldnt blow yourself up...
If you load, get your missus to weigh each cartridge & pull any that are bryond the extremes of that batch...
Tell your missus the neurologist & occupational therapist have insisted on relaxed shoulder neck & foot massage right before sleep--they claim scientific studies show it eases blood pressure & promotes brain healing by way of flushing out toxins in the repairing brain...
Take care of yourself boy...!!
Whoops...no drinks for you...!!
The man who knows everything, doesnt really know everything...he's just stopped learning...