How many concussions did you have?

KFC911 · 02-01-2018, 02:55 AM

I can't even begin to count 'em...nor do I even begin to remember them all...but I reckon that's pretty obvious

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I'd guess ten...as a youngin'....

ckelly78z · 02-01-2018, 03:00 AM

1 good one...I completely lost a whole evening of memory when my car got hit by a train. Evidently I crossed the tracks doing about 5 mph (I was looking) and the train was so close, that I couldn't see his headlight above me. Of course my radio was blaring, senior year of high school, and luckily alone with no passengers.

Rickysa · 03:55 AM

Seven.

Three required overnights at the hospital. Remember them all. One was during homecoming game...flappin' like a flounder on the beach at mid-field, knocked out cold. Blegh........

KFC911 · 02-01-2018, 04:04 AM

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Seven.

Three required overnights at the hospital. Remember them all. One was during homecoming game...flappin' like a flounder on the beach at mid-field, knocked out cold. Blegh........

None of mine were playing organized football...I sucked

. Plenty in pick-up games, and just being a kid and teenager....yep, knocked out cold only a couple of times, but getting yer bell rung and "seeing stars" was not an unusual event...for all if us...

"Dazed and Confused" wasn't just a Zep song back then...

MBAtarga · 02-01-2018, 04:24 AM

I don't remember it but apparently when I was about 2 or 3 I climbed up on the kitchen counter to get to the cookie jar and fell off. I did survive though

Rickysa · 07:55 AM

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getting yer bell rung and "seeing stars" was not an unusual event...for all if us...

lol...I meant seven knocked out cold.

One of the worst reminds me of an old "Farside" cartoon:

We were playing freeze-tag where the only way to get un-frozen was to have someone dive under you legs...two of us dove for the same guy at the same time. Parents had to come back from a convention in Florida for that one.

masraum · 02-01-2018, 04:33 AM

Never. Not one.

KFC911 · 02-01-2018, 04:36 AM

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I don't remember it but apparently when I was about 2 or 3 I climbed up on the kitchen counter to get to the cookie jar and fell off. I did survive though

I remember my first....around 6-7....back when day care was a nice lady who could cook, 30 youngins and a big fenced yard. Rare snow storm....sled ran smack into a big tree and stopped cold....me and my head didn't....til we met the tree too

. My dad always said I was hard headed...90% of my football daze, and we played every weekend in the fall, was just hard hitting stupidity...

Rickysa · 02-01-2018, 04:41 AM

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90% of my football daze, and we played every weekend in the fall, was just hard hitting stupidity...

You're from NC..."Smear the Queer" was always a good way for someone to get knocked silly

KFC911 · 02-01-2018, 04:49 AM

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You're from NC..."Smear the Queer" was always a good way for someone to get knocked silly

Recess

....unsupervised of course!

legion · 02-01-2018, 05:07 AM

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Never. Not one.

Same here. I didn't play any sports past fifth grade as that would have meant my parents would have had to drive me places.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

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You're from NC..."Smear the Queer" was always a good way for someone to get knocked silly

Wow, I had forgotten that, but I sure remember it.

My brother is 2.5 years older than me. When one kind is 6 and the other 8.5 that is a huge difference in size. He was a real bully. He broke my arm once and my front teeth died and needed root canals from repeated punches to the face. I for sure stars a few times but I don't think he ever knocked me out.

I had a few epic bicycle crashes, but just road rash and no concussions.

So to answer the OP, none that I know of.

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

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I don't remember it but apparently when I was about 2 or 3 I climbed up on the kitchen counter to get to the cookie jar and fell off. I did survive though

No saying for sure how many incidents there were as a child that I don't recall or were not told about.

So officially zero for me, but unconfirmed. I have seen stars and felt a little nauseous, but never knocked out cold

I have a little sister about nine years younger than me, once she hit her head pretty hard, my mom instructed us not to let her nap or fall asleep. As the fifth child I guess she had the benefit of Mom's experience on her side.

Crowbob · 02-01-2018, 05:30 AM

One that I know of. HS football in late summer just prior to the season opener. Lost all short term memory for a day or so. Have permanent antegrade amnesia for the three days prior to the event.

All I remember is waking up at home not understanding why I was so sore all over. Apparently I looked conscious but nothing was getting saved into the hardrive. Absolutely and totally freaked my mom out. Nuerologist said to keep an eye on me. No such thing as CT, PET, or other scans. I don't think maganets were even invented yet back then.

VincentVega · 02-01-2018, 06:11 AM

I was thinking about this the other day. I can remember a few games/plays where I was plastered and maybe saw starts, whatever that means. But I think none if I understand the definition.

My bigger issue is my joints, man my knees and ankles and hips and... are crunchy. Snap crackle pop!

vash · vash's Garage

TWO!

one required a stay at the hospital. i kept vomiting. it is reason i learned how to ski. up till then the only fast way for me down a snowy hill was on an inner tube. i was 13.

then in college. ultimate frisbee. simple collision with a friend. knocked me out cold.

jcommin · jcommin's Garage

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No saying for sure how many incidents there were as a child that I don't recall or were not told about.

So officially zero for me, but unconfirmed. I have seen stars and felt a little nauseous, but never knocked out cold

I have a little sister about nine years younger than me, once she hit her heard pretty hard, my mom instructed us not to let her nap or fall asleep. As the fifth child I guess she had the benefit of Mom's experience on her side.

Zero for me too. but............ I have seen stars and felt a little nauseous, but never knocked out cold.

ckissick · 02-01-2018, 06:52 AM

Zero. And I played tons of ultimate frisbee in college and a lot of soccer, even in England where they rough you up pretty good. I guess I've been lucky.

flatbutt · 02-01-2018, 07:02 AM

Knocked out cold once that I remember. But we played football, jumped our bicycles,wiped out on ice skates and crashed skateboards all the time without wearing helmets. So who knows how many mild ones I've had. I have been "knocked silly" more than once.

Bob Kontak · Bob Kontak's Garage

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So who knows how many mild ones I've had. I have been "knocked silly" more than once.

Sandlot football. Bonked my head hard on frozen ground. Don't remember much of that evening. I'd call that a minor but official one.

Organized football. Half of a minor. Bull in the ring. Is that smear the queer? I was the "bull". Coach is screaming get your head lower. Well the guy that put me down listened too. Helmet to helmet.

Also got kicked in the head hard in a street fight. Did not care for that sensation one bit.