December 16, 2024: A rough few days!

I got back from Montreal last night, pretty exhausted from my trip that saw me spend three of four nights at the hospital with my mother.  My first night, I got zero hours of sleep, but the following night I was able to get eight hours sleeping in my old bed (even though I woke up incredibly sore).  I only got one hour sleep on night #3 because, after finally dozing off at midnight, the nurse came in at 1:00 a.m. turned on the lights, and woke up my mother to ask if she needed to go to the bathroom.  She did not.  And I was up until morning.  For Night #4, they rolled in a recliner for me and I was able to get six hours sleep.  Last night, even though I’d returned home and was sleeping in my own bed, was a surprisingly fitful night’s rest.  So maybe the lack of sleep caught up with me because…

This morning, I was hit by a bike.  I checked to make sure there were no cars headed my way, stepped off the sidewalk, then turned and caught the cyclist speeding towards me from my right.  She was going the wrong way down a one way street and I hadn’t checked.  I took the full force of the bike and was knocked back, on the street where I bounced my head off the pavement.  Pretty hard.

I was in a bit of shock but felt otherwise okay but one of the witnesses of the incident I go get checked out for a concussion.  So I headed over to the nearby Health One Medical & Wellness Center at The Well where I was checked out by a doctor.  No headache.  No nausea.  No blurred vision.  No confusion.  No memory loss.  He checked my skull and neck for fractures.  All good.

So, I’m back home now.  My arm and neck are a little sore from where I took the hit.  But I feel confidently unconcussed.  However…

These arrived in the mail today –

But there was no return address and, while I remember talking to someone about these a couple of weeks ago, I don’t recall who.  They arrived yesterday, prior to my being mowed down, but could I be suffering pre-concussion symptoms?

 

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