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@Kiern
Thanks guys. Yeah, I hate to think what would have happened without the helmet.
The impact was around my left temple area towards the forehead where, oddly the helmet is not that thick. There is a small dent in it now and even a little compression can help lots. The top of my head has not been tender (not painful) since, only really being OK last week.
My sunglasses were smashed up but the lens chipped but didn't crack or break.
I didn't suffer behavioural changes which is very common with concussion. Concussed people can become aggressive, even to those trying to help. The same area of the brain that controls that aggression also controls inhibition and sexual desire so it is also common for concussed people to to become sexually inappropriate. With the camera footage, I was reasonably sure my personality remained OK but I still had to ask the people I communicated with a week later because aside from a few seconds here and there, I can't remember the day of the accident, before or after.