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@chris_crash
my close call today is too good not to share, it happened before I left the house. I'm a bit fuzzy on the details.
I had an important meeting this morning, and was running a bit late, I'm leaving the shower and every thing is fine, then, I'm on the ground, the shower curtain is on top of me, my head and my foot hurt, bad.
I get up slowly, feel a bit faint and dizzy, get my feet under me, look at my hands which are shaking too much to shave. I have a mark on my forehead, but no blood. I get dressed, leave the bike as I'm still a bit dizzy, and take the train over to Manhattan, then jump in a cab to the office where we are meeting.
I come in, take the elevator up to the right floor, check in at reception, and sit and wait for the guy I'm meeting. He comes out, I go to stand up, this does not make my body happy. I manage to stand after a seccond, then say "Excuse me, I hit my head this morning, and I think I need to go to the hospital right now". we agree to meet again Thursday, and I go to the doctor.
$160 and a few hours later I have a level 2 concussion, and I'm not allowed to drink any alcohol, or to bang my head on anything.
I think that I was up for something in my rush this morning, and I'm gald that I'm ok, and that I didn't fall any harder, or fall after I got on my bike.
lessons learned: get health insurance, there is a 2in rise that you have to step over to get out of our shower, brains are fragile and I need to stop hittig mine with things.