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[Cataboo]

I'm a bit confused about your helmet comment. If he had not been wearing one, he very likely would not have survived to write the book. Had I not been wearing my helmet when I went down six years ago today (it's a special day for me), I likely would not have survived or would be severely brain injured. As it was, it took me six months to relearn how to form complete sentences verbally (writing was fine).
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I'm glad that you survived without more serious consequences - I always really admire people that can get back on theri bike or whatever after something like that. I kind of think I'd be too chicken.

[smilingcat]

I'm glad that you survived without more serious consequences - I always really admire people that can get back on theri bike or whatever after something like that. I kind of think I'd be too chicken.

Sometimes, time has a great way of healing not only our bodies but of our mind. Those who live into their old age are better adapted at putting traumatic events away and without weighing them down.

A long time ago, I heard an interviewer on the radio. She said she was interviewing a woman who had made it past a 100. About a week before the scheduled interview the woman's daughter died of old age at 80-something. The interviewer out of respect and concern for the elderly ladies health, she had asked if she wanted to postpone the interview. The woman said, "its quite alright. My daughter lived a full happy and long life... and I am not broken over it. Lets just have the interview as planned".

You know, some of us can just pick our pieces up and keep on going. Sometimes against better judgement. Like tulip I've had my share of BAD accident's. Neurosurgen told my partner that there will be no nxt time for me. That last crash would have been a mild concussion to some ended up being extremely serious for me. You could say that I've used 8 of my 9 lives. Not proud, not ashamed, it just is. It was fun till each of my crash.

So do not become afraid after a bad fall. You just need to get right back on the horse as they say. You can' go on life being afraid of accidents. If you are not actively tempting fate like I was, chances are that you may go through life without a serious injury.

be happy and enjoy life,
Smilingcat

[Cataboo]

I've never had a really bad accident - falls that have scared me, but not actually serious. So what usually happens is that I ski or bike like a grandma for a few days, and then go back to riding like normal. But I'm definitely a lot more cautious in some respects once I've been hurt doing something - you sort of gain respect for what you're doing and the possibility that something really really bad could happen...