Guess what I did?

[Lise]

Yeah. The words "brain injury rehab" have a lot of meaning for me.

I've never crashed, yet. But when I was 4, my dad had a brain tumor. The surgery left him unable to talk or read. He was my hero. He died later that year. I got it, in a profound way, about how fragile the brain is.

Good for you, telling your own story, to which she could relate. Maybe she'll be telling someone else your story, and how it got her to start wearing her helmet.

Lise

[Geonz]

Our rider who spent a long time unconscious Monday gets out of hospital today - but his rather busted up helmet has been on display in his room.
Skiddling and sliding are, I have decided, better than splatting.

[Brandi]

You know that kind of preaching is a good thing! Hate it when like ex smokers ride smokers about quiting and stuff. But telling someone to wear a helmit you are really looking out for them. And you know first hand what could happen.

[bcipam]

Just to add - and why I now believe in helmets more than ever - 3 years ago (come July 4) I had a bad accident. I was tossed off my bike and landed first on the side of my head, was knocked out and then landed on my collarbone. Both the head injury and collarbone cause me problems to this day. The collarbone has been a real issue causing me to have surgery in November 2005. The head injury continues to plague me. I see a specialist next week for a entire day of testing. I mean its not like it caused me to go retarded or anything but I now have this slight disability that causes me time and worry. I have to re-read all my work over and over to catch some errors caused by my head injury. I also have "blank-outs". My mind just goes numb for a moment. But I thank God and my lucky stars it wasn't something worse but it could have been had I not worn my helmet. It obviously saved my life!!!!