Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: please think before you speak

March 15, 2018 Prior to August 19, 2014 I took medication for my asthma (Hello!  Breathing is important!) and I took a multivitamin. That was it. After August 19, 2014 I’m like Norm on Cheers walking into the pharmacy!  Do I love taking pharmaceutical medications? No. Do I need to in order to function? Yes. … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: please think before you speak →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Brain Injury Awareness Month

March 7, 2018 March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, prior to 3 ½ years ago, I never knew this.  I never knew that the green ribbon represented brain injury. In 2014, the year I was hit, nearly 2 million people sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Motor-vehicle and traffic accidents account for 17.3% of TBI’s...I … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Brain Injury Awareness Month →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: What’s Next?

January 26, 2018 Recently I’ve been really struggling with the question “what’s next?”  Unfortunately, there is no one size fits all answer to this question and that scares me. Since the ripe old age of eight, I knew I wanted to be a special education teacher.  When I went to school there were still “resource … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: What’s Next? →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist

January 20, 2018 Today I was finally able to get my first road road of 2018 completed.  I realized yesterday that today would work for that first ride; the roads were finally clear enough!  When the realization occurred, two things happened simultaneously: the first was excitement...I could finally get out on the road again!  The … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: “but you look so normal”

December 31, 2017 It’s something we’ve all heard before (“we” being anyone living with something that is invisible to the naked eye): “but you look so normal”.   A few days ago, someone I have come to admire and respect said those words to me.  “You say you have a head injury...but you look so … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: “but you look so normal” →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Forgiveness

December 18, 2017 It is no secret that I hold a great amount of anger in me towards the driver that hit me.  Since the accident, I’ve been told on more than one occasion that I needed to “forgive her”.  I’ve heard these words when they are spoken, yet I’ve never felt compelled to move … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Forgiveness →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: pain changes you

November 17, 2017 This past August I became very sick, very quickly.  I ended up in the Emergency Room at two in the morning because I felt so horrible.  While there, blood work showed that I had an infection (as well as a malfunctioning liver).  A few days later, as I was waking up from … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: pain changes you →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Where’s Auntie?

October 1, 2017 My “post-concussion migraine” began within hours of me being hit.  As I reflect back on the first hours, days, and weeks after the accident, I laugh to myself  because within a week, I was already waving my white-flag in surrender. “I’m done! I quit!” Little did I know that these migraines would … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Where’s Auntie? →

Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: three-years post accident

August 19, 2017 It has been three years since my life changed in the blink of an eye.  Thirty-six months; one hundred fifty-six point four weeks; one thousand ninety-five days; twenty-six thousand two-hundred eighty hours of living with a traumatic brain injury. Prior to August 19, 2014 I used to think that everything happened for … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: three-years post accident →