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- What is your relationship with Traumatic Brain Injury?
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- Since about when has TBI affected your life?
- April 23, 2008
- What Hope are you looking for on this site?
- learn from the recovery experience of others and teach and inspire others myself in their recovery
- How did you learn about the Raisin Hope Foundation?
- My friend Saul!
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I just heard from your dad. It sounds like you are doing great. He said a big race in your near future, wonderful. Have fun with it and good luck. Saul tells me not to tell him good luck so I hope it doesn't bother you.
Have a great day,
Jim Raisin
That would be great. I'll be working near home next week and have a few MD appointments, but my schedule is pretty wide open.
Thanks again. Race hard!
Randy
regards,
David
Happy New Year. Hope all is well with you. I want to take you up on your offer and give you a call. What is the best time for you? I believe you are in CO; I am in CA so time difference is not an issue.
Again, Happy New Year!
Randy
What a pleasure to meet you and share our stories - we have a lot in common. You look great and have a positive attittude and I believe you will do great things. Like my dad always said, "When you get bucked off get right back on again!" Keep your chin up and start training as I look forward to seeing you competing in some events.
Take care,
Brian
Sorry I had to jet Saturday after the ride. I would have really enjoyed talking with you and getting to know you. Let me know if you find yourself back in Dalton or Atlanta and we (Saul, You, Me) will hang out and spin some cranks together. I'd love to stay updated on how your training and recovery goes for you. Hope to hear from you soon.
My name is Ted. About 6 months before your accident, in August of 07, I had my own. Mine wasn't during a competitive ride, but a community group ride. The ride was up in the Mountains of NC, it was an out and back route, first half primarily up hill, return half primarily down hill. I was feeling confident and trying to keep up with riders who I knew were much more experienced and higher skilled than I was. As we headed into a bend in the road, I was going so fast I went across the center line. Right about the time I was crossing the line, I saw a pick up truck headed into the turn from the oncoming direction. I tried to swerve to miss the truck, but I ended up fish tailing my bike side ways. I collided with the truck on my left side and was thrown down onto the asphalt. The truck stopped, resting on top of my pelvis. I was air lifted to the nearest Neuro-Trauma ICU. I was in a coma for 11 days. After about 3 weeks at the initial hospital, I was transferred down to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. I spent a month at in-patient therapy, then another 4 months in out-patient therapy. I have returned to cycling and am back up to riding close to the same amount I was at before my accident. My memory took a big hit. My last memory before my accident is 9 days prior at a charity cycling event. I didn't really regain solid memory until about 2 months after the accident.
This accident has changed my perspective on life in so many ways. I feel I have found the direction I want my life to go. My biggest tools during my recovery have been the support I receive from friends and family as well as working to keep a positive mindset about working through new gaps in my life that weren't there before. If you have any questions, concerns, comments, or thoughts you'd like to share with somebody who is just a few months ahead of you in recovery, please contact me. I know how important it is to have somebody who knows the road of recovery that you can talk with.
Keep turning those pedals and a good steady cadence. You have a lot to do with your recovery. Work hard, it'll pay off.