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Hi my name is Tony S. my trumatic brain injury happened November 9, 1997. I was riding a bicycle and pulled out in front a truck that was do 50 miles per hour. I hit the truck flew over the truck landed on my head receiving a open head injury, torn skuala, two broken ribs, collapsed lung and two broken legs. I was bleeding so bad that I got life flighted to LDS Hospital where I was in a coma for two weeks and then transfered to Salt Lake Region Mediacal Hospitat where I spend releanrning how to walk and talk. All that I remeber before getting on the bicycle is smoking a joint the size of my thumb and taking 2 Sudafed because I had a cold. I mother told me latter that my blood alchol level high

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@shyrestalone097 - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. Hitting a truck sounds very scary. I'm glad they got you to care quickly.

How is your walking and talking now?