Brain injury one block from my house while riding bicycle

Hi @gregd1956, I moved your post to the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Support Group here https://connect.mayoclinic.org/group/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi/

I know you'll get more responses from others who have experience living with TBI here. I'm tagging fellow members like @badbenny @hevykevy @ethancarruthers @dawnpereda @lakelifelady @lolabelle1 @lanieg @craigdunn @kayabbott @ricj @willow11 and many others.

I think you'll appreciate browsing through the various discussions in the group and joining in.

Greg, did you get back on your bicycle since your injury? What activities do you like doing?

I had a TBI in 1972 at age 20 when a railing at my parent’s home outside the kitchen porch gave way and I fell 14 feet fracturing my skull on the left side. At that time MRI or CT Scans were not yet invented but nominal X-rays they took showed no outward spine or limb damage except for my head. Initially upon waking in the hospital a week after the accident I could not hear out of my left ear. That has now become a slight decibel hearing loss on the lower tone scale only. What ever other damage was done I added to it by falling again during an earthquake in southern Calif in 1988. That really damaged my back big time requiring a fusion. Unfortunately my body sustained damage as I now have severe spinal OA which is beginning to migrate to hips. Short term memory has always been an issue for me requiring me to reread educational material over and over to get it. Now that I’m 71 my memory has decreased somewhat but I had myself evaluated by a Geriatric Assessment Center at my local hospital and I’m good, no issues of concern.