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It's a mistake to only consider fatal accidents. I fell while roller skating last year and hit my head. I had to be rushed to the hospital for brain surgery, an
by mark-r 7y ago
It's a mistake to only consider fatal accidents. I fell while roller skating last year and hit my head. I had to be rushed to the hospital for brain surgery, and spent over a month there recovering. It took over 6 months to get back to work.
Obviously this experience has nothing to do with E-scooters, but it does point out how easy it is for a minor accident to mess up your life.
- moron4hire 7y agoI'm glad you were able to recover, eventually. I hope it wasn't with too much change to your life :( This is why I drive. All arguments aside about how cities "should" be, I don't live in one where I can magically waive a wand and make things exactly like I want them. And a permanent brain injury (or a major hand/arm injury!) would be really bad for my career. So I also don't actively practice contact-martial-arts anymore.
- mark-r 7y agoThanks for the well wishes. I think the health care professionals genuinely expected me to have more long-term issues than I ended up having. Early on they told me the key is to be serious about the therapy, and I was.