Concussion?

[gareth h]

Guys
Some advice please, I came off the bike at cartagena last wednesday, I'm a bit bruised and got knocked out, spent the night in hospital. Have visited my GP who is snding me to the fractures clinic, I am also suffering from what feels like a permanent hangover, he says this is normal and will sort itself out in a week or so, does this sound reasonable?
Thanks
Gareth

[BigAlinEmbra]

Depends how nasty it is, can take a week or two.
If you start spewing go see a doc pronto though.

[Simpo Two]

Concussion is very odd and can take a long time to wear off fully. I had minor concussion a couple of years ago and still got the odd attack of motion sickness several weeks later.

[Quaint]

Yep - sounds about right. I had a nasty rugby "accident" (inverted commas because stamping someone unconscious doesn't "just happen" on the field!) back when I was at college, and after being kept in hopsital overnight and checked for fractures I felt headachy, nauseous and sleepy for about a week, with the symptoms gradually tailing off after that. The docs were emphatic that I shouldn't take aspirin or paracetamol for the headache and also that I should head straight back to hospital if any of the symptoms got worse.

Hope you recover quickly.

[gareth h]

Thanks guys, things seem to be slowly getting back to normal. Don't want to be doing that again in a hurry!!