Boxing in a gym 2-3 afternoons a week after school when I was a kid left me with a continual concussion - for years. It was aggravated every time I competed, even just "sparring" between bouts. Grade school kids acknowledge little/nothing about practicing at "half-throttle" in a sport where punching faces and winning are all that matter.
Today, pushing 70, I can't help but feel an alarming twinge of impending doom whenever I can't come up with a word I want say. Or a chord. The latter is mostly just from letting songs go for too long and then hoping to dust them off after months/years of neglect.
I hope your friend heals quickly and completely. Head injuries can be sneaky. With any luck, that single incident won't take the same toll as, for instance, years on the gridiron.
Last edited by tinnitus; 04-16-2024 at 08:49 PM.
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