- Jun 15, 2001
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Hey guys, go easy on Bubba's fuscia getup. I thought it was great, in the sense that this kid has so much nuts, he comes straight into the pros in that uni just to confirm his confidence. Think of the uniform you'd want to wear to absolutely psych-out your foes in that situation--it'd be fuscia.:cool:
Yeah Pred, Concussion is defined as an immediate & transient loss of consciousness & failure to lay down new memories (anterograde amnesia) for some period of time--occasionally with some degree of retrograde memory loss of events just prior to the trauma. Think of it exactly as brain "RAM" that holds info whilst performing the "duties", awaiting the ol' harddrive to turn that info into permanent information. If your computer crashes, you've lost everything in RAM--which means everything just prior to the event. Now imagine the RAM's got problems, but the computer's functioning. The events of the day have no access to the harddrive, & permanent memory cannot be formed until the RAM's "all better".
Last year I had a major ass concussion, & upon awakening had no idea who the president was, what year it was (sometimes temporarily lose access to permanent memory), but knew my wife (prob. because her features are stored in my lizard-like limbic system;) ). For a week afterward, particularly the first 3 days, I had no idea what I was doing. My wife would see me 4-5 times per day, yet each time I thought it was the first time I'd seen her in days.:eek: Could not perform complex mental tasks for 1 month, & wasn't back in full shape for 3-4 months.
Yeah, I guarantee RC had a concussion. A true one. & I also would be willing to bet he ain't gonna be the same rider for a while, particularly if he goes down again soon (which I also predict).:(
Yeah Pred, Concussion is defined as an immediate & transient loss of consciousness & failure to lay down new memories (anterograde amnesia) for some period of time--occasionally with some degree of retrograde memory loss of events just prior to the trauma. Think of it exactly as brain "RAM" that holds info whilst performing the "duties", awaiting the ol' harddrive to turn that info into permanent information. If your computer crashes, you've lost everything in RAM--which means everything just prior to the event. Now imagine the RAM's got problems, but the computer's functioning. The events of the day have no access to the harddrive, & permanent memory cannot be formed until the RAM's "all better".
Last year I had a major ass concussion, & upon awakening had no idea who the president was, what year it was (sometimes temporarily lose access to permanent memory), but knew my wife (prob. because her features are stored in my lizard-like limbic system;) ). For a week afterward, particularly the first 3 days, I had no idea what I was doing. My wife would see me 4-5 times per day, yet each time I thought it was the first time I'd seen her in days.:eek: Could not perform complex mental tasks for 1 month, & wasn't back in full shape for 3-4 months.
Yeah, I guarantee RC had a concussion. A true one. & I also would be willing to bet he ain't gonna be the same rider for a while, particularly if he goes down again soon (which I also predict).:(