Originally Posted by Sonoma76

I crashed my bike on Monday while commuting to work. I was turning left onto the final road and must have had too much speed; my front wheel hit a twig or bump or something, and the next thing I remember is being at work and sobbing. I don't know how I made it to work, which is about 3/4 a mile from the crash site. I'm pretty sure no one hit me, it was just an unfortunate crash at 20mph.

Six days, several vicodin & ibuprofen later, I'm sitting at home on a beautiful saturday morning having just slept for 18 hours last night. My friends all left on their morning ride without me, and I'm getting sleepy again. My wife won't let me use the computer long, she thinks it's bad for my recovery. Of course she won't let me bicycle either (You're off your bike for months! she tells me). I know I have a moderate concussion (I remember that much from the ER doc) but I don't know much more about my condition or prognosis. I know that I'm really forgetful and constantly fail little memory quizzes my wife is giving me.

The helmet I was wearing has a huge crack up the middle. it probably saved my life. I want to hang it in my bicycle closet.

I don't know why I'm posting this except to ask if any of you have similar experiences and whether you recovered fully. A bit scared that I may have to give up the sport I've come to love.