Originally Posted by
79pmooney
I didn't keep any of the evidence. It didn't occur to me in 1978 that I might need to carry the helmet and documentation around for 35 years and many moves to establish credibility on the internet. I did (as best as my memory and experience recall) spend 5 days in a coma in IC at Mass General Hospital, was CAT scanned twice, found to have clots in my hypothalamus and bruising on the base of my spinal cord; the cause of my right side seizures and subsequent lose of all right side motor skills with the first scan, then all clear the second. I did not have any injury around my right front skull where my helmet foam was crushed to half thickness.
No injury at the site of the helmet impact, to me, makes your claim that the helmet had anything to do with your survival quite suspect. I won't argue that it didn't keep your from having a nice big cut on your forehead, but a hit hard enough to almost KILL you would very likely bruise you at least as the foam compressed against your head.
Believe me, I'm happy you survived just like I'm happy I survived getting hit from behind on a 25mph road on a bright sunny day. I can't say a helmet saved my life because I didn't even have one on, nor did I hit my head (my ass took the brunt of my fall resulting in a few fractured vertebrae in my back). Did the chamois in my bike shorts keep my back from breaking entirely? Highly doubtful, though it did keep me from getting road rash in an awkward to bandage area! No naked bike rides for me
