Blackouts are a no win
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Blackouts are a no win
9days ago riding to work.....blacked out,now have a fine titanium hip replacement, 7 broken ribs, and a lot of pain in rehab hospital....happened so fast...
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I hope you heal quickly. This is an especially bad time to have a medical emergency.
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Got any context?
Oh, sorry to hear about it, by the way.
Oh, sorry to hear about it, by the way.
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oh man! yikes! hang in there! how's the new hip feeling? sounds like you didn't get a traumatic brain injury?
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I thought for sure this was gonna be a "lack of major league sports thread" related to the pandemic...
Oh, yeah- to the OP: get better soon.
Oh, yeah- to the OP: get better soon.
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THat sucks. Sorry, hope you recover quickly. . Fill us in on the details when you are up to it.
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I blacked out standing up one time and fell and hit my forehead on the bricks of the fireplace. That was no fun but nothing broken thankfully, just a few stitches.
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I once had a brief dizzy spell on a steep climb. Pretty unnerving. Talked to the doc about it some months later. He said "Did you think to get off and walk?"
Subsequent tests didn't come up with any culprit. Best wishes to OP.

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Don't do either nor do I drink but I've heard that vaping is worse than smoking itself because that chemical stays in your system longer. The vape gets to me more than most cigarettes.
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I blacked out after peeing, woke up staring at a hub cap. went down twisting my leg and awarded myself with a spiral fracture of the femur. at least I was all zipped up & dry. TMI? anyway, turns out it’s a thing, cuz I met another guy that it happened to in the privacy of his home. but he didn’t break his leg. I’ll never drink grappa again. at least not after drinking all day & night as a night cap

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