The concussion wasn't funny, but the examination was...
One Sunday evening, whilst at home, I managed to crack my head pretty hard by misjudging the height of the underside of the stairs, after crouching down to pick something up. I remember feeling a bit painful, and quite sleepy after that, so I decided to go to bed.

A word of warning: if you feel sleepy after a bang to the head, get over to A&E

The next thing that I remember is it's Monday, late morning and I'm at work. I don't quite know how I got in, I'm feeling a bit dizzy, and for some odd reason, I'm wearing trainers not shoes.

I tell the boss something is wrong and she tells me to go home; I realise the bang to the head might have been a bit more serious than I thought so I do the only sane thing - call good ol' Dad, who promptly leaves work, drives over and picks me up.

"Right, you're going to A&E, as you should have done last night!"

Things at this point fade out a little, although I have been told I only had to wait 5 minutes before being seen, and the first doctor to look at me was quite cute, but I still can't remember her.

What I do remember, was the second doctor who came to examine me - he checked my eyes with a light, then made me stand up, hold onto his fingers and told me to push and pull so as to test my balance.

Unfortunately, I suddenly found being asked to stand there and pull someone’s finger incredibly funny, and I ended up in hysterics. I can only blame the concussion for my lapse in sensibilities.

I was ordered to stay at home in bed for at least a week and a half due to the quite bad concussion, and if any visual impairments occurred, I was to call an ambulance immediately.

Dispite my silliness, A&E saw me very quickly, and were bloody brilliant!
( theoriginalsteve <this space intentionally left blank>, Thu 11 Mar 2010, 12:41, 2 replies)

That's more or less what happened to Natasha Richardson
very scary. You were lucky. As I'm sure you know.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 7:55, closed)

Interestin read this is
have yourself a click!
(Lizard King, Fri 12 Mar 2010, 11:15, closed)