Hi Mark,

Thanks for your quick response.

At this point I am unsure if I am able to play hockey again. I have been symptom free exerting myself off the ice, and was planning on skating once I was back at school to see how I was able to handle that. My thoughts were that if I was symptom free when playing hockey, I would be able to play this season. I was willing to accept the fact that I wouldn't be able to play if I was still experiencing symptoms, but I have not yet been given the opportunity to skate.

Right now, my team physician won't clear me to play because of these lesions. She is obviously not a specialist, and does not know much about them. That is why I am trying to do some more research to see if they are related to my concussion, or caused by some other factor. I need to double check this, but I'm pretty sure the neurosurgeon I was referred to in the summer said these lesions were not caused by the concussion. I'm just trying to confirm this so that I can hopefully be cleared to play. Do you think playing hockey (or doing anything else for that matter) would have any effects on these lesions?

I am trying to schedule another appointment with the neurosurgeon to clarify these issues, and I have also been referred to a concussion clinic for a second opinion on everything. Just hoping to do a bit of research in the meantime, because I am not the type of person that can just sit around and wait for things to happen!

Thanks for your help Mark, and I hope you're doing well.