[SillyRugger]

Hi folks,

Back again, unfortunately.

I got hit by a widowmaker while cutting trees yesterday. It hit me square on the head, knocked my hard hat off, and it was a super heavy chunk of wood. I stopped work immediately and went in sat in the truck despite feeling fine. Two hours later I got an extremely bad headache so I went to the ER. The ER was more worried about my neck than anything but the x-rays turned out fine. Headache went away after a few tylenols.

They actually did a pretty intensive concussion test for an ER (I've been through a lot - this was similar to the IMPACT questioning). I passed everything with flying colors.

Today my neck is killing me, as to be expected. I haven't had a headache, and cognitively I feel fine.

Did the hard hat do its job? Am I ok? Considering my last concussion happened after hitting my head on a shelf, I'm pretty shocked that it's not worse.

EDIT: What should I do now, as I'm waiting for symptoms to appear? Should I stay off the computer and rest completely?