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Where it hurts

concussion: n. 1.) An injury sustained after a blow to the head, where the brain has impacted against the skull, resulting in dizziness, headaches, and possibly many other worse things if it's bad enough. 2.) One of several annoying* injuries you can get playing soccer.

{*Annoying: when the symptoms exist but are not as obvious as visible blood [which hardly hurts in comparison], and so the game doesn't stop, and no one cares really, and even a doctor can't do anything about but say "rest--oh, and be careful." Other annoying injuries are broken bones in the foot.}

Unexpected head-butt at soccer practice, 3 days ago. It happened right at the end of the hour: it was quick, so no one saw it. And the other guy (very shy, quiet Japanese guy, & kinda weird) apparently wasn't hurt at all, so everyone just thought I was tired. ==>No pity! But it wasn't that bad: nowhere near strong enough to loose consciousness, and I got ice on it fairly quickly, and I took the afternoon off... and now I feel much better.

However, the smack was really hard!! Right between the eyes--I think the symmetry of it added to the pain. Remaining symtoms: the occasional headache, and as you can see in the photo, there's some red flecks on my forehead. The skin there feels rough & a little itchy today. (I never paid so much attention to my forehead before.) If it turns blue I wouldn't be surprised--that skin was really crushed!!

If e'er a more blatant cry for overseas blog pity there was, me eyes seen it naught.