You only worry about your head or spinal column. Everything else, some way or another, will repair in time.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Physically my brain is in great shape. My motor functions are fine, but I think going through the whole ordeal... coming pretty close to death, may have affected my priorities.
Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.
When the headache persisted, I checked myself into an emergency room. When the doctor used the term 'brain tumour', I feared the worst. My whole world shrank around me.
When I was 12, I had an operation at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, and they corrected the curving in my spine. I've got two 12-inch rods and eight screws going up my back keeping me straight, and they fuse together with my spine, so now I can't really live without them.
The most important thing is to get better at your craft, and concussions and head impacts are a setback.
I do worry - a lot.
Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.
I got tested to see what condition my brain is in. And it's not in real good shape.
As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.