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I read with interest the obit on Clarence Gilyard. I believe that it mentioned he had been suffering from a long illness. That is what stood out to me, because by a strange coincidence, I watched a movie last night produced on PBS, about the NFL and their concussion protocol, which they fought for a VERY long time, to avoid.
It was made I believe in 2013, so it is very dated, but it discussed Ben Webster, and the very beginnings of the entire issue, and included a couple of non NFL football players, one age 21 who died after his 4th concussion, at the college lever, and another who died at age 18, a high school senior, who never was diagnosed with a concussion, but both young men had their brain tissue examined and were diagnosed with CTE, a disease normally seen in older people.
I myself am concerned about this, as I played football in high school, and not only had at least 5 or 6 serious concussions, but reentered games after each one, and even reentered a game after being knocked out completely.
Now, I am on Social Security Disability, due to both Chronic Migraines, and a back that I broke in a car accident at age 20, and a lifetime of manual labor.
Seeing the seriousness of the traumatic brain injury issue for so many people, it is never far from my thoughts, especially now at age 62, when normal aging begins to affect memory, and it can be hard to tell if I am just aging normally, or suffering from the effects of repeated head trauma. I also have had 2 concussions in the past 8 years, from a fall at work, and a slip and fall on ice. That second one also included a broken nose.
When I saw that Mr. Gilyard had suffered for some time with an illness, and that he had played football at an elevated level, it sort of triggered my thoughts to the coincidence of my watching the documentary of last night. And while I am certainly not in the same precarious condition of say, Junior Seau, or Ben Webster, who have lost everything, or committed suicide, I still have a concern for my family, and a desire to never become a burden, just like any other person. And while I have a family history of migraines, no one else in my family has had the concussion history that I do.
Sorry for such a long and rambling tangent, but I guess you are used to that from me. May your week be filled with safe travels, good weather, and kind people.
One thing I’d like to add about Mr. Gilyard that I didn’t know yesterday when I posted this obit: he converted to Catholicism relatively late in life (2001), going through the whole RCIA process and everything associated with conversion.
I read with interest the obit on Clarence Gilyard. I believe that it mentioned he had been suffering from a long illness. That is what stood out to me, because by a strange coincidence, I watched a movie last night produced on PBS, about the NFL and their concussion protocol, which they fought for a VERY long time, to avoid.
It was made I believe in 2013, so it is very dated, but it discussed Ben Webster, and the very beginnings of the entire issue, and included a couple of non NFL football players, one age 21 who died after his 4th concussion, at the college lever, and another who died at age 18, a high school senior, who never was diagnosed with a concussion, but both young men had their brain tissue examined and were diagnosed with CTE, a disease normally seen in older people.
I myself am concerned about this, as I played football in high school, and not only had at least 5 or 6 serious concussions, but reentered games after each one, and even reentered a game after being knocked out completely.
Now, I am on Social Security Disability, due to both Chronic Migraines, and a back that I broke in a car accident at age 20, and a lifetime of manual labor.
Seeing the seriousness of the traumatic brain injury issue for so many people, it is never far from my thoughts, especially now at age 62, when normal aging begins to affect memory, and it can be hard to tell if I am just aging normally, or suffering from the effects of repeated head trauma. I also have had 2 concussions in the past 8 years, from a fall at work, and a slip and fall on ice. That second one also included a broken nose.
When I saw that Mr. Gilyard had suffered for some time with an illness, and that he had played football at an elevated level, it sort of triggered my thoughts to the coincidence of my watching the documentary of last night. And while I am certainly not in the same precarious condition of say, Junior Seau, or Ben Webster, who have lost everything, or committed suicide, I still have a concern for my family, and a desire to never become a burden, just like any other person. And while I have a family history of migraines, no one else in my family has had the concussion history that I do.
Sorry for such a long and rambling tangent, but I guess you are used to that from me. May your week be filled with safe travels, good weather, and kind people.
Your comments are always welcome here, pigpen.
One thing I’d like to add about Mr. Gilyard that I didn’t know yesterday when I posted this obit: he converted to Catholicism relatively late in life (2001), going through the whole RCIA process and everything associated with conversion.
Which, you know, is interesting to me.