Hi all, about 6 weeks ago whilst on my commute to work, a car, turning right, crossed into my bike lane and i collided into it - T Bone. I suffered major facial lacerations, broken (not fractured) jaw and lost 5 teeth. I was unconscious cannot remember the incident. On the path to recovery now ( ma…

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First of all, whoa! That sounds like a nasty collision & here’s to hoping you have a complete recovery. Yikes. 2nd, late last year I had a very thorough panel of bloodwork done. It required ~90ml of blood to get all the various tests done. That doesn’t sound like much but I’m convinced that it …

I think you’ve likely identified the cause - loss of blood led to lower red blood cell count. It’ll take 4-6 weeks, maybe more if you lost a lot of blood, to rebuild your red blood cell count, Make sure your diet includes sufficient protein and iron. Also, blur or cut out your personal info on t…

Thank you Brennus. You are right. It will take a while. I will be careful to manage myself to fully recover.

Looking forward to full recovery. Major dental work pending - will take a while. Its amazing how small amounts of blood can make a difference. I knew this “cognitively” after listening to podcasts, Lance etc. This is different - i am now experiencing it…

I’m glad you’re ok! I would expect the normal range for HCT for an endurance athlete to be 41-48. 54 would be very high. That being said of course having an HCT in the 30s would be extremely detrimental to performance. You must have lost a fair amount of blood in the accident! (do you happen to have…

I slipped my c4/c5 disc somehow several years ago. The pain was agonizing… I absolutely could not focus for more than an hour when it flared up. My first lesson from that was to immediately blast it with large doses of ibuprofen to bring the swelling down asap. Second, I (still) have to be careful o…

Looking at my numbers, my HCT was 0.35 vs a normal range of 0.40-0.54. My Haemoglobin was 113 g/L vs a range of 130-180. I have attached a copy of my blood results [image] I am based in Australia. The units of these figures might be different.

That’s good advice. I bought myself a pillow with a dip in the middle to keep my neck level. BEST THING EVER. I haven’t kept up the Iboprofen - this is now a priority. Thank you.

Also, you might consider that you may have a concussion. That may also contribute to some of your symptoms.

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