My Head Injury

I haven’t written here for a bit, due to a recent injury. Four weeks ago I suddenly lost consciousness outside, and fell hitting my head on a stone wall and concrete pavement, resulting in a cracked skull and two brain bleeds. I was in hospital vomiting and sleeping for three days. The good news is that doctors say I should make a full recovery, although it could take much of the rest of the summer. The problem at the moment is I have very low energy levels, hence why I’m signed off work and haven’t written anything here for a while, but I can feel it getting slowly better. I actually feel incredibly lucky, as they say I narrowly avoided brain damage, and I kind of need my brain for my job.

On the positive side, it’s been a chance to de-stress, reflect, and rethink my priorities, as well as to spend more time with my young kids and watch more TV (I recommend Atlanta on Disney, for those who haven’t watched it…). I have some clear ideas of the direction of my research in the near future, including some new ideas that push it in a radically new direction. More soon!

Finally, I also watched all five Ghostbuster movies while incapacitated. I can now confirm that the order from best to worst is: 1984, 2016, 2021, 1989, 2024.