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Former Buffalo Bills star Thurman Thomas says he has mood swings from concussion
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:03 pm
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The former Buffalo Bills star, who turns 50 next month, said at a concussion summit in Canada that he suffers from mood swings and that his condition has worsened.
"Still to this day, I can't control my mood swings," he said at the District School Board of Niagara's international summit on concussions, via the Niagara Falls (Canada) Review. "On so many days, I have to apologize to my family for them. I thank God that I have a family that understands the things that I've been through over my 13-year [professional] career, and even after my 14 or 15 years that I've been retired. They all understand that with my mood swings, sometimes I just can't help it."
Thomas told the crowd that he had not yet publicly discussed his symptoms.
"One thing that I realized is that discussing the effects of concussions and the reality of the situation doesn't make me less of a man, less tough, less loyal to the National Football League, a less love for the game," he said. "All it means is that I'm not an ignorant fool, and that I don't ignore factual evidence that this is happening to not only football players, but [other athletes]." Thomas carries notes with him because he often can't keep focused, and he told a story about getting lost on a familiar road a few years ago.
"I didn't know where I was, and I didn't know what I was doing," he said. "I had to make the most difficult call I've ever made. I had to pull over on the highway, call my wife and explain to her the events that just happened. She said, 'You need to come back home.' I knew that there was a problem."
The Bills' all-time leading rusher, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007, Thomas soon saw a doctor to assess his condition.
After an MRI, the doctor said Thomas' frontal lobe of his brain was "similar to someone who has fallen off the top of a house, on to the front of his head, or going through a windshield of a car several times.
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Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:06 pm to Bench McElroy
Couldn't be from losing 4 Super Bowls in a row could it?
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:06 pm to Bench McElroy
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After an MRI, the doctor said Thomas' frontal lobe of his brain was "similar to someone who has fallen off the top of a house, on to the front of his head, or going through a windshield of a car several times.
I was going to comment "maybe he suffered from things like this before football", but that last statement is scary. Even with all the safety measures now, the brain is still getting pounded. But whatcha gonna do...
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:07 pm to Bench McElroy
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similar to someone who has fallen off the top of a house, on to the front of his head, or going through a windshield of a car several times.
Have either of those things happened to him??
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:08 pm to Bench McElroy
I get mood swings from not eating
Give me money
I also took Copious amounts pain killers and hgh/steroids over a decade or two of playing football. But that's probably unrelated
Give me money
I also took Copious amounts pain killers and hgh/steroids over a decade or two of playing football. But that's probably unrelated
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:10 pm to Bench McElroy
That was pretty sad to read.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:14 pm to Bench McElroy
from concussion or the roids?
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:17 pm to Bench McElroy
Meh id take those effects for the fame, experience, and money.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:24 pm to Bench McElroy
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Former Buffalo Bills star Thurman Thomas says he has mood swings from concussion
And?
There's more information out now about the long term dangers of playing football than there ever was, and people are still playing.
While a sad situation, I don't feel sorry for these players. Running around trying to destroy each other for years on end...you can't be surprised when your health suffers later for it.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:25 pm to The Human Fetus
Read the article. He's still loyal
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His 14-year old son has also suffered from concussions from playing football.
"My wife just doesn't want him to play at all," he said. "I don't want to discourage parents from letting their kids play a physical sport. The technology is getting better. We're doing more studies."
This post was edited on 4/26/16 at 2:27 pm
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:25 pm to dcrews
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There's more information out now about the long term dangers of playing football than there ever was, and people are still playing.
And more and more players are walking away early
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:28 pm to dcrews
Players today and in the future will be taken better care of because of these cases. And they absolutely should. Nobody can honestly say that they feel the same about player health as they did 10 years ago. And the NFL knew better 30-40 years ago and tried to keep a lid on it.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:50 pm to Bench McElroy
quote:Well those are some pretty specific things.
After an MRI, the doctor said Thomas' frontal lobe of his brain was "similar to someone who has fallen off the top of a house, on to the front of his head, or going through a windshield of a car several times.
His frontal lobe doesn't just look like someone who has flown through a windshield... but someone who has flown through a windshield "several times".
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:54 pm to Bench McElroy
sounds like I need to take my wife to dr to get checked out
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:56 pm to Hiphopanonymous
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Sounds like CTE..
Hopefully he doesn't do anything regrettable.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 2:57 pm to Bench McElroy
There might be something to this concussion mumbo jumbo
Posted on 4/26/16 at 3:00 pm to Bench McElroy
I loved watching the Bills and the Thurmanator growing up, so its sad. They had a similar story about Talley not long ago.
shite, I space out and do this a few times a year. Of course, I figure it out after a few blocks.
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he told a story about getting lost on a familiar road a few years ago.
shite, I space out and do this a few times a year. Of course, I figure it out after a few blocks.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 3:20 pm to Bench McElroy
I have mood swings from work too.
Posted on 4/26/16 at 4:09 pm to floridatigah
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NFL knew better 30-40 years ago and tried to keep a lid on it.
Former players admit all the time they lied to the staff about symptoms and being hurt so they could get back onto the field.
Now all of a sudden they're a victim? I'm sorry, I just don't buy it. How grown arse men are going to say they needed the NFL to tell them that running around destroying each other on a weekly basis for years on end was going to turn out poorly for their health is ridiculous.
This post was edited on 4/26/16 at 4:10 pm
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