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Old February 24th, 2008, 09:06 PM   #1
 
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Eighteen months after the high-speed crash which almost killed him, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has revealed that he still suffers from emotional problems and memory loss.
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“It’s been a bloody long journey and it’s still going. It’s when I consider how far I’ve come since I was in hospital that I realise there was a lot more to fix than I thought. The swelling has gone down, my brain is as mended as it’s likely to be. Now it seems to be more a case of rewiring itself. That’s assuming I’m sitting here talking to you and I’m not about to wake up in hospital, in some sort of Life on Mars moment . . . Now that was a difficult TV series to watch.”
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Head Injuries are very difficult, especially one as bad as Hamsters.
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I'm sure everyone, including him and his family, saw something like this coming. His crash was too intense and too death defying to come out completely unscathed.

This asks an interesting question.... Die young and leave everyone that loves you in pain? or Live through it and have to suffer, for the rest of your life, the pains of recovering from massive head trauma?

Interesting.
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For sure a bummer, and I got to say I feel for him. He seemed rather well during the last series, though... which is a bit confusing, if he is saying he's having trouble parking his car, since he did drive all through Europe in that GT3RS.
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So why is he still doing stuff/stunts for Top Gear? Why don't they just make him rest for a good while?

This is just bad news.
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I was sort of wondering if there wasn't a chance that this might happen, given the recent increase in news about links between depression and head injuries (in football players in the US).

I've had my share of concussions and at least one occurrence of short term amnesia (some of them from playing football) and I've struggled with depression for a long time.
Never thought about a possible link to the concussions until recently though.

Hammond has a family, good friends in the Top Gear crew and therapy to help him, so I think he should be in good hands.
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All I can say is that I was very delighted to hear that he had survived and was recovering.

The brain is more or less the only thing we can't do surgery on.
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I fully approve. Granted, it's a tad cliche, but at least he's got the general idea down right.
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People with head injuries always need time to recover, and Hammond's injury was really serious indeed. He may never recover completely, but as long as he gets better and better it's good.

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Hammond told the Sunday Times that despite the crash he still loves presenting Top Gear, which starts a new series in the summer. He said there was a lot of banter between himself and co-hosts Jeremy Clarkson and James May.


"But we're all best friends and we love each other dearly. Don't tell Clarkson I said that - he'll punch me next time he sees me."


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I'm sure everyone, including him and his family, saw something like this coming. His crash was too intense and too death defying to come out completely unscathed.

This asks an interesting question.... Die young and leave everyone that loves you in pain? or Live through it and have to suffer, for the rest of your life, the pains of recovering from massive head trauma?

Interesting.
I worked with atleast one guy who survived very brutal head trama (nearly beat to death with bricks being thrown at his head while he was pinned on the ground), he crazy as hell, but now that its 4-6 years on i would easily say i'm happier hes alive and i think he feels the same. Crazy, but entertaining i suppose.

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Thank you for posting that article - albeit it was rather sad to read knowing that he suffers from depression, emotional issues and memory loss.

In regards to why does he not rest and not do things like that anymore - aren't you supposed to get back on the bike and carry on when these things happen? You can't live in fear forever due to your past. But I am sure he is MUCH more careful now and may forgo future extremely high speed activities.
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In regards to why does he not rest and not do things like that anymore - aren't you supposed to get back on the bike and carry on when these things happen? You can't live in fear forever due to your past. But I am sure he is MUCH more careful now and may forgo future extremely high speed activities.

He shouldn't have gone back to work that early though, even he admits it now.
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I haven't had head trauma, and I can drive OK but I can't park to save myself.
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I worked with atleast one guy who survived very brutal head trama (nearly beat to death with bricks being thrown at his head while he was pinned on the ground), he crazy as hell, but now that its 4-6 years on i would easily say i'm happier hes alive and i think he feels the same. Crazy, but entertaining i suppose.



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Jesus christ that's aweful what kind of country do you have to live in for something like that to be done to you? Sounds like drunken violence or gang brutalityimages/smilies/blink.gif

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Edit: Does hammond get some kind of disabled parking benefit for his parking problem?

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I guess it makes sense that he was the one to try out that new Lexus with its automatic parking system.
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"But we're all best friends and we love each other dearly.
Oh my God, I never thought I would be reading that from a TG presenter talking about another TG presenter
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...and there's yet another mention of a failed "land speed record attempt"...when will people learn?

I must say when the show came back in January, I thought it was much too early. I mean, we'd heard about a 6 month recovery period, maybe more, and there he was when only a mere 4 months had passed...he did look healthy enough, but it's obviously not that simple.
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Has anyone ever considered the fact that he just might be saying these things to file a law suit, to shwo that things are still not OK, and that he has injuries. I mean c'mon, out of the blue he admits his head hurts and he forgets stuff. I smell some moo-lah in his near future.
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