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Title: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by Melissa on Nov 10th, 2015 at 5:31pm |
Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by Jimi on Nov 10th, 2015 at 8:58pm
I just can't imagine playing in the NFL with clusters.
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Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by jon019 on Nov 10th, 2015 at 9:22pm Jimi wrote on Nov 10th, 2015 at 8:58pm:
I hear you Jimi...but I've always wondered how ANYONE can live anywhere near a normal life with CH. I'm not sure there is any occupation NOT represented in this family...even Cops ;)...holy smokes! I've NEVER been proud of being a clusterhead...but damn...I AM proud that 5-10-20-30- 30+ yrs and there is a whole bunch of us still around...tough sumbitches! I hope and pray that Terrance can find some help..... Best Jon |
Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by Mark Olson on Nov 11th, 2015 at 2:26am
I am glad he went public. If an NFL pro thinks cluster headaches are bad pain, then maybe more people will start to get a clue...
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Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by Charlie on Nov 11th, 2015 at 7:56pm
Wasn't there another player with this some years ago? It would have been a long time ago, I guess. Maybe it was a basketball player.
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Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by Mike NZ on Nov 12th, 2015 at 1:25am |
Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by Hoppy on Nov 12th, 2015 at 4:12pm Nov 11, 2015 at 12:42p ET Washington Redskins starting nose tackle Terrance Knighton missed the team's Week 9 game with "cluster headaches", and he revealed to ESPN's John Keim that this is a problem he has been dealing with since he was 14 years old. "I was crying every night," Knighton said to Keim thinking back to when the cluster headaches started for him while at Windsor High School in Connecticut. "Everyone thought I was having an aneurysm, and we did not know what was going on. We were thinking the worst." Knighton revealed that he missed Week 9's game against the Patriots as mostly a precaution, however, he also admitted that he spent two days in a dark room during the week leading up to the game. "I did not want to have an episode on the plane or in a hotel room," he texted Monday. According to the Cleveland Clinic, cluster headaches affect fewer than 1 in 1,000 people, but they can be reoccurring and last anywhere from 30 minutes to three hours long. "On a scale of one to 10, the pain is a 50," Knighton said last week, per Keim. "If people research it, they see it’s probably the worst pain you can get. There are times I’ll get these attacks and I’ll be home, curled up in a fetal position and hoping it goes away. My girlfriend, she’s starting to see it. Everybody’s worried when they come back, and everyone panics and is hoping nothing’s wrong with me." Knighton wasn't sure that another episode would occur on Sunday, but it's not something he was willing to take a chance on either. "Usually when you get these headaches you want to bang your head through a wall. I’m pretty sure football could do some damage to it, if you do have one [in a game]. I haven’t had to deal with that. I would be skeptical about going back on the field, because it’s so debilitating. It would be hard to concentrate on the game." Knighton signed a one-year contract with the Redskins this past offseason and he has been the heart of the team's run defense at nose tackle. In his absence in Week 9, the Redskins allowed Patriots running back LaGarrette Blount to churn out 129 rushing yards on 29 carries. |
Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by BarbaraD on Nov 12th, 2015 at 7:13pm
I'm glad to see him coming "out". Maybe this will get some awareness.
And yes, there was another player several years back. We even "asked" him for help, but never heard back. This IS a big breakthrough.. Just hope the media picks up on it... :-* |
Title: Re: CH living hell for Redskins Terrance Knighton Post by Mike NZ on Nov 12th, 2015 at 10:53pm BarbaraD wrote on Nov 12th, 2015 at 7:13pm:
And that they put the right spin on it too, which is all important. |
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