He also experienced problems with cognitive functioning: simple tasks became a big problem for him, and he found that it was difficult to follow conversations involving more than two or three other people. He suddenly had a tendency to ‘fly off the handle’ easily, and could find himself irritated by very small things. Following the accident, John, who was previously a relaxed and laid-back person, became irritable and snappy. However, it was the head injury symptoms that were most profound. The neck pain eased somewhat after a period of nine months, but the shoulder was never resolved. He also suffered persistent stiffness, discomfort and lack of mobility in his neck, and discomfort and stiffness in his right shoulder. He had been wearing a helmet but, such was the force of the impact, he sustained a head injury and had classic panda eye or racoon eye bruising around both eyes.įor several months, he suffered from intermittent, throbbing headaches these were later diagnosed by a medical expert as symptoms of post-traumatic migraine. On arrival at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, John was examined, X-rayed and diagnosed with having sustained soft tissue injuries. The car driver immediately apologised and admitted that he had been at fault. He was thrown from his bicycle and onto the carriageway. John was established on a roundabout, travelling at approximately 15mph, when a driver failed to give way and crossed onto the roundabout towards him. It was a fine day with good weather conditions the time was around 2pm. On the day in question, John was out for a solo training ride near his home. Competent and experienced, he was involved in a collision that wasn’t his fault a collision that has had a huge impact on himself and those around him. John, aged 75, cycled approximately 100 miles a week before his accident on 8th September 2013. On file was an opinion from an Advocate valuing the claim at £12,000. He had been a client of another firm but as they didn’t specialise in cycling collisions, the file was referred to Cycle Law Scotland. However, all can find themselves at the mercy of careless drivers.īrenda Mitchell first met her wonderful cycling client in October 2015. That’s the beauty of cycling anyone can do it and there is no cut off point. Glasgow cyclist junction collision with AudiĬyclists come in all shapes and sizes and all ages too.Sensible Insurers agree quick settlement.Insurer argues cyclist went through red light.Hit from behind leads to neurological issues.Insurer takes advantage of cyclist's memory loss.Old Railway bridges can be hazardous for cyclists.Deliberate braking causes rear end shunt.Anti-skid surface causes crash and injury.Cyclist's hand signals ignored by bus driver.Police driver charged with careless driving.Insurance claim highlights David v Goliath system.73 yr old knocked off by close passing lorry.No prosecution despite serious injuries.Social media helps find dangerous driver.Dooring incident causes psychological trauma.Roundabout crash causes physical and psychological injuries.Pushed off bike by passing motorcyclist.Rehabilitation was key for TT cyclist's recovery.Dirt bike takes out cyclist on cycle path.One life-changing moment for an accomplished cyclist.Rear tyre clip by taxi leads to job loss.Cyclist knocked off bike at 4 way junction. J Trauma 38:816–817įalk RH, Comenzo RL, Skinner M (1997) The systemic amyloidosis. Reviewĭeakin CD (1995) Bilateral periorbital hematoma (raccoon eyes) following thoracic crush injuries: case reports. Matthay KK, Blaes F, Hero B, et al (2005) Opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome in neuroblastoma a report from a workshop on the dancing eyes syndrome at the advances in neuroblastoma meeting in Genoa, Italy, 2004. Musarella MA, Chan HS, DeBoer G, Gallie BL (1984) Ocular involvement in neuroblastoma: prognostic implications. Weinstein JL, Katzenstein HM, Cohn SL (2003) Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma. Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, pp 895–937 In: Pizzo PA, Poplack DG (eds) Principles and practice of pediatric oncology, 4th edn. Semin Surg Oncol 16:91–104īrodeur GM, Maris JM (2001) Neuroblastoma. Haase GM, Perez C, Atkinson JB (1999) Current aspects of biology, risk assessment and treatment of neuroblastoma. Timmerman R (2003) Images in clinical medicine. Loo H, Forman WB, Levine MR, et al (1982) Periorbital ecchymoses as the initial sign in multiple myeloma. Schwartz RA, Spicer MS, Thomas I, et al (1995) Ecchymotic Kaposi’s sarcoma. Van Woerkom JM, van Toom DW (2000) A domestic fight or something else? Nephrol Dial Transplant 15:1253–1254 Herbella FA, Mudo M, Delmonti C, et al (2001) ‘Raccoon Eyes’ (periorbital haematoma) as a sign of skull base fracture.
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