Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I had an X-ray when I went to the ER because I hit the side of my face. They were worried about my cheekbone because I hit it really hard. I did get an X-ray, and nothing showed in the X-ray.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  From all the doctors I saw before Dr. Lemmo, I only got, “This is what it is”, but not “This is the next step.” There was no next step with anyone until I met Dr. Lemmo. He showed me the next step, and he made a set plan for what I was going to do, and the exercises I was going to do to get better.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  He made me download an app to my iPad that would.... I'm not sure what the app was called.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Well, I tore my ACL last year, so I'm currently going through rehab for that. Soon I'll be back to sports, yes.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes, I was assessed at the game. My coach has had her own experience with severe concussions. She's now 40 years old and she still can't read a newspaper because of the grey on the black. She's had severe concussions herself, so she knows what to do. She's been trained to ask those questions.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Finally, when it got deeper and deeper, months in, when things got worse, it got more frustrating because I could feel my mental health going down. I wasn't hanging out with my friends. I would not text my friends, not only because I couldn't be on my phone but just because I wasn't up for it.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I had similar experiences. I'd go back to school and people would question why I was gone, or they would think that I just didn't want to go to school, or I was lazy and didn't want to come. Since my concussion, if other students got hit in the head they would ask me whom I went to see or if I had any advice on how to get better or what they should do or whether the school was helpful.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I did know what you can get from a concussion. When I was 11 years old, I had a minor concussion. I got hit in the head and sat out for two weeks. I had a headache for a couple of days and then I went back to playing sports. I didn't know about the severity that it could lead to.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I agree with Rachel on that one, too. Everyone knows what a concussion is, but no one knows what it could lead to, and I feel like getting what it could lead to out there and telling people stories and showing what could happen. Even if you think it's not going to happen to you, you could always get hit in the head.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I'm 17 years old, in grade 12 now. I had a concussion in grade 10, when I was 15. It was early on in the basketball season, so it was in September. It was the second week of school. It was just the high school basketball team. I've played sports all my life, and I've been on travel soccer teams since I was seven years old.