You're in a boxing ring. You're throwing punch after punch. You're winning. You feel that rush that for that moment you're on top. Just when you think you've got your opponent beat, it comes around with a left hook that catches you off guard and completely off balance. Your neck snaps around, your ears are ringing, and everything around you is blurry as the dizziness hits. In what feels like slow motion you fall backwards. You lay there reminding yourself to breathe half wondering if you're still alive. In the distance you hear the ref counting "1...2...3...". He sounds so far away and the lights above seem too bright. You roll to your side struggling to get up, "4...5...6..." You make it back to your feet just before he times you out. You're struggling to breathe. You look across the ring at what you thought you had beat and suddenly it seems so much bigger. You wonder how you'll throw the next punch, how you can keep standing, how you're ever going to win. Over the past few weeks … [Read more...]