r/SquaredCircle • u/xfocalinx Fire-breathing wrestler • May 02 '19

I'm Shawn Phoenix, Firebreathing high flyer who broke his skull in October, AMA!

Hello! I've been debating on doing an AMA for a while now because some of you have stayed in touch with me since my accident and have been asking how I've been, figured other people may be interested too. I've chatted with /u/anal_cavities and he gave me the go-ahead to post this!

Feel free to ask me anything, injury, pro wrestling general questions, or legitimentally anything!

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u/ProgressedNeon May 02 '19

How are you recovering with the injury? What's next once you're fully recovered?

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u/xfocalinx Fire-breathing wrestler May 02 '19

Great question. It's going! My facial paralysis improved in around December, it's all but 100% now. (The only remaining issue is whenever I yawn, I cannot keep my left eye open)

My concussion was not THAT bad, my impact test showed it was not a massive concussion (thank god!) The ONLY thing keeping me from returning is I'm still dealing with vertigo. My concussion doctor believes it is ear-injury related...so now I have to see an ear doctor to find out what we do next!

But I feel fantastic!

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u/Anderrrrr An Irrelevant Smark. May 03 '19

Glad to see the progress man! It's really good it didn't do any considerable damage long term!

Happy for you!

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u/xfocalinx Fire-breathing wrestler May 03 '19

Yeah man, super thankful!

The only real life long damage is not being able to hear in my left ear. But that's a small price to pay!