Peter Gammons undergoes emergency brain surgery

Probably the nicest most down to earth person/journalist I've had the chance to meet. First time we spoke was at Fenway, the morning after the "Hot Stove..Cool Music" charity event he and Theo organized. It's 9am, I'm going to work and he's on his way to Fenway as well. I asked about the event, expecting nothing more than a "great time...I had a blast" type of answer. Instead, we spent the next 25 minutes shooting the shit on a variety of subjects.....everything from how he thinks playing the guitar helps him as a journalist, to the state of the NHL.

Great guy.

 

A coworker died over Labor Day weekend of complications from the same thing.
In the 2-3 weeks leading up to the event, he seemed a bit angrier than normal. He also complained a lot about headaches.
If we were to revive the "Take care of yourself" thread, those kind of things need to be added to the list of things to see the doctor about.

 

If I went to see a doctor everytime those things happen... I would be out of a job... and medical insurance,

 

Will Olbermann say anything, you think?

 

I hope DocTalk weighs in here. I cannot for the life of me understand how the instantaneous bursting of a blood vessel can be foreshadowed for weeks by an angry demeanor. Please.

 

It's uusually a slow leak at first. Any bleeding in the brain causes it to misfire.

 

Saw a comment like this on the other thread. What's the backstory???

 

At the end of the program, he asked for a prayer or thought "for my good friend Peter Gammons"

 

I second that. Damn

 

Perhaps the swelling in the blood vessel affects the motor and response centers in the immediate area.

 

I don't really know anything about the subject, but I'm pretty sure that an aneurism can exist for a long time before it actualy bursts. So I guess the swelling could affect a person's brain.

 

Do Roger Angell and Roger Kahn count as part of Gammons' generation?