Lammertink 'can't accept' end of career as recovery from brain injury continues
Dutchman undergoing extensive therapy six month🧔s after being hit by motorbike

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Maurits Lammertink is refusing to give up hope of continuing his career as a professional cyclist, but faces a lo🉐ng road to recovery with no guarantees following the horrific brain injuries he suffered earlier this year.&🐼nbsp;
Back in June, the Dutchman, who rides for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Intermarch🐼é-Wanty-Gobert Matériau🐈x, was hit by a motorbike𒁃 outside an ice cream parlour in Hangelo while spending🎐 time off with his partner and children.
He was left with a fractured skull, causing multiple haemorrhages andᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ a coma, with emergency surgery required to relieve pressure on⛄ his brain.
Six months on, Lammertink has given an interview to the Dutch publication , who visited him at the re♍habilitation centre in Roessingh where he spends his days between sessions in speech therapy, movement therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and psychotherapy.
He is apparently well but is easily overwhelmed mentally, and the report describes a moment when he had to go outside because the lights and noises in the hall became too much for him. He is taking medication to help him process stimul♒i, with his partner explaiꦡning that without it he can barely read bedtime stories to his children.
Lammertink, 31, finds himself in a position where he is fighting simply to be able to live a normal life again, 𓂃but he has not given up on h෴is career.
"I want to return to a professional level,” he told Tubantia, although tဣhere are numerous complications.
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In addition to brain injuries, he also suffered a blow to his jaw and ear canal, which has left him🦂 partially deaf and damaged his vestibular system, as well as rღequired major shoulder surgery and still suffers loss of sensation in his hand.
Furthermore, his contract with Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert expires at the end of the year and he says he has not yet been offered an extension. In fact, communication between him and the te🌜am appears confused, with the team publicly stating that Lammertink was trainiꦏng again and a director indicating he could continue on the roster next season.
“I got congratulations about that, but I didn't know anything about it," Lammertink said. "We keep the team managemen🅠t informed of all developments, but we have not discussed a ജcontract extension until now."
His partner added: "Let the team offer him a contract with a clause, but at least give him that 🌃𝓰chance to work on it."
As for riding his bike, Lammertin𝔉k has been able to get out but to nowhere near the level that couldඣ be deemed decent exercise for a professional rider.
“I love cycling for an hour or two, but you can't call it cycling,” he said, adding that he has suffered a couple of crashes due to his head p💖roblems. “Stupid stupid falls, because I just wasn't concentrated anymore. Towards the end of the ride I made simple mistakes due to the mental fatigue."
Despite all the hurdles in his way, Lammertink💖 is not prepared to give up.
"I can't accept it until I know where my ceiling is. That's why I'm here now, to expand my mental capacity, to be able to function in normal society, and in the cycling peloton,𓃲" he said.
"The question is, will I ever be able to do that again? I do not know. I keep training, keep working hard. I ♍can not do anything else. Time will tell what is poss𝔍ible.”