Don’t have any health advice to offer, but I hope that you heal up soon.
Just wanted to say that FYI, and for anyone else who might see this, it sounds like you got caught in a trap. You were alert and acted as your training taught you, but that training was used against you. Whether intentionally or not.
If that seems too much to believe, consider the altercation that was headed your way as being something akin to a domestic disturbance. What often happens to outsiders or cops who interfere in a domestic disturbance?
Either way, you reacted to the altercation and while your attention was diverted, someone took advantage of the opportunity to clobber you.
Similarly, in Europe, it is customary for one person to bump into you, and while you are distracted (and discomfited), the accomplice picks your pocket.
Not trying to blame you, I just think that everyone should be alert and aware.
I hope that you’re feeling better soon. Best wishes.
Yeah, I do try to practice situational awareness. Again, I was worried about pick pockets and had my son trailing me by a couple of paces.
I guess I was prepared for the wrong crime. My “intelligence” told me that the problem was not surprise assault from behind but theft. All in all, I probably should have checked up on what the actual problems with down town crime were, and not relied on my prior assessments. My LEO friends have said that the down town situation has changed considerably in the last few months.