Noelle Foley Details Effects of Injury From Roller-Coaster Accident

– During a recent interview with Saraya on the Rulebreakers podcast, Noelle Foley, the daughter of Mick Foley, detailed the serious injuries she suffered as the result of an accident suffered while riding a rollercoaster at Dollywood. Below are some highlights (via Us Magazine):

Noelle Foley on her roller-coaster injury: “Normally roller-coasters, they go up and they go down and then they fizzle out. This one went up, down and then immediately went back up. It’s like your body is forcing forward and then immediately backwards. My head hit really hard and something happened with my neck.”

On suffering a concussion: “I’ve never gotten a concussion before, at least I don’t think I have. I was just like, ‘I feel so tired. I want to go to sleep.’ So I just got a bunch of ice cubes and put them all over my head, the back of my neck and down my body, just to wake myself up. … It took me about two months to realize that I had a concussion. I was just like, ‘This headache is not going away and I’m so sensitive to lights and sound. I feel all weird.'”

On tearing ten ligaments in her neck: “We found out I tore about 10 ligaments in my neck and because of those torn ligaments, it causes my neck to be unstable. My head isn’t securely on my neck. Then all your other muscles are overcompensating. So those muscles are probably causing the headaches.”

Noelle Foley on dealing with various issues after the injury: “It’s weird, because I was completely fine and completely normal before my concussion. Then my concussion happened and it was almost like an avalanche of issues just started after that. I feel like [with] the implants, some issue was maybe brewing and then the concussion was a boulder that broke the camel’s back.”