{"id":7268,"date":"2024-02-26T02:40:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T01:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7268"},"modified":"2024-02-26T02:40:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T01:40:53","slug":"amy-grant-63-reveals-tragic-problems-shes-still-facing-after-traumatic-bike-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=7268","title":{"rendered":"Amy Grant, 63, reveals tragic problems she\u2019s still facing after traumatic bike crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Grant has revealed that she is still living with the repercussions of her traumatic 2022 bike crash.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to E! News earlier this week, the singer-songwriter spoke candidly about the recovery process from the accident that apparently left her with a brain injury and memory loss.<\/p>\n<p>Grant, 63, is said to have hit a pothole while out riding her bike in Nashville in July 2022. Her initial injuries were considered minor, but she was held for observation and it now turns out that she\u2019s still coming to terms with the effects of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still have issues with my short term memory. My balance is still weird,\u201d Grant told E! News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a joke about it last night. You know, sometimes I walk around like I\u2019m drunk and I just have to laugh about all of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She went on: \u201cI can\u2019t remember what I can\u2019t remember. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019ll get back on a bike. There\u2019s so many great sports to enjoy and so\u2026 who knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_165866573.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_165866573.jpg 715w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_165866573-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but Grant revealed that doctors had found a cyst growing in her throat six months after her bike accident.<br \/>\n\u201cI had this five hour surgery and they took it out. I had to learn to sing again,\u201d she explained. \u201cI just felt like an old beat-up car that went in and got a paint job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Clinic describe thyroglossal duct cysts (the sort Grant had) as something people are born with. They are usually benign, though can impede a person\u2019s ability to eat and drink. In Grant\u2019s case, the cyst impeded her singing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy Grant has revealed that she is still living with the repercussions of her traumatic 2022 bike crash. Speaking to E! News earlier this week, the singer-songwriter spoke candidly about the recovery process from the accident that apparently left her with a brain injury and memory loss. Grant, 63, is said to have hit a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7270,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7268\/revisions\/7270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}