Ray William Johnson
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And if she moves around too much, she'll throw up.
And this goes on for like three months.
Now, you would think that after these injuries, this would be the end of her career.
But you'd be wrong.
She still isn't ready to give up biking.
I mean, she loves it.
It's how she makes her living.
She's not about to quit.
So she continues racing.
But then in 2002, it gets really bad because she's over in Slovenia racing and doing her thing and kaboom, she crashes again.
The next year in 2003, she crashes again and she ends up dislocating her shoulder again and she also breaks her wrist.
And by this point, Missy has been doing this extreme sport for a really long time.
She's broken over 40 bones and suffered at least 10 concussions.
Because it seems like Missy doesn't really have a post-race career plan mapped out.
She doesn't really have a job anymore, so no steady income, no sponsorship deals.
She doesn't even have health insurance.
And to make it worse, she now has permanent damage from some of her injuries.
She suffers from chronic headaches and seizures and pain that just never goes away.
And you know, she smokes a little Zaza every now and then to help with that pain, but that's just not a permanent solution.
So Missy ends up needing to make some money.