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Originally Posted by Peter11
Hi All,
I am 9 months PCS, largely recovered. I was hit in the jaw on Saturday playing football. So far I have had no flare uos. dont get me wrong I have a sore jaw, still not able to oopen and close it fully, but it has shown huge improvement in afew days. I am sure my jaw will reover in less than a week. I feel as though I am mentally strong and also physically, ie doing postural exercies physical therapy to not let this affect me.
Thoughts/ tips would be lovely  |
Hi peter11
It's hard to believe it takes so long to recover from a concussion. Every day I wake up feeling the same. I fear I will never recover. I was in a car accident on my way to work 6 months ago and the recovery from PCS continues...I have 8 more weeks of time off from work. My job involves a lot of multitasking as well as high level cognitive functioning. I am dizzy and lightheaded every day to varying degrees. When I'm working on the computer and trying to concentrate and process information my brain goes into shutdown and I become increasingly dizzy and lightheaded. I find it difficult to talk with my family about how I'm feeling. I look fine. Unfortunately they can't see inside my brain. I wish I had a tangible picture to show them what is wrong like an X-ray from a broken bone. I was doing my vestibular exercises yesterday. It was the oculomotor:saccades. I was using 2 pencils. You have to hold the targets 12 inches apart and move your eyes quickly from target to target for 20 seconds. My 20 year old son was watching me and made a comment...."can't decide which pencil to use mom?" I have to say...it made me laugh!
This has been a big test of patience for me. I was feeling a little better the week before last and pushed myself with my exercises. It backfired last week and I went backwards...ugh! I'm glad to hear you are recovered! It is encouraging. I guess continue to rest
I just joined this forum yesterday for support from others with similar situations to mine. It is helpful to know I am not alone
