Hi again!

It's been over two years since I've had my injury.

Last year (2012), it was somewhat compounded by landing on my head in a bicycle racing accident during Memorial Day weekend. I ended up in the hospital for about 1.5 weeks with a fractured back, a cut above my left eye, hematoma on my right leg and road rash on almost every part of my body. I was in a clam-shell body brace for 1.5 months and went to physiotherapy for 6 months. Started cycling again by mid-August 2012.

All this and still dealing with remnants of my PCS.

My progression is as follows...

Symptoms that still remain:
- short term memory loss;

Symptoms that have improved but still linger:
- erratic (instead of slow) processing speed;
- periodic word finding difficulty;
- irritability;
- impulsiveness.

Those that have faded:
- tinnitus;
- attention loss;
- fatigue.

Those that no longer exist:
- OCD.

I've had to keep my irritability in check by meditating. I've also started to do yoga to increase blood flow, spirituality, and calmness. I've been at it for 6 months now and it has greatly changed me for the better.

I still seek moments of stillness and quiet to improve my overall well-being.

I've also created a new life for myself, reinventing it by prioritizing things I need to do and their importance.

I always, continually seek ways to improve myself and not let this condition get the best of me. I think it will just be a matter of effort and time. I live with it every day and coping with PCS feels routine.

There are also times when I feel like I got smarter with these hits in the head, and I try to capitalize on it when moments of incredible insight come to me.

I also have a girlfriend, a relationship - something I actually had doubts about because of my PCS. Let me just say, don't let your mind create that limitation! (That's for another post in another forum.)

I hope all of you find some encouragement in this post.

Thanks for reading!