Thread: 3.5 months setback - still suffering, symptoms changing...
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Old 01-10-2014, 11:01 PM
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Thank you for your responses! Sorry it took me so long to reply - I've been very disorganized lately (I wonder why ) .

I have a meeting scheduled on Tuesday dedicated to my coming fundraising planning. I will let them know that I'm not as efficient as I was hoping I would be when I agreed to this. Maybe someone will volunteer as a co-chair - that'll be fantastic! The event is a disco dance and all the profit will be spent on a 5th graders graduation party (that's where my oldest child is).

I'll probably do just fine. I went to Canada in December to watch my nephew hockey game. It was 3 hours drive (hubby was driving), we spent the whole day in Vancouver. The game was at 7:45 pm and we drove home after that (I wasn't driving). I was extremely tired, but I was happy how I handled the whole trip considering that in addition to my concussion symptoms I also walk with a cane (I broke my ankle 5 months ago and I'm still limping).

As for my friends visit - no I can't postpone their visit (I wish I can). We've been planning this for years and it took a lot of effort from both sides to make it happen. But again - it's in March and there is always a chance I will recover by then.
Thank you everyone for reading this. I I pray for your recovery every day
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2002 - hit my head on a washer door while doing laundry. Recovered in 24 hours (was 7 months pregnant at that time)
2005 (maybe 2006) - kitchen cabinet (it took me ~ 1 week to recover)
2009 - refrigerator shelf, recovered in 1 month
summer, 2011 - metal rail, the life-changing concussion. Black out for ~10 minutes, spent ~2weeks in bed (wasn't able to even use a bathroom by myself). Made a complete recovery in 2 months.
October, 2011 - washer door again. Recovered in 1 months.
March, 2012 - kitchen cabinet again. Suicidal depression. Was diagnosed with OCD. Severe anxiety. Was completely recovered in 4 months, celexa is a magical pill.

After that I managed to go almost 1.5 years without a concussion! Was at a completely symptom-free stage, started volunteering at my kids' school again. I was living a happy life. Then,

August, 2013 - fell down the stairs, broke my ankle badly (my surgeon said that he literally has never seen anything that bad ever before and he's been practicing for more than 20 years).
September, 2013 - my son was hugging me and we bumped into each other. Result - complete return of all of my symptoms., no improvement with time. Severe depression again.

7/7/2014 - hit my self on a metal shelf again while trying to clean.


I'm not clumsy. It's just the floor hates me, the tables and chairs are bullies and the wall gets in the way.
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