I am a diffuse axonal injury patient. I had a fall with a horse over a jump and the horse connected with me in my right hand orbit and my brain was very knocked around, causing shearing of my brain tissue. It's coming up towards my annual anniversary. My neurologist has told me that I may take 5-10 years to recover from my injury, and that I am likely to have speech, balance and vision problems for the rest of my life.

I have been swimming and doing gym to try and improve myself. I must say that no matter how much my family tell me I have improved, it does not feel like it to me. My vision is not that good, though I must say I am getting better at coping with the double vision. There are times when I feel that my right hand side does not work, especially when I am swimming.

I know it's hard to answer me, but is there anyone out there that has had a similar injury, and continued to improved after a year has passed I would really appreciate your experience. Thanks