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Old 02-03-2014, 03:55 PM
Marina22 Marina22 is offline
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Originally Posted by Concussion View Post
I agree with Mark; I don't mind discussing it, and adding some sort of education into the discourse; however, will back down as soon as I see the glaze in the eyes of the listener.

I believe everyone has seen it...... their eyes wander, they look uncomfortable, look for something else to do, move off a little, shift away.

I try not to go on and on, but its hard, and work at it as best I can, but its nice to hear if someone is interested, but that doesn't last, does it.

So, I begin to change the subject, shy off in conversing, phase off, and leave usually.

People really do not want to hear much at all. IMO. Even family at times.
Totally agree
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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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