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Old 06-21-2014, 11:11 PM
mand101 mand101 is offline
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Default Ct scan question

So i was a pedestrian hit by a car...my head went through the windshield and i was thrown 20 feet, head bouncing off the pavement...ended up in the hospital with a concussion and a fractured skull. The first night i was in the ER they performed a ct scan and i ended up signing myself out against medical advice( not smart i know) I ended up going back two days later to get my medical records and they said they wanted to admit me to the ER to check me out again. They gave me another CT scan and thats when they told me i had the concussion and skull fracture. They said everything looked fine ( no swelling or bleeding). They set me up with a neurosurgeon appointment a week after. I went to see the neurosurgeon and he just tested the strength of my arms and legs and told me i'd recover in 6 to 9 months and that was it...

my question is... Am i in the clear for any possible bleeding and/or swelling of the brain?

I had usual concussion symptoms that were getting better as time passed but this last week i thought i was fine enough to party with some friends in which i consumed a decent amount of alcohol for a couple days (again not very smart on my part). Now my symptoms have returned plus new ones and they are worse then before. I am wondering if I just set myself back or i need to get checked out for a more serious complication....it has been a week since i partied with my friends and i am still not feeling well....dizziness, lack of coordination, memory loss, inability to follow conversations.
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