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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
McMonkey,
Your situation sounds familiar. I have accumulated too many insults to my brain. You said "The migraines have subsided, but my speech, cognition, short term memory and fatigue still cause me issues." The migraines lessening hopefully will allow you to learn the many work-arounds and accommodations for dealing with the cognitive issues. Learning to moderate stress and stop to think will be your most important skill.
Tell us more about how you manifest your neurological symptoms. We can then share our tips for dealing with them.
When you get the neck MRI, ask if they can do a series with your head turned sharply to the right and left. The straight position of a normal cervical MRI can mask the instability of C-1 to occiput (base of the skull).
Tell us more and we will try to help.
My best to you.
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I'm sorry I never got back to you. I was overwhelmed with how I felt and how my life had changed and I definitely suffered from depression. Life also continued, as it does, and my mother died, unexpectedly, at only 59. Anyway, I found an excellent neuro. I went for physical therapy and I'm doing so much better. I can read a book like I used to. I can workout. My stamina is much better. My speech issues only come up about 2 weeks before my menstrual cycle and I can laugh at the gobbledegook I come out with at times. I still have problems with pronunciation and breaking words down so that I can recognize them, but everything else seems good. My neuro said the speech centre can take the longest to heal, especially as I had a prior head injury to the one in 2010.
I had physio for my neck and it's amazing how much better all of that is. When it starts to get tight and stuff I concentrate on the exercises we did and I can heal it myself.
I came back on here, because I wanted to give people hope.
Thank you so much for caring.