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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 553
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 553
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Memory issues...missed MRI for 2nd time
I feel awful tonight because I completely forgot to go to an MRI (a new type) last night. I knew all day it was that night, and then it went out of my mind. Just remembered late tonight when a friend was talking about taking her mum to an appointment.
I feel awful and useless. This is the second MRI I miss (it is a rebooked appointment from January...I missed that one because I didn't see the appointment letter that was sent through the mail).
I know an MRI will not advance my healing...but my new doctor wanted to see if there was particular issues on the DWI MRI.
Does anyone else get down on themselves when they mess up? I am so tired of having to say sorry for being late in things, for forgetting things, for having a house that is a huge mess, etc.
My spouse said he forgets things all the time....but it doesn't seem like the same type of forgetting. And I can't forget the reason for the forgetting!
Sigh.
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺).
Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky!
Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance.
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