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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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The difficulty in dealing with financial matters is something that doesn't get much attention. I find that this is one of the costly aspects of this type of injury. I just got another bill from the public library for overdue books and magazines for my kids. Late in filing income tax papers. Forget to claim health benefits. Lose bills and receipts. I had difficulty following what was going on with the long-term disability payments and have no way of checking to see if they were right or not.
I have thought about trying to get an assistant but I think it would take too much effort. I tried to console myself with the thought that at the end of my life than that this will not matter anymore.
I hope it works out for you.
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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.
Last edited by Mokey; 08-07-2014 at 11:44 PM.
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