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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Carmel, IN
Posts: 467
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Carmel, IN
Posts: 467
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Originally Posted by maristgrad09
Hey Sarah! Thank you for the response. I'm a sales director in the financial services industry. I run a team of reps in the field, do financial analysis on statements, and all that fun stuff. I'm not sure about the FMLA, I'll inquire about that and short term disability. I can't even imagine living with this for months, let alone years.
I actually got it while playing volleyball lol. I dove and hit my head on the ground. As soon as I did it, I knew something was wrong. Lets hope I can sneak in some rest in the upcoming days and I'll take a look on here for some vitamins and medication that seems to work best for everyone.
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You job and mine seem very similar... I have reps that I oversee in 3 states for a commercial roofing company that is also has a tire division... I field about 500 emails a day and about 40 calls.. at this point I have still not been released to go back... now i say that to say this... EVERY HEAD INJURY IS DIFFERENT!!! I can not express that enough... as Mark will say... if you have seen one concussion, you have seen one...
If your organization has over 50 people and you are in the US you have FMLA... now, with FMLA you do not get paid, it just saves your job for 12 weeks... pay is where STD comes in... at some companies you have to exhaust all your sick and vacation time before you can apply.. check with you HR!
Please listen to your doctor and not your bosses!
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The Start: MVA, t-boned, on 1-12-14 (my sons 5th birthday) and did not think anything of it.. my back hurt on site but everything else seemed ok. Lost about 10-12 hours from about 3 hours after the accident to the next day...Experienced terrible brain fog for over a month, plus intense headaches, nausea, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, disorientation, no short term memory, depression and just an overall hangover feeling daily.
Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well.
Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off)
Therapy- Osteopath, Vestibular and balance therapy, fuzion/soft tissue massage, acupuncture
Drs- ER (no help), GP, Chiropractor, Neurologist and Osteopath
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