Ash,

I am not saying the docs don't need to know the basics of the injury. Just that the details of the injury do not need to be so specific. What is more important is being able to tell the doctor about all of your symptoms or being truthful when asked about symptoms. ( I am not saying you were not truthful) Sometimes, it takes a second party's observations to relate some of the symptoms to the docs because the patient is not fully aware of the symptoms. For example, slow slurred speech is often not recognized by the patient because their brain is working at a reduced speed.

The doctor overlooking the CSF leaking from your ear is troubling.

I don't understand what you mean by Second impact/brain swelling. Did she smash your head with the door twice ?

If you are referring to Second Impact Syndrome, it is a condition that is a risk many days to weeks after the initial injury. You were not experiencing Second Impact Syndrome. This does not mean you did not experience brain swelling, just not of the Second Impact Syndrome causation.

You claims to the value of cannabis are over-stated. I've looked at the research and it is still weak. Cannabis also has some very negative effects on the brain. The value is related to very small dosing, not enough to get high. The psychological struggles it can cause are well documented.

Regarding your care, you may have just been a common victim of the lack of access to good care your health care system has. It's can be just as bad here in the US. It just depends on the skills and knowledge of the first doctor to see the TBI patient. If they don't start a chain of referrals to specialists, the patient's needed treatments/ suffers. They should at the least set up a return visit to see if symptoms are improving or not.