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Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 20
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 20
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Two Questions
Hope everyone is well. I am writing from New York City, where the Spring is finally here, and it's beautiful!
My two questions--
1.What, on the cell level, causes that "headachy" and "inflamed" feeling many of us feel in our brains? Somedays I feel like it's just residual neck pain, but others, it feels like I am having difficulty making connections between my neurons because the pathways are broken or not there.
2. What's the best way not to give in to despair about this being a very long-term or maybe even lifelong condition? Most days I don't, but some days I do.
Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers.
God Bless,
Tom
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What happened: in February of this past year, I suffered a fall. Though I did not hit my head, I came within three or four inches of hitting the ground, and the whiplash/ coup countercoup has caused lingering concussion symptoms.
I have had five or six prior head injuries, most of which completely healed within a few weeks, though one took about three months.
When I get my most depressed, I remember that I could have killed myself, which would have been far worse than anything I have gone through. June and July of 2013 were the absolute worst.
I have managed to keep my job in a field that demands a lot from my brain, though I do get cognitively tired very easily, and have some problems with reading comprehension and short-term memory, though some days I feel close to my pre-injury self.
The headaches of the Summer are gone (mainly) and I drink a lot of water and rest more than before.
I am on a supplement regimen, and that has helped; probably the medical intervention that helped the most were seven chiropractic manipulations of my neck in June and July.
I am fearful that I will be slightly brain damaged the rest of my life, but I am determined to enjoy the same things I enjoyed before, and I, even on days that I despair, know that the odds are with me.
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