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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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Dear Danny, I want to send you encouragement and support. You are suffering but you will see improvement in a little bit and one day in big bits. Your brain will continue to heal as long as you live. Neuroplasticity is real.
That does not mean that you're not suffering. I know you're suffering. I can feel it in your words. This injury is hell and you need to grasp onto the little bits that are good in each day. The beauty of some small thing, a nice memory, belief in yourself.
It really helped me to acknowledge my grief. It's like you've lost part of yourself. You need to grieve. But you also need to talk to someone about how you're feeling. Find someone who cares. Helpline, a support group etc.
There are good days and there are bad days and I wish you more good days ahead. You are important to people and you can do this.
One hour at a time.
Hang in there.
You matter
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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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