hi all

I have just received my scans reports ECT
my LOC was not recorded at the A&E and I was sent to another hospital 30 miles away for the CT of my head at 3am with my wife and young child

this took the form of a letter put into my pocket that my wife found in the morning


I did not receive a CT brain scan until 8 days after my injury? I had CT of my bones the next day, but was sent home, to wait for surgery for 7 days being Christmas and all, in the intervening days I developed a CSF leak from my nose

now my question is

would brain swelling show up 8 days after would damage show up also

diffused injury is only indicated by swelling Yes ??

nuro psych assessment says I have an ABI

Yeah I know that and so do those who new me before and now

So is nuro psych assessment the only way to diagnose
diffused brain injury

with no record of LOC

at the time I thought I was 3 days ago, eg missing 3 days this lasted for 24 hrs

and then could not remember a 2hrs before and 3 hrs after for 3 months and still only fragments

this is termed PTA post traumatic amnesia


is there other tests that show diffused injury , not that it will make any difference 2 years 7 months later

thanks for reading and for any input you may wish to add

http://www.brain-injury-online.com/d...in-injury.html