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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 8
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 8
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Losing hope of recovery
Hi,
I had a champagne bottle fall on my head just over a year ago, went to Emergency department but discharged quickly because there was no open would or loss of consciousness; however I was readmitted a couple of days later because of left-sided weakness/numbness and personality change and was in for nearly a week. Had CT scan but no MRI until three months later. The MRI showed "high intensity foci" on the left temporal lobe but no-one has explained it yet, but I had another MRI with contrast and then another this week. I should probably add that I'm in the UK so care and treatment is free on the NHS but it means the patient doesn't get to see reports etc.
Throughout the year I've suffered intermittent numbness/weakness on the left side of my face, little finger and little toe, loss of balance and spatial awareness, hypersensitivity to noise and light, a feeling like I've had a lobotomy (almost a physical feeling of a cut-off area of my brain), poor short-term memory and difficulty processing things, plus migraines which I never had before.
The neurologist said I set too high standards for myself (I was a PhD) but if this is how it's going to be for the rest of my life, I don't honestly see much point because my self-esteem and quality of life are so low now, I can't do anything I used to do and I just about cope with work by working at a lower (non-executive) job with supportive colleagues and writing everything down.
Sorry to moan, but it having been a year I was researching prior to seeing the neurologist again and the idea that the symptoms are possibly permanent is too depressing to consider.
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