winic1,

Sorry to hear you suffered such a broad level of trauma to your body. I can't imagine what you are going through.

I would not discount the possibility that you suffered a concussion, too. You don't have to hit your head to suffer a concussion. The body jolts can easily jar your brain. With your condition, the doctors were likely focusing on your other trauma with your head being a distant second or even tenth issue. As long as your pupils were equal, they would not often get concerned about your brain.

It is not uncommon for concussions to be missed entirely due to the other pressing injuries from an auto collision. Insurance companies will use this situation to discount the later PCS complaints. One concussion specialist has even lectured about the need to get "possible concussion" entered into the medical record just because there is evidence of strong impact forces to the body. This sets up a situation where later complaints can be better explained after the other physical injuries have healed.

He spoke of the need to have the appropriate IDC-9 (International Diagnostic Code) of usually 850.9 (Concussion unspecified: A violent jar or shock, or the condition which results from such an injury.) entered into the medical record.

Your husband likely has an IDC-9 or IDC-10 code of 850 in his medical record.

I can fully understand the need for a custom foam packing form so you can be packaged to be sent off to sleep. My wife calls it my cocoon. She can tell when it is working because I get this contented and "dead to the world" look on my face. If I am not sleeping right, I will often have a grimace on my face.

Right now, it is 4:00 AM. I forgot to take my gabapentin last night and just got up after struggling to get to sleep for the past so many hours. Now, I need to wait a hour or so for my body to settle down.

I just though of a favorite thing I do when I have access to a pool. I like to hold my breath and sink under the water and just float under the water. It feels like being weightless. It sounds like you need something like that to sleep. Sort of a suspended existence while you get some rest.

My best to you.