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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 66
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 66
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How I wish I were able to present a video of my accident...telling people the side of my head was impaled by the corner of a metal overhead filing cabinet usually elicits a "wince", but no one (except me) will understand the force at which the impact occurred..
People ARE very visual...and I've said from the beginning...if I broke my arm, people would understand more..you can't "see" my injury...you can "hear" it after you converse with me for a bit, or you can just dismiss it as "being blonde"....yes, I've gotten THAT before...people can't help being ignorant...
I actually took a picture of the corner of the cabinet...and showed my Fiance' where it happened in my office...neither one of us can figure out how I did it...it truly was a freak accident....
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July 21, 2010, one month after starting my new job I sustained a concussion after standing up quickly from a sqatting position and subsequently being impaled by the corner of a metal filing cabinet in to the left side of my skull. Dx. Post Concussive Syndrome.
Female, 45 years young
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Mom of 3 boys (22,19,10)..Registered Nurse 16 years
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Symptoms: Vertigo, difficulty concentrating, unable to multitask, fatigue, severe transient headaches..severity and location change frequently, anxiety, PTSD, tinnitus, "electrical like sensations" across the top of my head, "hot flashes", numbness and coolness to hands (worsens in A/C), very poor recall ability, processing and comprehension, difficulty finding words and completing thoughts, short term memory is awful.
~I will never give up on myself~
~I run because I can. When I get tired, I remember those who can't run, what they'd give to have this simple gift I take for granted, and I run harder for them...I know they would do the same for me <3
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