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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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Within an hour of my injury I felt detached, unable to speak coherently, dizzy, nauseous, crying jags....lost track of time and memory for several months...my injury occurred in July 2010 and my first "real" memory is Labor Day weekend...September 2010...I remember feeling like I just "woke up"...
Of all of the incidents that I have experienced in my lifetime thus far, this one has been THE most frightening for me.... 
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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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