Hello peacheysncream,

Washing my hair is still the worse thing I can do since the accident. I got a 2 inches cut on my scalp, where my head hit the door's frame edge. So you can imagine how my hair was after I left A&E first time, with all the blood dryed out stuck to my hair. The doctors said to me - you can't wash your head for a week!
It was traumatic. The cut is healing now, but it still hurts when gets in contact with the water and shampoo/conditioner.

When I first washed my hair it was so painful and draining that I have done it only 3 times since the accident, roughly 1x a week. My hair is long and get badly matted because I don't brush it at all, only when I wash it and even so I need a lot of conditioner to help it happen. I did it yesterday. It took me 2 1/2 hours to wash my hair, detangle and dry it (no hairdryer, just towel). After I did it, I went straight to bed, got nauseous, bad headache, blurred vision... It has been like this everytime. I now chose a day that I have nothing to do, or nobody is visiting to get it done, because I know that once I washed the hair the day is done.

I'm not exaggerating, I was talking to my husband that I'm even considering cut it short now. The problem will be to find someone to cut and style with the cut in the scalp and the TBI. You know, these days everything can become a law suit, so people don't want to get close to problem.

In your case, I also wonder if you are not doing too much... If you weren't feeling well, maybe that wasn't the best day to go out for coffee. And when you had the energy on the afternoon, maybe you should have just saved it for your brain, instead of making the dress... You need to rest to recover.
I get friends coming around almost everyday, mostly because I was on my own until last Friday, and they are getting bored of staying in with me, so I started to get the invites now for coffee and lunch out... I know I still can't do it, so I try to explain to them that I'm not there yet. Some don't understand, but they respect me and still call and come around. Now they started bringing different food when they come to see me, and last week a friend brought some wooden brain puzzles for us to try to solve it while she visited. I thought it was lovely of her.

So yes, maybe a bit more of bed rest will make you fell more stable. What do you think?