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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: GulfCoastSouth .... April 2014 rudely displanted to the cold wet windy gloomy NW coast.
Posts: 675
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: GulfCoastSouth .... April 2014 rudely displanted to the cold wet windy gloomy NW coast.
Posts: 675
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Good to catch up on news of you, Pono !
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Originally Posted by pono
I was referred to NeuroPsych ... my appointment is scheduled for Monday next week.
I'm not sure what to expect....
I also had concerns about being "tested" in these ways but wish I had gone when I was first referred last spring, after (another) TBI in winter generated more severe cognitive and other persistant compromising affects .
I 've had few more concussions since. If I had been tested earlier perhaps more could've have been done, or at least some documentation of my brain for comparison of if/how the subsequent injuries have affected me (esp. since I've continued to have additional head injuries...mostly from falls.)
Each injury does seem to have consequences. Since my last concussion [from fall down 14 stairs w/ 5 minutes of unconciousness] a few weeks ago, I've had horrible insomnia, more cognitive problems, emotional volitility, and other problems.
Constant headaches and other chronic pain exaccerbated. I've had for years . Began when I was hit by car as pedestrian 12 years ago, but got much worse when I was struck in head by wheelchair lift last Dec. It was after that accident that "new" issues--cognitive, emotional, etc. emerged & persisted So I was referred to NeuroPsych. but missed scheduled appt.
When I thought I was getting better didn't think I needed to go... but now since these other injuries, and persisting & worsening problems, will go..... and see what NeuroPsych & tests may reveal
I will update & share more...
Wishing all the Best....
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Hi, pono, 
Theta here, still catching-up on reading posts from last month, and was glad to read news of you! I had been thinking of you & wondering how you were doing.
All the best to you. Keep us posted, yes!
Your friend,
Theta 
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50s Babyboomer; 2008 high-impact rear-ended/totalled-MVC, closed-head injury->pcs ... "Still dealing with it."
1993, Fell on black ice; first closed-head injury; life-altering. // 2014 Now dealing with Peripheral Neuropathy, tremors, shakiness, vestibular disorder, akithesia, anhedonia, yada yada, likely thanks to rx meds // 2014: uprooted to the cold wet gray NW coast, trying to find a way back home ... where it's blue sky and warm!
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Each and every day I am better and better. I affirm and give thanks that it is so. // 2014-This was still true for me last year, I truly felt this a year ago. Unfortunately it holds no meaning for me now. Odd, it was the Theta mantra for years. Change change change.
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