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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: England, GB
Posts: 194
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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: England, GB
Posts: 194
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Dear Bluedaffodil,
I am so sorry to hear about your ordeal. The worst thing for head injury is physio because the swelling must subside and that takes months.
With regards to not being beleived, humans are not very good generally in believing in the unseen (brain trauma).
This is the right place for you, mb the time lapse though this is an american site so we get our replies late pm early eve.
About this assessment : It will benefit you to find out who your assessors are so you can relate to them personally. Ie :If one of them is a neurologist by profession, find - in print form from a respected neurologist - information on TBI and PCS. Arm yourself well with information and this will give you confidence.
So rather than feeling this is an imminant attack on your personality, this assessment becomes more about sharing with the assessors, relevant info. to do with your previously diagnosed severe condition.
Do not underestimate the severity of your condition.
Only bring to them relevent info. about you, not others.
Good luck and keep in touch.
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I am a 36 yr old female who has played football, as a hobby, for 13 yrs. In July 2012, during a game I was slammed to the floor by two angry guys who hit into me so hard that one of them broke their ribs.
This knocked me back onto hard ground leaving me unconscious. I awoke to chronic head and neck pain, sickness and the inability to see or balance.
The paramedics made me walk to the ambulance, instead of placing me on a spinal board, where I was taken to the ER. I was hospitalised with suspected brain hemorrhage for 1 week, then on complete bed rest for 1 month, in a wheelchair for 2 months.
I have been left with PCS, moderate constant head pain, little short term memory, no memory of the accident, balance and sight problems, depression and exhaustion.
The worst problem is collapsing regularly. This has finally been diagnosed as Hemiplegic Migraines , these cause my brain to regularly shut down when I am tired and I then feel the full effects of a stroke (without the bleed on the brain!!) of which the symptoms last 2-4 days.
I have had 6 CT's, 2 MRI's and am under 3 specialists.
I believe everyday is one more towards improvement. Mainly I believe in the power of acceptance not the weakness of complacency or resignation.
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