bigjim,

Welcome to NeuroTalk. Sorry to hear about your wife's injury.

First, there is an excellent group in your area. Check out www.givebackorlando.com

You will also benefit from downloading and printing the TBI Survivors Guide at www.tbiguide.com It is 84 pages and full of valuable information.

With you wife's other spine injuries, I doubt they have given a very close look at C-1 and C-2. They can get knocked out of place with torn ligaments that make it hard for proper healing. This can magnify the other concussion symptoms by causing inflammation that can decrease blood flow and impinge nerves. She should be icing her upper neck regularly, especially when she has a head ache or other raging symptoms.

Early on, I had a problem with left and right. I would say the wrong one than the one I meant to say. I do very little driving so my wife learned to wait until I heard myself say the wrong direction and corrected myself. Her biggest problem will be when she is in a hurry or under other stressors. This can cause the brain to short circuit and say the wrong thing. It can be much more problematic when it involve motor functions such as needing to push on the brake.

Has she been prescribe quiet rest or is she trying to live a normal life considering her injuries?

Regarding permanence, you are still early. There are lots of work-arounds and coping systems that can allow you to live a better life than what you are experiencing right now.

Once you both learn the difference between her injury acting up and her personality, it becomes easier to endure the ups and downs. She should get her hormones assessed by a bio-identical hormone specialist. Head injuries can wreak havoc with hormones causing a myriad of symptoms. A good starting point for a hormone referral is https://www.womensinternational.com/..._referral.html

There are tow other good resources, You Tube has "You Look Great" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Xso...ature=youtu.be It is 6 segments that take about an hour.

http://www.brainline.org/content/201...u-to-know.html is another list worth printing out.

Please feel free to unload and tell us anything. We have heard it all. There are plenty of good people who can offer good support and ideas.

My best to you both.