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Location: canada
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Glad you had the appointment, but I would be careful to asssess the validity of everything she told you, espeicalliy the part about everyone making a full recovery (can't be true, can it?!) and making the statement about it being your brain, not the vision. Vision is a brain function, not just a mechanical function of the eyes. Many doctors (including the neurologists and sports doctors I have seen) had NO IDEA that a concussion (tbi) could affect your vision. But they were patently wrong, despite their unbelievable confidence in the truth of their belief.
If I were you, I would still get the binocularity of the vision (and other functions) checked out if only to rule it out or save yourself some suffering.
Good luck with the continued recovery!
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺).
Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky!
Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance.
Last edited by Mokey; 02-26-2013 at 07:19 PM.
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