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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 553
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I agree with you on believing in a full recovery! I don't like it when some of my treatment team look at me and say that maybe I'll be able to return to work but not to teaching (which I LOVE)...I have asked myself if I am in denial about the extent and permanency of my injuriesOR am I just a positive person who loves overcoming challenges! I don't want to believe that this is as good as it gets, so I am believing in a more complete recovery. I have accepted I will never be the same, and have accepted (I think) that I am letting go of some favourite sports for ever....
Lots of psychological processing to do with this type of injury. Important to find your inner strength and hold on tight to it! Not easy some days (today...two appointments, complete flat tire, migraine, school janitor died suddenly last night...) but hold on we must!
Great you have your mother for support!
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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 08:16 PM.
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