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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 756
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 756
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How easy is it to suffer a sub-concussive impact?
So, I picked up a new job on Monday. It's an interstate moving job that has me moving people's stuff from state to state in a moving truck. I'm lifting heavy items and jumping in and out of a truck. I noticed that my cognitive symptoms have taken a turn for the worst. I'm so much more spacey now...My communication and memory have really gone to crap. Just wondering if I'm suffering sub concussive impacts from lifting heavy stuff and everything else that's involved with this job. I don't want to quit - I'm making 150 a day and we are probably going to move into a house like we've always dreamed of.
I just don't know what to do. My brain is lost and confused right now.
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What happened: I was randomly assaulted from behind in June of 2011. I was knocked unconscious for an unknown amount of time (less than 30 minutes) and have no memory of the event. CT scan showed contusion and hematoma of the left frontal lobe. I spent 3 days in the hospital. Diagnosed with Post-Concussion Syndrome in September 2011. Currently have Medicaid, Medicare and SSI.
Current symptoms: Brain fog, mild memory issues, problems with spontaneity, occasional spacing out, word finding difficulties, tinnitus in right ear and some other things that I can't explain.
Life after the brain injury: 4 years after the injury, I'm engaged to my beautiful girlfriend of 5 years, I'm the CEO of my own business, Notorious Labs, I've taught myself how to program complex games and apps which is a feat I never thought I'd accomplish and now live a semi-normal life with very mild PCS symptoms.
Slowly but surely regaining my life back.
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