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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Saskatchewan
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Saskatchewan
Posts: 237
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The tips in this thread are very helpful so thanks for posting! It's interesting how many of us benefit from just the right question posed.
One thing I would say is try not to compare progress between PCS'ers because we don't see some of the struggles others are having... Though I write decently enough I regularly mess up other things. I fail to sequence steps in any logical order. For example I can end up putting away breakfast in this way: milk in cupboard, peanut butter in fridge, dirty knife in drawer instead of sink. Then once it's wrong, something clicks and I sigh a heavy sigh, and undo all my mistakes. The key is, though, something clicks! That means the retrieval is the problem, so I know I'm not stupid. The goods are in my brain but it takes a while to locate them.
I share that because writing fairly well sure doesn't help me put breakfast away but it does relay a good story! Hang in there, your writing skills are not gone forever, I believe we just have a longer route to access our skills for a while!
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About it: October 26, 2012 I fell backward on an icy parking lot at work. I was on Workers Comp for 9 months. My PCS : everyday headaches became once in a while headaches, and neck pain became manageable. Still have occasional mild dizziness, sometimes fullness in the ears, convergence insufficiency, sequencing struggles, short term memory struggles, verbal processing delays. CT neg, MRI neg. Therapies: prism glasses, acupuncture, icing neck, resting, supplementing, Elavil 20mg at bedtime.
NEW: Completed 12 weeks of physical therapy and returned to work full time.
About me: I'm a marketing manager, a mom with a blended family and wife to a heart attack survivor. I believe my brain injury taught me more than it cost me. I'm grateful to still be me!
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