I know it's hard to be patient - but you do seem to be making some real progress.

If you want, let us know how the neuro-psych report goes.

Take Care

Yes, you'll get better. It just takes time to heal. Time... time... time... Now, don't give yourself another concussion. It'll be ok. You'll get to make up for this lost time.

Use this time to maybe learn mediation/yoga or read things you never really had time for before. It's a whole 'nother world out there in a good book. I always learn something by reading... or I guess you could download books and listen to it with them earbuds. There's lots of books on some of the greatest athletes. I love the Ty Cobb movie myself - MR. BASEBALL.

I love reading biographies about people especially athletes where can you download some books because reading seems to be a bigger challenge then i can handle quite yet. any suggestions would be helpful

Here's one for a 14 day free trial:

http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/tem...fo=14DayGoldFT

Here's a Google link for more:

http://www.google.com/search?source=...own&aqi=g-p1g9

Let us know how the downloads work if you do it.

I don't know what we'd do if we didn't have books to get lost in.

ok thanks ill try them and maybe go to the library and get some books on tape too anything else to do i dont know how long until i can go backk to school

rest and heal...

do you like Chess? That's a mind challenging game. I've also heard it can increase one's IQ.

how about the yoga thing? it's good for your inner being, angility and relaxation. It can also relieve stress.

I'm wanting to learn this tai chi. Check it out.

60 minutes did tonite a thing on 'A Blow to the Brain' about football. But it does have lots of relevance to other contact sports [and non-contact sports as well] Here is the link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5377319n
The reason I encourage you to pay attention to this? IS that concussions can show up on MRI's 5-10-20-30+ years later. I speak from experience here. Apparently your brain and any 'dings' you mite have had from age 0 on eventually show up on MRI's or other types of scans. I'd had one of the 'other' type of scans and I was asked about prior head traumas...I first thought recently, such as 10 or 15 years ago? [Hey! I'm older than you, but got dinged up good in my day too!] and I really had to replay my life to recall how many times I'd fallen off horses [and when, and hard] that I'd considered totally unimportant to my tests! They can be important now. Those 'dings' and bungs show up on your brain as light, dark or 'nothing' spaces on many special scans. Essentially if you fell off your bike at age 7 and got a concussion then? It Will Show UP! And It mite or not mean anything. Doesn't mean to panic now, just remember it for life and know that you must take care now so you won't have to worry in the long run!
That 'disconnect' stuff is totally unpleasant! It takes time for things to get re-programmed, kind of like a computer w/glitches? But,time is all you need, after which you will be back at all things with a vengeance! 's - j

what do you do during tai chi?

yea i have definitely been thinking about other times i could have possibly hit my head or gotten a concussion where i just didnt get any symptoms. surprisingly i thought of quite a few. well it obviously hasnt showed up yet if i did get any because ive had a ct scan and an mri which both came back almost totally normal. it might just take a little longer i guess. what do you mean by the "disconnect" stuff

Ok, a week after I'd crashed and 'burned' as we say in the riding circles, tho not 'totally trashed' as in traction or requiring surgery or the like...
OK, relate story as best and short as I can: Horse slipped and fell-I was on him. We landed and my 'crash helmet' came off. Not that it'd make much difference as the clay ground w/bluestone topping was ROCK HARD due to a drought. So I mite as well have hit rock? Ambulance came and they asked me who the prezzie was...answer? WRONG, but one I liked?
In and out of consciousness in the ER for 3-4 hours before x-rays and being admitted. Since I 'fell' at about 10am and it was now about 4-5 pm? I WANTED FOOD! But, due to the perceived/actual concussion, got orange jellow. That was it!
The 'disconnect' came after I got home. What I thot the doc told me vs. what was really told to me were, apparently two different things. Had to go back to work [w/fractured ribs and bruised bones] a week later. I had trouble remembering my staff's First names[I supervised 3 good folks], let alone their last names? I'd Find myself doing something 'simple' over and over again? And not remember doing it the first time. Welcome to the Twilight Zone?
And worse was driving to and from work! I'd find myself 'suddenly' about two miles from where I last remembered! That I didn't kill myself or others on the road? It's a miracle I still believe it to be. I was always on the right paths tho...go figger. At home, I'd watch a TV show and find myself at the end, going...What happened? Time warp here! It took about 4-6 weeks for most of the worst effects [asides from my ribs?] to wear off brain-wise. Not to mention the 'headache'? It eased up in time. lots of it.
The way a doc explained it to me, which sort of makes sense in a simplistic way... is that your brain is like an egg. It's got a shell, and a membrane and some juices that insulate the yolk [the real brain?] and if it get shook up very hard? Well, it sorta gets scrambled. The MRI's and CT's are to see that the 'scrambling' isn't really bad damage. That you are ok in that quarter is GOOD! VERY! But, it takes TIME to allow it to heal. Now, I know you are much younger than I am or was, at the time I clunked my head! But, these things take their own time and place to heal!
I know it's hard to be sort of static for a while? But it is essential!
Yep, that brain is a terrible thing to lose! Got that! Better to have the brain, thank you very much!
Hugs and hope and keep w/the programs, whatever they are? You are smart enuf to ask questions of US, now start asking questions of those docs!
Go get 'em lady! Hugs etc. - j
PS are you clearer on the 'disconnect' now? I hope so!