[QUOTE=soccer14;625673]"Lifer" - a lifetime.

I seemingly am going to have to deal with TOS and some other injuries for the rest of my life. Finding NT for support, information, and friendship, well, I hope it lasts a lifetime and beyond.

have a great day, soccer14

[QUOTE=(Broken Wings);625836]Yea i think youre right. i dont think they will be major things though. i feel like im doing better now i just notice some things have changed that i will probably always deal with. i dont mind though they arent that bad. thanks for talking to me through all this

soccer,

You should expect to have the ups and downs for the rest of your life. The better you become at moderating your life and reducing future risks, the more ups than downs you will have. It will be up to you to learn to make good choices.

My best to you as you go on past basketball.

Hi, there. I have been reading this thread as it progressed and didn't feel that I could comment, basically everybody else has said what I have thought. I have felt angry, sad, amazed and frustrated.

I am glad that you are feeling better.

But please, be careful, you are lucky that you have had a warning. If I had known that falling off a horse and landing on my head at 14, being knocked out playing hockey at 16, hitting my head on the bottom of a swimming pool at 15, then bad car accident at 21 would lead to me being like I am now with all these problems I would have been more careful and NOT TAKEN ANY FURTHER RISKS. I was lucky to not have had any lasting effects before I was 45.

I don't mean being paranoid but before doing something that could risk hitting your ask yourself if it is really worth it.

I won't bore you with what I am like now - I was similar to you and am now like Mark maybe not quite as bad. The things that I did were not worth it!

Please take care

Lynlee

ok so you all know ive been feeling great and havent had any major setbacks in over a week so im kinda starting to think this isnt just a few day thing or whatever. the only thing ive noticed is i get dizzy sort of at random times every once in a while. its not usually that bad and doesnt last too long i guess just wondering what this could be since ive improved with all my other symptoms.

How has your symptom journalling been going? I have been reading up on women's hormones. My wife has an excellent book by Dr Vliet. The connection between women's hormones (ovary hormones) and brain function is strong.

If you do get going with your journal, it would be good to include your cycle too. You may find that the two weeks before your period are your better weeks. You brain will have more progesterone available during those weeks. Progesterone is a neuro-protective.

Hey Soccer,

I hope you really are improving. However, given your history of denial, I can't help but worry that you have decided to be less than frank with we cranky old nags. (I admit, we can be real downers.)

I don't mean to be insulting because I understand that your generation is far more relaxed about punctuation, spelling and grammar in casual correspondence than we old farts - but are your posts the best you can do? I'd feel better about your recovery if I knew you could choose to produce posts that were tidier and better organized. (My brain injury has done a lot to erode my written and spoken English.)You are, after all, intending to go to college.

There's more to getting a college sports scholarship than sports. As someone in contention for an athletic scholarship, you must also have displayed academic competence before your TBI. Maybe if you keep playing, you'll get that basketball scholarship. However, to stay in college you're going to need that brain you keep neglecting.

Please take care.

All my grades are fine right now actually. My lowest one is in algebra 2 and it's a pretty high C (I got a C in algebra 1 too so I knew it wouldn't be my highest grade). Other than that though my grades are where they would be if I hadn't had the injury.

I'm really feeling better too. And I'm not lying about it. I haven't had to sit out of any practices or even had almost any problems during them (just the occasional dizziness it doesn't last long though). I can even tell I'm playing more like I used to before the injury which i haven't noticed all season and most of the summer open gyms. I like it it feels good.

If I'm having symptoms but they don't even last 30 seconds should I still write them down. I just thought it seemed pointless since they aren't lasting very long. ?

Soccer,

You should journal everything. You also need to include what was going on when the symptom manifested. Doing this will help you understand your triggers. By learning your triggers, you will be able to do two things that are very important.

First; You will be able to try to avoid these triggers.
Second; When you can't avoid these triggers, you will be able to reduce the risk of injury, embarrassment, mistakes, and the other collateral damage done by some symptoms.

Think of this. If you know the trigger for one of these 30 second events, and a teacher wants you do do something that will subject you to this trigger, you can ask for the task to be modified to avoid the trigger.

Case in point. I can do almost anything if I can avoid triggers. If my wife needs me to read the map for her, I can try while the radio is on and fail. Or I can turn the radio down and easily read the map.

If someone wants to tell me something important in a public setting, I ask if we can go to a quieter location so I can focus on their words.

Can you see how charting your symptoms and triggers will help? Most of these accommodations are easily done. People don't eve realize you are having a problem when you calmly ask to change the environment or such.

Sometimes, they even take your request as an acknowledgment of your interest in them and what they have to say. A WIN-WIN situation.

The best time to journal these symptoms is when you are doing good. You will have better focus of the symptom and better ability to write it down. It will also work if you have moments during the day where you look back at the last hour or class and try to recall the events.

If you asked your mom to chart your behaviors, you would likely be surprised at what she notices.

With all of the belief that you are going to be a lifer, the sooner you start this and understand your condition, the sooner you will learn to overcome or manage your symptoms.

My understanding of my personality and academic struggles were all but non-existent at your age. I have learned no coping skills. It was very frustrating. I was in my mid 20's before I started to understand my struggles.

We all hope you will do much better.

Our best to you.