[Theta Z]

Hello and much appreciation to all in the TBI and Post-concussion syndrome forum who have posted here. This really seems like a true 'community site' where Members do show up often and with great answers and genuinely helpful info, links, etc. Thanks for all that you do here! I hope to be of help also.

As a newbie to these kinds of forums & chats, I am slow to catch on to just where I should post my introduction and how all of this works. So, here I am.

Like so many, I was 'just fine' until 2008 high-speed, high-impact, rear-ended auto collision; totalled my car, spun us 360 degree and then another 180 degrees. Thanks be to God that we are as well as we are.

With a 'trauma-ed brain', I was supposed to just take the ER's very few words and trust I'd soon be okay again, right? They handed me at discharge a 4-page blue xerox copy of (I was unable to see/read it at the time) "Concussion" and "Post-Concussion Syndrome".

I thought, "Hmm. Interesting. No one in ER *said* either of those two words to me." No verbal directions for self-care. Clear CT scan.

Lots of posts on here about *vision*. Oh my, yes. I am still dealing with that.

I finally got 'better enough' to be able to get-it-together / research enough finally get an appt. to see next month (a 7 hr drive away) an actual neuro-ophthalmologist/opthologist (sp?). In this entire state it seems that there are only a 2-3 and I live in the "land of none". So I am counting my blessings, yes.

That's likely enough about me for now. I look forward to interacting with you on here and to sharing helpful info and guidance. Sincerely, Theta Z.