[xxxxcrystalxxxx]

Ok I have to laugh. Yesterday when I was talking with my son I bent over to get something out of the fridge and smacked my head on the way down. My son just looked at me like...really? He said it was kind of funny. My left upper pherphial vision is "damaged" so I tend not to see things in my way.

Last week I was walking through my doorway. It has the pull up bar on it. For some strange reason it decided it would be a good time to fall off and hit me on the head while walking through.

Two weeks ago I walked off a curb and that lead me to have a few painful days. My PCS got much worse and my lower back was mad too.

I'm not sure why I'm more accident prone, I'm not sure why my vision is damaged.

I'm thinking perhaps a nerf suit would be appropriate (lol) and we can market it and everything.

I try to be careful but I get easily distracted and that's when the stupid stuff happens.

I'm eight months in and it has been a really long journey. I'm still hopeful but I find myself trying to find things I can do for work. I will never be that dynamo powerhouse, quick thinking, good on the edge, resourceful person that made me a valuable asset to my employers. Now I am struggling to figure out what it is I can do.

Meanwhile I will try to be more cautious.

[Mark in Idaho]

crystal,

I can understand your pain. The physical movement struggles can be discouraging.

I find that the most important issue to learn is to limit the tasks at hand. Use a list of your daily tasks. You may have not needed this in the past but you do now. If you write it down, you can let go of the list in your head. Being a mom, you are used to having a long list of To Do's in your head. This is where distractions start. Learn to only have one task or thought at a time will help you focus on being deliberate with your physical movements.

That is the key skill to learn. Being deliberate. We habitually do things with a sub-conscious level of control and decision making. We need to change that to a more deliberate thought process.

The term to use is, "Stop to think." It can add a few seconds to each decision or movement but it helps immensely.

So, try to learn to be more deliberate. It works and saves your head and back.

btw, My life changing injury was a bad step off a curb. I messed up my pelvis, back, shoulder, neck and head. My back was arched because I was carrying a large item in my left hand. Whoops, one step and my life changed.

My best to you.