[pwpw]

I was in a bike accident 3 weeks ago, I was wearing a helmet but I hit my head, I did not lose consciousness. I felt shaken up but okay so I didn't go to the doctor, it seemed from my pupils that I had had a concussion. My balance was okay and I even was able to ride home.

The next week or so I had a lingering headache on the opposite side of my head that the impact had been on, I read a little about concussions and it seemed normal that the headache would be lingering. At the end of the week I called a clinic to see about getting checked out but they told me to go to the emergency room, which didn't seem necessary at that point.

Although my vision and hearing has been fine my headache seems to sometimes feel like it is sort of behind my eye or near my ear. My left ear has been feeling clogged up on and off and sometimes when I wake up my eye has had some crust from fluid.

The second week after the injury it felt like my headache was subsiding and I drank some alcohol over the weekend. The following week it felt like my headache was coming back more, but now it feels like it is subsiding again. My thinking seems to have been fine but I have had a little trouble with mixing up sounds, like occasionally saying a "sh" sound instead of a "s" sound.

I don't have insurance and I would rather not have to go to the emergency room, have them give me an expensive CT scan then tell me to rest more. Sorry for such a long introduction but if anyone here has any advice or similar stories I would love to hear them. Been trying to stay positive and my headache is a 1 sometimes a 2 on a 1-10 scale, just don't want to make myself worse by ignoring the problem!

Thanks,

Patrick