Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho (Post 1110026)

mayonetwelve,

Welcome to NeuroTalk.

At only a week post injury, you are very early in your recovery. The nerves can take quite a while to heal. The myelin sheath around nerves heals slowly. I don't think there is any sort of medical intervention that can be done to speed up the process. Based on how long it takes to regain muscle use after a Botox injection, I suspect it may take 3 to 12 months for those nerves to heal. As I said, nerves heal slowly.

Originally Posted by mmc1294 (Post 899740)

I suffered a pretty nasty fall on 6/29 in my home. I lost my footing and hit the RT side of my forehead on our tile floor. I am not sure if I lost consciousness as I was home alone at the time, but I was definitely disoriented and my memory of that night is vague at best. My husband did take me to the ER when he got home as I was still confused/not myself. My CT scan was clear. I had a nasty black eye from the fall that is finally almost gone. As the brusing and swelling subsided, I realized that my RT eyebrow and forehead (where I hit my head) is completely paralyzed. My eyebrow has subsequently dropped a bit and my eyelid is drooping. I assume this is from the accident?!? Could it be permanent? I am able to raise my LT eyebrow/forehead with no issues. I am really freaked out about this. And depressed. I am also having consistent mild to moderate headaches and don't feel myself - very "fuzzy". I know these symptoms are farily normal with PCS, but I can't find any information about the effect it's having on my RT eyebrow/forehead. The area where I hit my head is still a bit tender to the touch, but there doesn't seem to be any residual swelling.

I have an appointment with a Neuro on 8/15, but am trying to get into another office sooner. ANOTHER isssue is that I am scheduled to have surgery on 8/30 and am worried about going under anesthesia so soon after the concussion. Should I reschedule? Is there an acceptable timeframe for having surgery after a concussion?

Thanks so much!

Originally Posted by Lilhawk1966 (Post 1300174)

If i didnt know better, i would say i wrote your post! It has been three weeks for me now and my black eye i s finally starting to fade. I still have a knot over my right eyebrow that is sore and a vein above it that is still protruding. I'm very concerned. I still have a lot of vertigo when I lay on my back. I have surgery on 8/1. Have made them aware of my concussion but I'm still concerned they aren't taking it seriously because my surgery is for liposuction.

I'm not sure who to go see about the eyebrow. Should it be a neuro surgeon?? Thoughts?