Thank you for such a well written and clear update. I am heading for the 7 month mark and it really helps to know what has improved and what has stayed.

Like many others I live in hope that the tinnitus will fade. I doubt I will go back to the responsible adult version of myself, more like the impulsive, irresponsible and forgetful loon who spends too much money and talks too loud!

Best wishes from me.

It's been over 2 years!
 

Hi again! :)

It's been over two years since I've had my injury.

Last year (2012), it was somewhat compounded by landing on my head in a bicycle racing accident during Memorial Day weekend. I ended up in the hospital for about 1.5 weeks with a fractured back, a cut above my left eye, hematoma on my right leg and road rash on almost every part of my body. I was in a clam-shell body brace for 1.5 months and went to physiotherapy for 6 months. Started cycling again by mid-August 2012.

All this and still dealing with remnants of my PCS.

My progression is as follows...

Symptoms that still remain:
- short term memory loss;

Symptoms that have improved but still linger:
- erratic (instead of slow) processing speed;
- periodic word finding difficulty;
- irritability;
- impulsiveness.

Those that have faded:
- tinnitus;
- attention loss;
- fatigue.

Those that no longer exist:
- OCD.

I've had to keep my irritability in check by meditating. I've also started to do yoga to increase blood flow, spirituality, and calmness. I've been at it for 6 months now and it has greatly changed me for the better.

I still seek moments of stillness and quiet to improve my overall well-being.

I've also created a new life for myself, reinventing it by prioritizing things I need to do and their importance.

I always, continually seek ways to improve myself and not let this condition get the best of me. I think it will just be a matter of effort and time. I live with it every day and coping with PCS feels routine.

There are also times when I feel like I got smarter with these hits in the head, and I try to capitalize on it when moments of incredible insight come to me.

I also have a girlfriend, a relationship - something I actually had doubts about because of my PCS. Let me just say, don't let your mind create that limitation! :) (That's for another post in another forum.)

I hope all of you find some encouragement in this post.

Thanks for reading!