So another fall on some ice while carrying my son...14th Concussion! Yay...
More CT, MRI, XRay, blood tests etc...they've had me on so many different medications over the last year & a bit that I can't even remember the names. At one point I was on 5 different things and it started affecting my liver!
Right now I'm taking Celebrex every morning. Couple Tramadol during the day, Percocet at night and Zopiclone before bed so I can get a bit of sleep. After the 13th one I took all of one day off and was essentially chastised by WCB for doing that and guilted by work for not powering through it. Now this one wasn't as bad of a fall, but it's giving me troubles. Memory is foggier this time and finding the right words is a problem a lot. I've noticed my balance is off from time to time and I get dizzy/nautious if I see something on TV that's Point of View (like a video game or some commercial or anything like that) My doctor (and wife and friends) suggested taking Short Term Disability - but I'm worried that I'll get fired for doing it. I know it's illegal to do this, but my company doesn't exactly treat the employees very well. I can see my position being "absorbed" by another department or me being transferred to another department and wanting to quit because it sucks. Essentially, I know that not taking any time is affecting my recovery but it's hard. My ears ring constantly, my hands shake, my sense of smell is all but gone, I have essentially a migraine headache 24/7 and am dead *** tired because of lack of sleep. Marital life isn't exactly what it should be so to speak either because any kind of "excercise" makes my head pound...and yes, my wife says that I'm not the same person I was before the 13th hit...and am even more emotional now after the 14th. It's just so frustrating.

I've been on so many different drugs that I can't remember them all but so far not much has helped. Heck, I was to the point that by the time I had enough Tylenol 4's to make a dent in my headache...my guts sounded like a bag of marbles!