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12-02-2012, 05:53 PM
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My friends husband died this morning, dropped dead from an aneurysm of the heart.
Of course I am not here for sympathy but rather to discuss the affects that you feel TBI and PCS have upon sadness. Without a TBI you would be upset and have the symptoms to go along with such an occasion. But having been through brain trauma........ -My right arm keeps jumping, -I am typing the wrong letters constantly having to correct spellings, -My sight is jumpy, Im looking down but my eyes jump up, -I have not thought logically about tasks such as making tea, ie I went to put a kettle of water into a saucepan etc, -I have blurred vision, -A racing heart, -Terrible head pain, -I can hear things my family can't, ie my daughter crying when I know she is sleeping, -My ears are ringing, -Balance is up the wall, Maybe these problems were there yesterday, just accentuated or noticeable now. It just amazes me how a person can change so much from one accident. Have you had similar after receiving bad news?
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I am a 36 yr old female who has played football, as a hobby, for 13 yrs. In July 2012, during a game I was slammed to the floor by two angry guys who hit into me so hard that one of them broke their ribs. This knocked me back onto hard ground leaving me unconscious. I awoke to chronic head and neck pain, sickness and the inability to see or balance. The paramedics made me walk to the ambulance, instead of placing me on a spinal board, where I was taken to the ER. I was hospitalised with suspected brain hemorrhage for 1 week, then on complete bed rest for 1 month, in a wheelchair for 2 months. I have been left with PCS, moderate constant head pain, little short term memory, no memory of the accident, balance and sight problems, depression and exhaustion. The worst problem is collapsing regularly. This has finally been diagnosed as Hemiplegic Migraines , these cause my brain to regularly shut down when I am tired and I then feel the full effects of a stroke (without the bleed on the brain!!) of which the symptoms last 2-4 days. I have had 6 CT's, 2 MRI's and am under 3 specialists. I believe everyday is one more towards improvement. Mainly I believe in the power of acceptance not the weakness of complacency or resignation. |
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Have you had similar after receiving bad news?
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