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Old 01-08-2013, 11:27 PM #1
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Default Minor impact in different part of the head effecting symptoms

Hi folks. Original concussion resulted from an impact to the back of my head. At work tonight I got inadvertently knocked in the temple by a coworkers elbow. When I got home it seemed that the headaches in the back of my head, where the intitial injury was located, got much worse. Is it possible that there was some sort of diffuse damage, so that even though the elbow struck me on the temple the metabolic reaction effected my entire head or something? Very frustrated that my symptoms have returned after two extremely minor impacts in the last two days, and concerned that even though these hits were minor, they were enough to inflict some damage on a tender, post-concussion brain.
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any bump in the head is high risk for people with TBI's... the symptoms are always quick to come back at the slightest impact. take it really easy til they go away, try not to stress about it too much it'll make the headache last longer
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Severe TBI with 3 bleeds, broken neck (C-2), comatose for 3 days Glasgow score of 6 from a school bus t-boning my door at 60mph in December of 2004. Extraction time took over an hour, over a week just in ICU, original expectation was permanent vegetative state.
Numerous re-injuries including being rear-ended, flipping suv, and the latest in 2011 from being slammed head first on tile floor.
Still having major issues with: anxiety, depression, memory short and long term, sleeping including insomnia and hypersomnia, severe headaches 10-15 days a month, severe neck tension and pain that can be easily agitated, comprehension, problems focusing, easily distracted, irritability, skewed judgement, constantly overwhelmed, mood swings, confusion, brain fog etc etc
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Just take it easy and don't stress about it. You know the saying, "Hindsight is 20/20". It happened and there is nothing you can do about it now.

I know it's easier said than done but, try to be more careful .
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Current symptoms: Brain fog, mild memory issues, problems with spontaneity, occasional spacing out, word finding difficulties, tinnitus in right ear and some other things that I can't explain.

Life after the brain injury: 4 years after the injury, I'm engaged to my beautiful girlfriend of 5 years, I'm the CEO of my own business, Notorious Labs, I've taught myself how to program complex games and apps which is a feat I never thought I'd accomplish and now live a semi-normal life with very mild PCS symptoms.

Slowly but surely regaining my life back.
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Let go of these impacts. They happened and you can not change that. Ice your head. Next time, ice it immediately. I doubt they did damage. Just brought symptoms back.

Remember, anxiety is your worst enemy as you recover.

You can expect to have many more of these impacts. I suffered 12 impacts when I was not at risk. Only 2 of my concussions happened during risk activities.
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