[jweb]

Found this forum a couple months ago after falling. Guess I need to start from the beginning. 31yr old male, married with 1 child. Been having problems with my throat since I was young, finally after strep 3 times in the past year made appt to get my tonsils out.

On July 9th, while in pre-op, had a nurse who couldn't get the IV started, started feeling light headed and sick. Told her, she stopped, left the room and shut the door. Felt like I was going to vomit so I sat up on the bed, at which point i fainted and took a dive to the ground. Woke up a minute later with 6 nurses over me shoving an oxygen mask in my face. Took a minute to realize what happened and feel the pain coming from my head. Reached up and felt my head only to have my hand covered in blood. Eventually got back in the baed and had my head stitched up. Never got my tonsils out and even had to spend the night in the cardiac unit because of an irregular heart beat that went away the next morning.

Left the hospital with extreme dizziness, headache, and fatigue, as well as all the other symptoms. The next couple weeks following the fall nothing seemed to get better. Doctor told me just give it a couple more weeks. Still not getting better I finally asked to see a different neurologist who prescribed prednisone. 21 days later, didnt help. Asked what the next step was and he said there is nothing they can do, just need time. After pushing for more answers, I was sent to take a neuropsych evaluation.

Just got the results today, according to them I am depressed and have anxiety and the fall has nothing to do with any of my symptoms. Pretty upset right now.

[Mark in Idaho]

jweb,

Welcome to NeuroTalk. I understand you frustrations with Kaiser. I was with Kaiser for decades.

Don't let the neuropsych report get to you. It sounds like Kaiser is in CYA mode and did the neuropsych to try to protect them from liability. You should be talking to an attorney about your fall and injury.

NeuroPsych Assessments (NPA) often will indicate depression and anxiety for an mTBI. Concussions / mTBI can cause depression and anxiety like symptoms. Some of the NPA tests are easily misinterpreted. Read the www.tbilaw.com and www.subtlebraininjury.com web sites about neuropsych assessments.

What Kaiser facility did the NPA ? It took me years to get Kaiser to do a NPA. Even then, the report was lousy. The head of the neuropsych dept was not much better.

Tell us more about your symptoms and any treatments you have tried. We have all experienced struggles with the health care system and how it responds to concussions. We understand.

My best to you.

[Concussion]

Mark is spot on with this.

Definitely get an attorney........ to get a Neuropsych Assessment that fast is defintiely a CYA on their part.

Do CYA yourself, and get your attorney to start with Neurologist / Physiatrist (Physical Medicine Doc) and NeuroPsych Assessment.

Best Wishes