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12-25-2013, 01:38 AM
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Sometimes I feel like my brain is swollen. Some head pains. Can I start college?
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12-25-2013, 01:57 PM
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Many of us have learned to go on with life despite symptoms that come and go. Learning how to manage life through our times of high symptoms is important. A moderated college life would be best.
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12-26-2013, 12:49 AM
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Do it bit by bit. Don't undertake more courses than you can handle. All colleges should have an accommodation policy for students with special needs. Start slowly. Follow your dreams.
Good luck!
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺). Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky! Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance. |
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12-26-2013, 01:49 AM
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Try it...see how it goes. Start with one class. My biggest issue was not being able to multi-task and with a very awesome husband, I used this facet of my injury to my advantage because I could focus on one thing (eventually) and that was my class. My class was online so I could choose a time (within reason) that I felt up to doing it.
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. Concussion 6/29/12 by hitting back of head on concrete bottom of a pool coming off a water slide - MRI July 2012 normal - . October 2012 hit same spot on corner of filing cabinet. |
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