No luck with getting an earlier appt. Like ive heard others say, stop using the its been a good day term. Because today is horrible! Dont even want to get out of bed but I have to for the baby dr apt!

Kev,
I understand that you are in a hurry to get back to work, and bored to death. There are a lot of us here in the same boat...myself included. I have been off work for 14 months.

The IMPORTANT thing to think about right now is YOU and your family. What if you go back, push yourself a bit to hard and get hurt even worse??????

knowing myself if I did the type of work you do that is just the kind of thing that might happen. Please for the love of your family do not push yourself to return to work until you know it is safe. You even said you know you are not ready.

When that baby comes, you will have plenty to keep you busy, even if it means just holding the little one and admiring the miracle of life.

Feel better!

Yup, got to ambitious today and decided I was going to try to build the baby changing table that finally came in this morning. I did succeed in building it, but at a high cost.

My head was throbbing, was dizzy, was nauseous, couldnt think and was having major balance issues. I feel as though im right back at day 1. My god, how does something that simple destroy me?! Now its got me more concerned, knowing that this may not be going away anytime soon

kev,

Did you get frustrated trying to understand the directions or get parts to fit ? This kind of emotional and cognitive strain can cause a setback. These kind of tasks can be done with proper discipline to relax and not get frustrated. Being able to quietly walk away from the task when it starts to get frustrating is an important skill.

With a baby soon to arrive, this skill will be important. Babies can be trying. Try to keep in mind that babies have been a strain for eons. There is rarely anything worth getting overly anxious about. Fussing aside, babies are easy to care for. Time intense and sometime tiring but not cognitively challenging.

My best to you.

I understand the frustration all too well. Some days it takes me 4 breaks just to get the dishes done......try not to push it will just make things take longer. Do what you can do but it is important to not over do. Trust me I am very good at overdoing it. My husband keeps a firm hand at the word STOP you have done too much already.

Yah, not sure if it was the frustration of putting it together, or the frustration that minutes in after trying to concentrate I couldnt focus. Just cant believe how bad it destroyed me. Even today Im still feeling the effects of that. More so than my usual symptoms. Very frustrating.

I think I just need to accept the fact that im delegated to relaxing and I need more time. As horrible as that sounds to me. I just dont do well laying around. Im always doing something.

The sleep thing needs to change soon though, hopefully the neurologist can help me with that. 2-3 hours of sleep a day is not cutting it at all.

Kev.. I am 9 weeks out and today I went for a walk... first bit of exercise since my MVA.. I have been feeling so well for 3 days... I thought for sure I could go for a walk... WRONG! one mile= a monster headache and dizziness... My alarm (ringing in my ears) happened about half way though... I feel defeated!!! Prior to the accident I could do an hour of cardio and then an hour of weights in the morning followed buy another hour of cardio at night...

Ouch sorry to hear that. I can barely walk on my own two feet today. I used to work out twice a day 5 times a week. I havent done that in over two months now. Horrible, and after yesterday, im afraid to even try.

Kev, I had that jaw thing for a bit. I can't remember much about it, but I do know that it went away on its own after about a month.

I also fell on ice and am having tons of problems. I fell on Dec 10th, 2013.

I'm barely working part-time now, and even that is too much for me sometimes. I work from home as a writer, and I went from writing 10,000+ words a day easily to struggling to put together 450 words. I am extremely depressed about it.

My headaches have disappeared. My blood pressure got almost as high as yours, and the blood pressure med that I've been on for 5 days has completely erased my headaches. I also found that curcumin helped them a lot.

I still have pressure in my head, though, which is annoying. It doesn't hurt. It just bothers me.

I feel very slow cognitively. That's what depresses me the most. I'd trade this slow, dumb feeling for constant headaches or even a broken leg if I could. Reading is very hard for me now.

Docs told me if I wanted to try walking start at going around the block and work up from there. I still worry about that. I can do the grocery store on a good day, but go when they are not busy and I have the buggy to hold on to. I always keep it short, just a few days of food at a time.