I can now walk 1.5 miles with no symptoms. I used to struggle to go on a 5 minute walk, so this is huge for me. I'm 8 or 9 months in (I'm too tired to do the math right now, but my concussion was December 2013).

My dream is to run a 5K in a year or so. I'm going to keep walking for a few more months and then give jogging a try.

Before my injury I was a very active 50 year old, walked for miles and cycled. After my injury I couldn't walk a mile, my legs would stop working it was weird it was like they stopped receiving the signal.

First two months couldn't do a lot, too nauseas and fatigued, about three months in I started walking distance, gradually increasing from ten minutes to eventually 30 minutes by the four month mark. One early walk I did I walked too far and felt really spaced out and didn't think I could get back but slooowly made it! After resting I felt a lot better, so was spurred on knowing it was actually doing me some good. Tried running in short spurts, early attempts gave me a shooting throb in the head so eased back.

Now I'm almost six months in and if I get a decent nights sleep can walk around the city as much as I want. I can cycle too, but need to pace myself. I've tried jogging a little and all seems OK, my aim is to jog instead of brisk walking around a local boating lake (4.3Km) and increase the aerobic side which I assume will have a positive effect on the brain.

I think just being sensible like Glacier Guy and having goals is the way to go, be prepared for a setback or two it's not a linear progression. But you will progress no two ways about it.

15 months into this, I am slowly recovering from this symptom but I still can't take those big bumps in my car. I wonder if I have a dura tear causing csf to leak and causing my brain sloshing inside the skull due to csf shortage. It's a wild imagination and probably would seem crazy to docs specially after my MRI was negative ( non contrast MRI , I hope it rules out csf leak, dura tear)
I am confused and thinking to get a contrast MRI . any suggestions? It is necessary?
I don't have any symptoms like clear liquid leak from ears or nose. Also no headaches neck strains etc

For those of you who are the avid bike riders, there is a book called " TBI Hell " its a hard read as the survivor wanted his old life back and kept getting back on a bike with bad results...

He came out with a following book, but after the first one, I wasn't to open to hear the latest in his saga....

I did some research on this guy. Basically what he says is that he had a tbi and neck vertebrae fractures. Did he also crack his skull ot have internal bleeding ? How severe was his injury ?

Really struggling with things now at 14 months post.

I can't run at all, walking can bark back at me. I can now swim somewhat vigorous for 20 min. I am 56 and been running since I was 15, I miss the freedom that running is to me. No weights, I can't ski or fly either.

This has left me feeling very empty.

Bud

I'm the same way, Bud. I've run cross country/track since 7th grade-college, and was running/racing post-collegiately. Running in many ways defined who I was, and I miss it a lot. I was forced to back off running about 6 months before the concussion from a hamstring injury, which was getting better with PT but is now back to hurting most of the time.

I have recently started aquajogging, and I've found it's a lot more enjoyable than stationary biking. You at least go back and forth as opposed to nowhere, haha, and it's running specific.