[Diandra]

Dear friends,
I know nothing about concussions/head trauma and need advice.
What I did is beyond stupid and almost too embarrassing to tell.

About 2-3 weeks ago I inadvertently gave myself a blow to the head, hard enough to knock myself out.

I was rushing in the morning, a bottle of OJ had spilled all over inside my fridge. I have the kind of fridge that the freezer is on the top, fridge on the bottom.
I was squatting down all the way with my butt almost on the floor, I stood up quickly and hit my head on the freezer, heard a crack, and fell backwards, unconscious. Dont know if the crack sound was my head or the fridge. I did break some shelves on the way down. I don't think I was out long, maybe a minute or so. Obviously my head hurt so I tied two ice packs to the top of my head with a scarf and laid down for about 15 minutes and took a pain pill. I was very dizzy and not thinking all that clearly. I had to leave because I was undergoing radiation treatments for breast cancer and I couldn't miss an appt. It never dawned on me to ask a neighbor for a ride to radiation or tell a medical professional, until the other day.

I was at my PC doc for another matter and I told him my neck pain and headaches were worse(these are persistent problems) and he was trying to connect it to cancer treatments. Only then did I remember the "fridge" incident.

When my current cancer treatment is complete in a week or so, he is sending me for an MRI to see if I cracked my skull or damaged any vertebrae. I already have a small herniation at c5/6 for many yrs now. Also DDD.

Do you think it is possible I gave myself a concussion or was the blow too mild to do that?

Any other tests besides an MRI to determine damage?

Thanks, Diandra