Hello everyone. I have been here reading and learning about myself. I am coming up to 6 weeks post injury. I was running outside and hit black ice on a turn to the left and only remember coming to and not being able to lift my head.I was able to call for help and a lady found me and helped me to her home. I don't remeber a lot, just bits and pieces. I started to come around in the ambulance. My face was pretty messed up,swollen, road rage burn, black eye. Look like a car accident rather than a fall. Anyway, here we go. My concern at first was how I was going to heal for scars. Turns out that went beautifully, but rather the head is now the issue. I wish now that I had broken something rather than deals with this. I have developed pcs, and have continued to work part time. Life has been awful. Concentration problems, confussion, headaches, ringing in the ears, blah blah blah. I have researched everything I can. I have found that there is a successful treatment that made well a hockey player that was nonfunctioning person for two years and made him well again. Guess what, it is in my city in Canada, I have started the treatment and have improved greatly on regaining my thoughts, and mental compacity and I am once again able to regain my life at work. This all after 5 treatments. My headaches are bit less but still continue and the ringing in the ears is annoying.

I have some questions. Has anyone had ringing in the ears? When did it improve? Does everyone continue to work? My doctor has given me a month leave, that I didn't start until now, because of work, but now my boss has seen that I have improved my skills again and thinks I am fine. I am worried that I won't heal. If you work does it allow the brain to heal. I was feeling a bit better but a raked the lawn today and now I am paying. I have six days in a row off and was still dropping into work today and thought I could go back in a week but now after over doing it I realize I am still introuble. Please anyone help me on there experience on pcs and work. I need some input.
the treatments have given me my ability to concentrate, work on the computer, multie task etc. but the headaches are always present and the ringing of the ears gets worse. I vow to lay on my back the rest of the week. All extra stuff in my life must stop. Sorry for the long post. Send me any infor you know or email me I would appreciate any information. Thank you

Hi Madison, I'm 6 weeks in too. I've had no treatment but seem to be getting better with rest, zero stress, doing light activities I enjoy and getting moral support from friends and family. Fortunately, I've moved in with my dad and I don't have to work so I can just chill all day and do things when I feel like it which feels like the best policy to me. My symptoms have been moderate headaches, occasional dizziness, anxiety, ringing in left ear, gushing sound in the right, and fatigue aswell as the psychological distress of having your whole world turned upside down and not feeling like yourself or knowing when you're going to be better.
Sounds like you've been making really good progress which I'm sure will continue. Full energy to you in your recovery!

Can you explain what this treatment is?

Hi Madison,

It is like you wrote your post for me; there are so many matches in the story! I have been on the mend for 8 months now, after a head injury at work. It has been tough for me as I have been signed off of work ever since. I have a physical job and my boss said it is harder to manage me being there if I am not 100% than covering for my total absence! At first I was cool with this as I was sleeping 18 hours a day. Then I realised that being on my own all day was getting me down so I have started to do 1 hour at a time (not even 5 days a week yet) of community work.

Life has been testing. There is very little social life to speak of anymore I just can't keep up with my friends. I am having to adjust to a new 'normal' which has been allot to get my head around at times. Concentration problems still cause me big issues likewise headaches and dizziness.

As for the tinnitus, that is the sad thing, the audiologist at my hospital said there is no cure just ignore it...easier said than done! I have found a self-help group in the area who have been able to give me LOTS of their little tricks to make it easier to tolerate. The ringing sounds in both ears, and gets louder at night or when I am tired or stressed. Some foods and some painkillers make it worse. The only thing that improves is my level of acceptance. Though on some days I just want to cut my ears off!

All the best and good luck with it

"I vow to lay on my back the rest of the week" ...any reason for this???

hi, sorry for changing my name but i take sleeping pills at night and couldn't remember my password, so i changed my name. This post was earlier in my injury when i had several more problems of understanding my job and trying to figure out why i couldn't complete one of my problems. I am a salesperson for a large flooring store and I am in charge not only of selling but measuring, patterning the flooring,computer, and invoicing. I could evern look at a floor plan and figure how to run the carpet. It was horrible but around 3 weeks my memory and things were starting to come around. During the first two weeks I couldn't find my visa card in my wallet. it was to overwhelming. I am now 3 months out, and mostly all thinking and understanding has returned. I struggle sometimes to find the answer in my head but it will come. I noticed that i have to think hard when someone gives me there name and phone number and sometimes i have to ask twice. the week off that I said I was going to go to muscle therapy and relax, as i haven't sat still for 3 weeks. I just kept struggling through, did lots of crying at work. Everyone knew it was bad. i am an over acheiver and can't relax well. I have not been working 7 and half hours a day. Last week was terrible. I still suffer from neck and shoulder pain, light ringing in the ears and light headache in the morning and by mid day they are much louder. I hate this high pitched buzz. I have continued with muscle theraphy, my neck and shoulder suffered whiplash and they beleive when all the lumps of mucles go back to there natural state, the headache and ringing will be gone. I have run out of coverage so I am on my own so i continue to stretch the strenghthen. I also started accupuncture and it seems to bring my night time pain down. I am seeing my doctor and i think i may take off a month or two to get well. the stress doesn't see to help the neck and headaches. I will know more in two weeks. I don't think i have heard of anyone that went back like me with four days off. I think I regret that.Remember the ringing always gets worse at the end of the day as the muscles tightened from the work they did all day. if you have any questions let me know. chow

Hi there Madison. I see that you're brand new to NeuroTalk so I thought I'd take this opportunity to welcome you to the site.

Please let us know if there's anything we can help you with, but in the meantime, have a look around and join in anywhere that feels comfortable.

Hello,
I hope you have success with this therapy. I had 4 fractures. My head was not really a problem.....I had all the same problems in my personality before my wreck... and I was exhausted by the specalist in rehab that didn't help only made me doubt myself... But, this whole thing has made me stronger.....Don't forget to trust in your self.
Don't just assume that because... a healthcare worker says you have a problem that you do... The speech therpists kept trying to change me... Then I realized that if I changed I would not be able to function as well as I did before. I will keep you in my prayers!!!!
see ya