hi again

[Abynorml]

Been awhile since I graced the forum and posted, its been almost a year from my accident at work, Im still in recovery, shoulder had surgery back in september, and had a discetomy with fusion back in May. Im currently still recovering from TBI, and finding new obstacles, similar to epilepsy but I don't which is harder, my memory is shot and I can't handle a lot of emotional stuff, I can't talk if Im over emotional, and I hit brick walls in the middle of a sentence.

I kind of understand why the doctors wanted me in a rehab center instead of going home. Im grateful to be home though.

I got hurt last year in a 15-30' fall into an elevator shaft, hemorrhaged and really hurt my head, broke my face, wrist, herniated a disc in my neck, screwed up my shoulders... and lost the majority of the vision in my right eye. I was so happy to be at work that day, and Im looking at the facts and it looks like my career might be over, I can't handle the old job,my memory is shot and I am not as fast as I use to be.

The hard part is people expect me to recover, they see me and Im ok for some of the time, they don't know when Im struggling to just remember the rest of what I was trying to say, and Ive lost friends who couldn't handle my emotional outbursts

Im slowly working on finding ways to cope, my neurologist has been useless, I really hate when they schedule you for a follow up to an MRI and have a nurse read you off what they found, without much insight or help, all the nurse could tell me was there were signs of brain damage. I see that Doc in two weeks to get on his butt about getting me better help and maybe seeing a neuro psychiatrist(I couldn't spell that word for the life of me a few hours ago)

I hope your all doing well, sorry I don't keep in touch, not sure if anyone remembers me.

 

[Janus]

Abynorml ; Wow that is a rough story. I am sorry that happened to you. I have a TBI also and understand that part and that that is so bizarre that most people can't know what you go through unless they had it too. On the good side, its only been like a year you said, that is cool because that kind of recovery happens real slow and gradual but keeps going on if you can take care of yourself. Having E is an added complication that can cause more brain damage. Thank you for checking in I hope you can find a resource here to help you.
It sounds horrible that the neurologist is so lame. Are there any other options out there for you? Are you able to get healthy food and exercise? Just asking, as i know it has made a huge difference to me.