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Meanwhile, my spouse who took time off work to watch over me per the instructions is now back at work and I do NOT feel safe to drive. Unfortunately, I will never know for sure because nobody ordered any X-rays (that's three medical appointments if you count the chiropractor). I very well may have inured my neck falling sideways onto my left side, at which point my head hit a metal security door, and that may accounts for my neuropathy and weakness. I was certain at the time that I didn't seriously injure anything but in hindsight I think the people who evaluated me should have taken my account with a grain of salt since that was possibly the "head injury" talking. I was in a lot of pain from the fall after the concussion and simply went to a chiropractor for help. What's more, even though I presented at the Urgent Care and doctor's office as a fall victim, NOTHING about my spine was checked out. As a result, I have pins and needles going down my right arm and weakness in my right wrist and hand. In summary, I'm the worse for what was diagnosed as a "mild concussion" wherein I didn't take the "rest your brain" advice seriously. I didn't rest my brain at all possibly because of the judgment-impairing effects of the head injury and possibly because I got the false impression in the first 72 hours of my concussion that it was so mild. My message to doctors and health professionals is not to assume the patient is better off at home. I'm the one with the head injury but in my family THEY are the ones who need to be accommodated. When I asked them to stop after a week of being bothered with daily text messages, they got mad at me. Even my family members, being told I was supposed to STOP looking at my phone, kept texting me. Now get this: Everyone these days is addicted to their screens. And I feel like my right hand - I'm right handed - is so clumsy and weak that if I didn't know any better I would suspect a stroke. The problem is, I actually felt better (minimal bruising on the face/head) the first week of my concussion than I do the second. I had NOT been counseled in any way by the Urgent Care or the doctor appointment I had with my primary care about weakness and what to make of that, so I just went with the fact that my CT was okay and ignored it. The blow to my head was near the left side (eye orbit). The next day, weakness set in to my right arm and wrist. However, in my case I was on the computer blogging until 3 a.m one night, ignoring my horrible eyestrain. The idea physicians have is that they will send a patient home because family members are more likely to know than the head injury patient that something is wrong. I had no problem with the physical rest but the mental rest was creating horrible boredom. However, I did NOT heed the advice not to do anything strenuous (physical/mental). I had a mild concussion that was not complicated by anything per the CT scan. Mine went away after just two days of doing it. Do it every day and your vertigo will go away. PS if your concussion is causing vertigo, or a weird spaced out dizzy kind of feeling, you need to do something called BPPV. It’s just now starting to feel a little bit better. Anyways, all of my concussions symptoms came back and I’ve been suffering for the past four months. nobody told me this and after two months of feeling good, I was at the gym lifting heavy weights and did a max clean and jerk and it blew up my brain! I must’ve tore neurons or blood vessels or some thing… The doctors haven’t told me exactly. Your brain will heal! When it does… You still must be careful to not push it too hard. Drink tons of water, get good sleep, and eat every two hours. patience is key and listening to how your brain feels.
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Eventually I was able to jog 1 mile, then two, and three. Start up walking slow and try to increase your speed later. Don’t push it to the point where you get a bad headache. Try walking 1 mile, then 2 miles, then 3 etc.
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Rest is important the first two weeks, but then you need to start rehabbing your brain through light cardio. What are your symptoms? It took me 3 months to heal from a concussion I got back on September 28.