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Old 06-14-2012, 01:27 AM   #1
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Hello All,
4 months ago I was struck in the drivers side of my vehicle by a loaded school bus that ran a stop sign on a rural county road. I was cut out by the first responders who saved my life(Thank you). I dont remember any of the accident and very little if any of icu or the hospital stay at all. I was given several units of blood and had head surgery.
I broke my neck, sternum, ribs, massive open head wound and suffer from TBI. As my Neck and bones have healed I still suffer from vertigo, speech issues, cognitive issues, tinnitus, hearing loss, depth perception and massive headaches.
I am in therapy daily and am getting tired.
Anyway dont want to bring anyone down and thank you for having me on your forum.
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Old 06-15-2012, 02:52 AM   #2
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Idaho,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Here are a great number of dear friends to listen when you are in need of ears. You will find out we are supportive and relaxing place.

It sound like you had a very bad accident. Glad to hear you have mad through it.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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Welcome to Neuro Talk!!
So sorry for the accident that your still healing from....we have a forum that is especially for TBI...below I have pasted the link. Hope things will heal with time.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum92.html

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Hi Idaho, welcome. Don't worry about bringing us down that's what we are here for. My TBI was over 18 months ago; I wish I would have found the forum sooner. Check out the TBI/PCS forum (tamiloo's link above), that's where a lot of us TBI survivors hang out.

Like you I don't remember my accident or much about the time I spent in ICU, but I'm grateful to the 1st responders and surgeons and other doctors who saved my life. I do recall the daily therapy, it was exhausting but that and time has (mostly) healed the deficits from my TBI. Best to you on your recovery journey.

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Today: Neuropsychological examination five months post-accident indicated a return to normal cognitive functioning, and I returned to work approximately 6 months after the accident. I still deal with periodic depressed moods but for the most part glad to be alive and looking forward to the rest of my life.
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