Doctor basically didn't help at all. Did a full physical and determined she's not suffering from about 70% of concussion symptoms. Balance is fine, motor skills are fine, nervous system is fine. She can see perfectly fine, but any use of her eyes for reading, or any real light in the room, and it brings forth a massive headache with some dizziness.
Going to see a concussion specialist tomorrow. She seems better tonight so far. Nothing was stopping her from watching Game of Thrones.
HELL YEAH
Ok, so the signs appear to be waning some, which is a great sign. Take it easy and just keep an eye on her. Truth be told if the signs are starting to get better, she *should* be in the clear from concussion complications.
Keep us updated tiger
At least ... It's not a tumor.
GBM sucks.
Specialist confirmed concussion, nothing else. Symptoms still come and go, severe one minute, almost normal the next. Has her scheduled for a bunch of physiotherapy, which looks to all be covered by insurance.
I'm 50/50 on that since one of the first things they mentioned was acupuncture--even if I did believe in that witchcraft horseshit, my wife is terrified of needles, so that was out. Oh well, guess we'll see how it goes.
My daughter got a concussion playing soccer last year. We went to get her tested that day, and she passed the test, they didn't think she had a concussion at all. The next day she competed in the school track meet, winning the City 200m dash. After the race, she started to feel dizzy... so we took her to the doctors and they concluded she had a concussion after all. It took her about six weeks to be completely symptom free and it would come and go. Concussions and head injuries are a bitch, and unpredictable. Hopefully she recovers well, and soon.
Originally Posted by tigeraid
I can say with experience of patients with acupuncture and acupressure, that stuff CAN work.
Baby steps... She can go out during the day now with sunglasses on and function reasonably well, but the loud noises are still ruining her.
To assist with her recovery, we bought $360+ Bose noise cancelling headphones. The best headphones they sell.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...dcef38cd5aen02
I thought it was a little ridiculous, but sure enough, the noise cancellation is literally perfect. As long as she has something quiet playing, like nature sounds or listening to an audiobook, they completely shut out the outside world, AND rid her of the ringing in her ears.
And listening to metal on them? Sweet jesus. Listening to Blind Guardian's Valhalla live right now.... All I can think of to describe it:
1 month in. Still has fairly severe symptoms in regards to noise. I worry she might just be conditioning herself, which the physiotherapist warned of. She wears the headphones almost non-stop during the day because of the sounds of the city, people mowing lawns, etc etc...
On the bright side, her light sensitivity isn't as bad, and she isn't getting nearly as tired as often. Balance is slowly improving, and the tingling/numbness in extremities has gone away. Progress of a sort I guess.
We both just hope she's cured by September 1st for our big East Coast trip!
Continued signs of progress...that's awesome
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