~
I am an outdoor person
and I can no longer do the many things I have enjoyed doing my entire Adult Life
while I have had other Doctors tell me it could take up to another year
to know if my condition is Permanent
I go to bed every night with sore Mussels some times with a Headache
I wake up every morning with sour mussels
I have Leg and foot Cramps and sometimes I will have sharp nerve pains
and most of the time I can not sleep more than 2-3 hours at a time
as I am lucky if I have 5 hours of total sleep per night
as I spend many hours in bed not able to sleep
sometimes I wake up with my arms and hands asleep = numb
as I continue to be confused and very forgetful
while I am very clumsy with poor balance most of the time
and weather permitting I go outside everyday and work
and at about 2-4 hours of Activity I am Exhausted
and when I push myself to 4 hours it takes two days to recover
as I have no Endurance with far less Strength than before the Head injury
I ~ know ~ my Heart Rate has not been normal since my Head Injury
sometimes I have very Rapid Irregular Heartbeat when doing nothing
while my Heart is not keeping up with my Physical Activity
my blood pressure is going up and down like a yo-yo
while I have a mild case of the shakes and sometimes an Arm or leg or all of me will jerk
as I am still very over sensitive to smell
as some Chemicals and Car Exhaust can make me nauseous
and somethings like Juices still do not taste like they did before
while I no longer need to where sun glasses in doors
as I am still more sensitive Sun light than before
while some times I have difficulty completing sentences and coming up with words
I am not staying focused I am indecisive while I do not complete many tasks
while the ringing in my ears has stayed much louder than it was before the injury
and has made clear communication very difficult
as I must put my phone in my shirt pocket
as I can no longer hear it ring in my pants pocket like before
while the ringing in my ears made the evaluation of me very difficult
as I had a very hard time hearing many of the questions in a 7 hour evaluation
and I was not well rested for the evaluation after driving from Helena to Bozeman
in very poor winter driving conditions
and then not sleeping well
while I would like very much to have my Life Back
as my Wife tells me I am not the same person I was before
and she would like very much to have me back too
None of these symptoms were present prior to my Head Injury
~