I never returned due to the fact of i didnt want to ruin my possibilities of a career. I was told to rest and not do anything for about 3 months. I was rushed to the hospital due to massive amount of pain in my neck and blacking out. Last year i actually received my first concussion when at cheerleading and being 21 it scared me to death seeing how i havnt gotten severely hurt like this before. It is absolutely horrendous to suffer these. I pray that everyone who has experienced a head injury heals and can get back to their normal lives. I should be resting because I pay for it like crazy the following days. On the days in-between where I have felt better, I know I have overdone it, especially with the yard. Pinched nerves from the right scapula have caused sharp, shooting pains in my head as well. What is even more of a complicated mystery is that I think the fall I had 10 years ago that injured my right side (MRI and 2 sets of X-rays at different times showed nothing), might possibly be exacerbating this recent fall. Today the top of my head was hot again and tingling inside. The pain comes in waves that brings me to my knees, then a few minutes later, it subsides a little and I think everything is going to be OK. A few minutes ago I was going to drive myself to emergency but didn't. I know exactly what everyone means here by "not feeling like myself." That's where I'm at. She did the same stuff as the other doctor but told me to be vigilant for symptoms such as worsening headaches. I managed to get a new primary care physician and saw her. So this has been over 3 weeks and now I am still frightened. Then I started getting worse and worse headaches. ? How would I know this? The following week I seemed to be better and met all my obligations at work, etc. The doctor did all the usual stuff-checked blood pressure, heart rate, strength, follow moving finger w/eyes, etc., then sent me home. I am alone so I had no one to watch me while I slept. I didn't know about concussions at all and took ibuprofen which was a big mistake. I laid on the ground, cried, and shook for about 5 minutes before getting up. Fortunately, it was grass but with hard clay soil underneath. It was so scary-I rolled over backwards like a cannonball, hit my tailbone first, then my head bounced back and forth on the ground. I lost my balance trying to get up on a 2' retaining wall to take pictures of my broken fence.
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