Happy New year to you all. I never imagined that on New Years Day evening that I would give myself a mild concussion. I’ve never had one before and I never want another one. I did checked out after 24 hours of not getting better. I was given medication and to keep taking Tylenol and Advil, ice, Gravol, a two page list of what you can and can’t do with a concussion and to go home and rest. For 3 days I basically stayed at home slept a lot as I got tired easily. I took my medication and everything seemed so hard. I watched or stared at the TV a lot.
My head hurt all the time and felt nauseous. I also noticed that my brain was really slow. I knew what I wanted to say but had problems getting it out of my mouth. I forgot lots of things and I had problems concentrating. I tried to cook a meal and it left me exhausted. People checked on me and my church signed me up for a meal train. It’s so nice to have meals come to you and a smiling person behind them. That has been a Godsend to me.
I did notice if I did too much then the next day I was a right off. I went to school 3 half days this week and took two days off. It was good to see the children. When I gone in the afternoons they said they missed me. The brain fog was hard to deal with especially at school and when I got tired it got worse.
For the first week or so I noticed nothing else in my body. No arthritis or no other pains in my body. It’s like my body can only handle one thing at a time. I knew I was getting better when I felt my arthritis again and I didn’t need to nap anymore. The brain fog slowly lifted and driving got a whole lot easier. I feel like I’m almost back to normal. Next week will be the indicator because I’m planning on working full days. I will see how it goes. I’m not going to over do it. I miss my kids at school and my teacher.
I sure have felt so loved during all of this. I have a lot of people in my life who love and care about me so much. I’m so blessed to have each of you in my life. I so appreciate all the meals and it’s nice to get different meals I can cook. The biggest thing is I’ve felt all the prayers. It’s made me slow down my life and not take one single thing for granted. I’m sure this next weeks I will continue to recover to 100%. I also need to make sure my head doesn’t get hit again especially during this recovery.
For all of you that have had concussions I now understand a small bit about what you had to endure. ❤️
Beauty from Ashes. 