Concussion.

IKE

IKE

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While painting outside early Thursday morning coming down I missed the last step on a step ladder and pretty much landed on the back of my head, I sat on the ground a few minutes (cussing and telling myself what a clumsy SOB I am) and then got up and painted another fours hours till the heat told me that it was time to call it a day......after the fall during the time I was painting I did feel 'off' if you know what I mean.

Yesterday morning waking up a couple of the classic symptoms of a concussion reared their ugly head.....when waking I eased up and sat on the side of the bed like always and immediately after going from full horizontal to a sitting position I felt 'extremely' dizzy and nauseous and had to sit there for a few minutes till the room stopped spinning and my stomach calmed down.....the same thing happened last night when going to bed and again this morning when I woke up.

The back of my head and neck are a little tender but so far no vision problems or headaches but if I move my head very fast to the left or right or up and down it makes me dizzy and I do feel just a little 'off' / fuzzy.

Reading about it, it looks like concussion symptoms can appear immediately after the head trauma or up to a few days afterwards and can last for days, weeks or even months and for mild concussions about the only thing that they recommend is rest.

If the symptoms get worse I'll go to the doc but for now I'm just going to cool my heals for a few days and see what happens.....hopefully I'll be doing better by Wed. so I can return to the several days of painting that needs to be completed.
 

Do you think maybe you should call the doc and ask if they think it's okay to just rest and wait at home? :eek:fftobed:

There's no charge or inconvenience to ask the nurse, right?

Meanwhile, they can add it to your records in case you ever have another fall...multiple concussions can be an issue as I'm sure you know.

What a trooper you were to continue working for 4 hours in this heat. Take care :rose:
 

IKE said:
While painting outside early Thursday morning coming down I missed the last step on a step ladder and pretty much landed on the back of my head, I sat on the ground a few minutes (cussing and telling myself what a clumsy SOB I am) and then got up and painted another fours hours till the heat told me that it was time to call it a day......after the fall during the time I was painting I did feel 'off' if you know what I mean.

Yesterday morning waking up a couple of the classic symptoms of a concussion reared their ugly head.....when waking I eased up and sat on the side of the bed like always and immediately after going from full horizontal to a sitting position I felt 'extremely' dizzy and nauseous and had to sit there for a few minutes till the room stopped spinning and my stomach calmed down.....the same thing happened last night when going to bed and again this morning when I woke up.
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Ike, it may have been dehydration also. I think you mentioned recently being outside doing yardwork in the hot sun and getting sick and dehydrated. Plain water with a little bit of juice for flavor or coconut water can be good things to drink to keep hydrated.

Back when I was working I let myself get dehydrated. I wasn't drinking any water to speak of throughout the day, and was having only coffee, which acts as a diuretic. Anyway, I started feeling very dizzy and lightheaded, I started seeing 'floaters' in the air at the side of my head in my peripheral vision and slight nausea. I had to sit down for awhile until the dizziness left me. When I got home I started consciously drinking water, even during the night I'd force myself to have the small glass in the bathroom filled with water. I started bring a bottle of filtered water with me to work and drinking it throughout the day. There were only fans at work, so it was hot in summer and you did sweat.

Did you drink fluids before and during your paint job outside in the hot sun? Did you just get up and literally paint for 4 more hours without taking a short break to drink something? I hope it's not as serious as a concussion Ike, but dehydration popped into my head immediately when I read your thread. Now that we're older we can't do the things we used to do without consequences, like working all day in the hot sun...gotta pace yourself, work early morning or in cool of evening, take frequent breaks with water. Take care my friend.
 
Ike,I'm sorry you fell and hope you have listen to what the other posters have suggested.
PLease keep us updated on how your are doing I'll,keep you in my nightly prayers Sue
 
Concussions are serious. You aren’t even suppose to sleep the entire night through.
You should get checked out but I agree with Seabreeze in that you possibly had signs of dehydration which are similar to concussion.
Take care of yourself IKE.
 
I'll join the go see a doctor chorus!

Meanwhile, maybe you can convince Mama that you developed a little touch of amnesia from the fall.

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Good luck!
 
my grandson got a concussion playing "football" ...dr told him his brain will heal..but no naps..i never heard of that prescription. ..i'd shock my brain to hear dr say NO NAP.
anyway fish oil's supposed to be good for it
 
I finally went to a minor emergency clinic around 11 o'clock this morning and after what I felt was a pretty through exam the doctor told me that what I have is a classic / text book class 2 concussion.

I still have the same symptoms; fuzzy head feeling, dull extremely light headache, quick head movements make me dizzy, nausea and when going from vertical to horizontal the room spins......the key to the doc not having me do a CT scan today is that my symptoms have remained the same and have not worsened since the accident on Thursday.

He feels that I should be back to feeling better in 3 to 7 weeks but if any of my current symptoms do worsen or if my vision changes for the worse he wants me back in immediately.

He said for me to take the concussion very seriously and that rest, staying out of the heat as much as possible and no physical exertion are important to the healing process.

There may possibly be a bright side to this.....maybe by the time I heal up the other fella that volunteered to help me paint the exterior of our Masonic Lodge should be almost finished. :)
 
Thanks for the update Ike, I hope your symptoms lessen and you recover completely. Please take it easy.
 
Thanks for asking SB.

Things don't seem to have worsened so I guess I'm still about the same......constant very light headache, get dizzy if I move my head too quick, room spins when going from vertical to horizontal or visa versa (getting in and out of bed) and the actual impact area on the back of my head is still a little tender. I showered earlier and dropped the soap and when I stood back up everything was spinning so bad I had to steady myself by leaning against the shower stall walls for a few seconds.

I'm not a very patient person but I've been reading about concussions and it can take months for the brain to recover / heal so I guess I shouldn't expect overnight results.

I can still do pretty much what I want but I go at it a little bit slower.....I probably shouldn't have but I mowed, ran the weedeater and trimmed bushes for almost three hours yesterday and my headache was noticeably heavier.

It's been about 14-16 days since the fall and I'm debating about going back (or not) to the doc and demanding (nicely) a CT-Scan which would show brain bleeding, bad bruising or 'clots' <----- which from I've read are a big deal and can be life threatening.

Knowing how she is (a worry wart) I haven't been telling mama about how I'm not feeling much better and when she asks I just say, "I'm doing alright". :)
 
How awful this happened to you, please do get a follow-up, not something to just let take it's course. This really requires you to get back with your doctor to make sure everything checks out fine.

Be well.
 
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