OP (Original Poster) relates the following:

     On June 30, 2003 I was violently tossed in the air by a wooden pallet that was overturned by a force of over 2000 pounds. I was hurled in the air like a ragdoll at least 20 feet (from launch to landing) and I broke the fall with my shoulder and hand (judo style). Final resting point was a sitting position, and I was absolutely immobilized -couldn't move a single joint in my entire body.

As I sat there, I could see a man in the back of a truck (my original position), my brain was able to process this information, but it could not process my location. I thought I was still in the back of the truck when I was observing him.

It took years and years of reconstructing this trauma over and over in my mind, to figure out the fact that I was not still in the back of the truck when I was observing this other man.

On June 29, 2003, I was at a wedding, this was brought to my attention about a year after (someone contemplated the anniversary of the couple in question) and while I am told I attended, I have no recollection regarding this wedding.

Needless to say, I believe that I suffered undiagnosed brain damage on June 30, 2003, and given my retrospective observations, I wonder whether some experts can provide me with some information regarding the areas in my brain that were affected.

I am currently seeking to take advantage of the principle that the mind can heal the body and I am therefore trying to understand my injury to be in a better position to heal myself.

In retrospect, it is impossible to ignore the fact that the force and vibration of being thrown so hard rattled my brain around, and I am hoping that experts can provide me with an explanation for the fact that I was able to process information without an acurate awareness of where I was, immediately after my injury.

1st Response dated 01/15/2012 10:50 AM

     OP you pose a serious question, and an interesting one.

FWIW, many thousands suffer from brain damage unknowingly. Environmental toxicities such as lead, mercury, arsenic, household cleaners, and petroleum products are a major cause.

Work on memory and cognition brain exercises. Keep you brain active and body healthy.

OP (Original Poster)

     Thank You, that's very insightful.

I am a researcher, and in retrospect, if my cognitive skills were not advanced before I was injured, it would have been impossible to cope without supplementing the lack of professional support with my own abilities.

You know how every once in a while, we hear about a postal worker or some other disgruntled employee who feels bullied, and responds by murdering people in his office after receiveing a pink slip or something... Perhaps there is a lesson there. The intervention of mental health professionals is vital and necessary for those who are on the verge of a total meltdown.

2nd Response (01/15/2012 11:35 AM)

     If I can survive, and excel, being half deaf, half blind, and anosmic (quite likely due to congenital brain damage) I think you will be ok :) though it is difficult at times.

I think the most important part is to exercise the parts of the brain that you can. Although damaged neurons do not heal, one can activate different parts of the brain to preform the same functions as the damaged parts for cognitive function (not sensory though).

Have you ever had any scans done?

OP (Original Poster)

     No scan, the brain was ignored. I separated my shoulder and my AC joint has been degenerative ever since. Years later, when I had an MRI on my shoulder, it was frozen, and it was so painful, it felt like drilling through bone.

You don't really think about brain damage in that condition.

4th Response (01/15/2012 10:50 PM)

     It's called MBTI...Minimal Brain Trauma Injury. It's very real and is like a computer program with glitches. I've been in two head-on collisions (none of them my fault BTW) and after the second one (pregnant)things never got back right. Was a very high achiever, but couldn't keep it up...too much struggle. Had directional, dyslexic mapping issues, memory long and short intermittent. Lower and lower tolerance to stress. Had to retire.

OP (Original Poster)

Interesting. It's like, the hard drive has to be repaired or undergo some kind of a re-booting process.

4th Response (01/17/2012 02:15 AM)

     If you expect 'something serious' from conventional medicine you fool yourself, really. There is no treatment/cure for chronic concussions or brain injuries to date. All they give you is rest and pain killers, and in between they expect you to heal yourself. If not, as one patient put it "The doctors keep telling us they don't really know a lot about concussions", "That's the frightening part".

What is puzzling, confusing for doctors is the fact that CT or MRI scans don't show anything. Everything is clear, yet the patients complain like hell. So, why is that? Dr. Brian Hunt came close by saying/noticing "It is at the microscopic level". He is close, but not enough. The real cause is the vibration that spring from the shock/accident. Depending what area of the brain is affected by the wave, so the symptoms manifest. But headaches are almost always there.

Those vibrations lodge into the neurons and create/maintain the condition. You cannot remove the vibration from the cells unless one uses vibrational remedies as well, homeopathic remedies. And this is the idea in a nutshell.

To be continued ---Post your views right here.

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