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Quest To Prove Tbi

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killemall

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Like many of you I spend way to much time thinking about this stuff but I decided to keep an updated logg of my progress and what better place to keep it than here.

Back in 98 while in basic training I was knocked unconcious when a fellow recruit hit me in the head from behind by swinging butt stock of his m16 like a batt. I was unconcious for nine hours and awakened at 3 am when I was found in the woods.

The drill sgts swept it under the rug and was simply labeled as a training accident.

Fast forward 14 years and I have many problems.

Sever loss of hearing

Loss of balance

Slurred speech

Numbness in left facial area with drooling

Decreased memory

It was all a lil too much and I contacted the suicide hotline.

In the middle of may 2012 I was seen by a phych and after describeing my symptoms the doc asked if I ever had an head injury to which I described the above.

A week later I went to intake were I was recommended to go through neurology.

The first week of june I was seen by my provider. I was given a cat scan wich came back clean.

My next apointment was the beginning of july 2012 with my provider. I am now scheduled for the following in the month of July 2012

Neurology

Neuneurology

Mri

Sleep apnea

Ill update the results of the appointmentments

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Took a look at what the doc wrote about my slurred speech exam. she stated that while I do have slurred speech that there is not plausable evidence to directly relate it to my hearing loss.

However she did not thay the right side of my face moved slightly differant than my right side and that this was subtle neurology related.

Hopefully this will in some way help with proving tbi

Right side of face moves differantly than left side I ment

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I used the freedom of imformatuon act and got a copy of all my va records.

Turns out my neuroligist stated that I have a brain stem dysfunction that cause the left side of my face to be partially paralyzed.

This is in writeing and the dr that the va sent me too.

Baby steps but looks like Im finally getting somewhere

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Wow! I found the guy whp struck me and left me uncouncious 15 years ago online. so I sent him a message and now I uave to wait and see if hes willing to wrote a letter saying he and others found me uncouncious 8 hours after "the trainibg accident".

So will he help me? Or stay far away?

Excited and scared at the same time

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