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Hello I’ve just signed up in order to be able to post on here as I’ve had a terrible time and your story is ringing lots of bells to me 10 weeks ago. I hit my head and suffered a subdural haematoma 15 minutes after that happened I got all numbness down the right hand side of my body and couldn’t stand. Everyone thought I was having a stroke so they blew lighted me to hospital where I spent three weeks They said I had a very small 4 mm bleed that had now stopped. I have had 9CT scans and 4MRI scans in the last 10 weeks but I’m still really struggling. I’ve also been diagnosed with sleep apnoea and I think the sleep apnoea weekend the blood vessels in my head , after I caused the Haematoma. Before this happened I used to work I used to love walking and doing lots of activities now I struggled to walk up my road and feel sick and dizzy trying to get back to the house. I’m so worried this is gonna be me forever. Any advice will be much appreciated am I expecting too much of myself after 10 weeks? I wonder if I should be resting more I’m at home every day resting and doing it. Walk around the house but sometimes I think now I have to go for a walk and I tried to walk up the road and I really struggle , still suffering with dizziness and feeling very weak is this normal? The weakness is terrible. Actually any advice would be much appreciated. I’ve been very low and confused. I’m 50 years old thank you Sharon.

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First, with all your scans and MRI’s it clear your SDH has subsided. Good news the bleed has stopped. My case SDH, far more complex required 2 invasive procedures to stop the bleeding. Try and begin a slow calculated routine for walking. Think baby steps. Your initial injury could have included some neuro bruising that takes a while to straighten out. Choose a good neurologist and ask for a PT referral. And good luck.