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@stonereject45

I am 41 and was born 3 months too early. I have been an Honor student, an athlete and a retired Army soldier. Two years ago I began to have all kinds of medical issues that I could not explain not even with all the research I have done. Now, it seems I have had medical conditions that made me physically unable to even join the military; however, I joined and I was pretty good at my job until all the mtbis(concussions) started to pile up. Last year, after a Veteran's Day celebration, it was like an explosion went off in my head. Memories came flooding back and I became irate. Today, I am going through testing to check my heart after suffering blackout after blackout and then seizure after seizure despite taking prescribed meds. I am so scared of what the docs may find but the truth is, I pretty much know what they are going to tell me. I just want to know; even though I know I should be grateful and not angry, how do I keep from losing my cool when so many of my medical conditions might have been prevented?

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Hello @stonereject45, welcome to Connect. I'm glad you found us. One thing that I can tell you is that you are not alone. I am a Navy Vietnam vet but have not experienced what you have but I have had feelings similar to yours about not knowing what the doctors will find when you are undergoing exams. There is another discussion on Connect where your post will receive more visibility and you can meet other members who share similar symptoms and experiences. I'm tagging our moderator @ethanmcconkey to see if we can move your post to the following discussion.

> Groups > Brain & Nervous System > Adult Life after a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/adult-life-after-a-tbi/

There is a website with some short 2+ minute videos that I've found helpful.
-- https://www.resilientoption.com/

@stonereject45 are you able to share your biggest fear or concern with what the doctors may find?