Hi! I’m Mike from a Minneapolis southwestern suburb. Last mid-October I was knocked down a flight of stairs and was unconscious for anywhere from 5 to ? minutes (I was alone at the time). The result (besides 3 broken ribs) was a severe concussion and subdural hematoma that bleed in 4 areas of my brain. I finally finished my hospitalization the day before Thanksgiving - when the recurring periodic bleeding finally completely stopped.

Overall, I’m doing fairly well. I had been going to physical and speech therapy regularly until we all got the Stay-At-Home order, and next week I will resume speech therapy via telemedicine. I still struggle daily with a fuzzy feeling in my head (iI often say it feels like I’ve got a head full of cotton. But that is manageable. My biggest concerns relate to my dizziness and word-finding problems.

My hopes are that through this group forum I can find out if I’m an oddball or if others have similar problems.

To clarify, my dizziness is not like the room is spinning (like I’m drunk) it more unsteady- like I’ve just stepped on the dock after hours of being at sea. Also, it’s not constant - there are good days and then there are days I can only get around by using a cane (otherwise I bounce off walls and furniture as I walk like a drunk).

So, that’s my story and I look forward to “speaking” with you folks. Oh, one other thing I should mention is that I’m 71 years old and not exactly a frail old man - I’m 6’4” and 250 pounds.

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