Anyones tbi a crushed side of the face/years later symptoms?

Hi, @eb3, and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. That sounds terribly painful having a TBI including crushing the side of your face. Sorry to hear, too, about your blindness in one eye due to this injury. Wow.

I agree with you that sometimes injury can rear its head years later. This is quite different than a TBI, but I had a ski accident and sprained my knee in college, and then over a year later developed horrible back pain that no doctor could attribute to anything other than the ski crash.

Have the other fractures in your face healed well? What symptoms have you noticed that you believe harken back to your face being injured in this bike crash?

This was actually a weightlifting accident...dropped 765lbs on my face. Im just noticing some possible eustachian tube issues more, some vertigo type feelings, etc...im pretty sure I have tmj issues, and also neck issues from lifting. So that may be causing it as well.

@eb3 - Ow, that sounds awful dropping so much weight on your face.

I'm tagging a few members who have talked about traumatic brain injury with impacts to their faces or facial features. Please meet @patty78962 @johannphb @sk7. @samrocks also may have some thoughts, as may @paulbenjou and @jenniferctbisurvivor. They can share their experiences with any facial damage in their TBIs and what symptoms may have showed up later.

Do you have a doctor you trust who is guiding you through exploring all of these symptoms, eb3? If so, do you feel that you are making progress?

A group of people who may be experiencing similar issues are war vets. There is an entire army medical specialty just for face issues. Maybe a group like Wounded Warriors might have info for you, or help you connect to vets who have dealt with similar problems.

My experience is that vets tend to be helpful. I’ve watched presentations of vets who discussed their wounds and rehab. I knew a 20 year old boy who lost his right arm in a car accident. His family and friends were big into hunting. His doctor put him in touch with a vet who could use a hunting rifle one handed, and showed him how. It improved his outlook on life a lot.

I don’t have a link to share, but maybe someone you know will know someone who might make a connection helpful to you.