Hi,
On March 30,01 my life changed forever !!!! I was at work when I received a call that my husband Tim had been in an accident and was hit head on, I left my job in panic,Praying the entire way to the scene, that he was alive and would be o.k.. When I arrived,he was walking around, he gave me the biggest hug of my life,seeing that I was sobbing.Tim had been my ROCK! Our marriage had suffered ups/downs in the past 11 years, but none of that mattered, he was o.k.

The person that hit him had ran the red light! She was on her cell phone and in her words, " didn't know where the little green arrow went", Little did or does she know that she has changed our lives forever.

We drove his truck home,slow down the center lane of Orlando traffic,the truck was badly damaged but that was o.k..because Tim was alive and walking. I thank God everyday for answering my prayers. Our friends say that we have rotten luck, I say we have GOOD LUCK, he walked away. Tim didn't realize that something wasn't quite right,until he sat down to make a phone call, about an hour after the accident. His head started to pound,his neck and shoulders hurt to the point that he was in tears,and his arms were going numb.

Off to the hospital he went, they did x-rays and felt that he needed to see an orthopedic Dr. They discovered that He had brain swelling,that he had a herniation of the c5/6 disc and several posterior disc bulges. After 4 opinions and 7 months later he had cervical surgery to repair the herniation. He has recovered well from that surgery.

Tim doesn't remember the accident itself, he as suffered from memory loss,violent rages, black outs,constent headaches,lack of consentration,major depression,can't handle any stress and skills that used to be 2nd nature,are now hard for him to accomplish.

My Tim is gone, my rock is gone !!!

11 months later, we are fighting very hard to keep our family together,it seems like we never have peace, I just lie in wait for the next mood swing, the next 'BOMB' to drop.

We see a wonderful neurologist and will start seeing a neuropsycologist next week. WE are tried! It seems that no one can give us answers. His Drs have given him every pill/every nerve block there is, and still very little relief from the painful headaches. We can't get anyone to tell us how long this will last,will it be forever,how do we both get past this?? I love my husband with all that I am. We need to move past this accident,we just seem to be stuck.

I truely believe that we have been blessed!! I still have my Husband,He can still walk,and function,Where do we go from here?

Tim can't work! WE cannot get any financial aid, our law suit is just now getting underway! It seems like the federal goverment is against me because I have medical insurance and I pay rent,we are only 6 months behind i that. Thank God, for our good hearted landlord!

I am married to a man that I sometimes don't even know!!!!!!!!

HOW DO I HELP HIM ??????
HOW DO I HELP ME ???????

THANK-YOU FOR LETTING ME WRITE THIS DOWN. JUST KNOWING THAT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO ARE BATTELING THIS "POST CONCUSSIVE DISORDER" IS A START, WHO HAD EVER HEARD OF THIS DISORDER,BEFORE IT ENTERED THEIR LIVES!!

GOD BLESS YOU ALL, JUDITH WISON

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