I had a Moderate TBI a year ago. I was 26 when it happened I died for a minute before the paramedics saved me. I was in a coma for only three days - I was very fortunate that it was not longer. I had a contusion in my brain. Originally I was told by the neurosurgeon that I did not need brain surgery although I was very close to needing it. The rehab Dr. I'm seeing now tells me it's not out of the question depending on how much I have improved judging from the next neuropsych exam I'll be taking in a month. I'm experiencing very similar difficulties as many of you other victims. My short term memory is terrible, my energy level is terrible - I can concentrate and/or work on something for 3 hrs tops then my brain shuts off and I fall asleep. My temper is terrible. I can't believe I still have my girlfriend considering what I put her through! I have vertigo which I have been told by a Vestibular therapist that I will have the rest of my life. My head is always numb - I mean it literally feels as though I constantly have my brain novicated. I get headaches almost every day - I think because I can handle very, very, very little stress these days. I'm scared to death in terms of how I'm going to ever support myself. I've already come close to accepting the new me, whoever I am, and I've come to accept that I will never ever be able to climb any kind of corporate ladder ever again. That stinks, but oh well. I'm scared, and I know I'm right, that I will be fired left and right once I rejoin the workforce in whatever I can do. I was in sales, but I hated it and I know I would not even be hired for that now because of how slow my cognition is and because of my temper and energy level. Then I was hanging digital cable from telephone pole to telephone pole. I had just been promoted to foreman the week of the accident!!! Every single foreman makes over 6 figures a year. I can't go back to this because of the vertigo. I'm stuck without a clue as to what I'm going to be able to do a year from now when I'm no longer paid 50 percent of what I used to make - "thank you, Tomas, for talking me into paying for the long term disability insurance." I f anyone can let me know if they have or are experiencing the same kind of financial fears - thanks to TBI - please let me know. Thank you and I hope all of you are doing well

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