conc1.jpgI visited my regular primary care provider today to follow-up after last weekend’s Humpty-Dumpty episode. Everything seems to be progressing normally after the head trauma. They told me that I definitely had a concussion and it might take months for the symptoms to diminish.

The really good news is that the frontal lobe bleed that took place in the hours after the initial injury was going away. They examined the CAT scan series to determine the diminishing bleed.

Apparently, if one were to fall and hit the back of the head, the brain would bounce off the back of the skull and recoil against the front, thereby causing the frontal bleeding. That’s what happened to me.

The best news of the day is that I can stop taking the anti-seizure meds that were wigging me out even more than the concussion. The symptoms there would be drowsiness, slight visual impairment, insomnia (in spite of the drowsiness) and some of the weirdest dreams I believe I have ever had.

From here, the sawbones tells me to take it easy (no problem - I’m retired) and to report back if any other adverse symptoms should occur. Oh, and the beer restriction has been lifted (que Handel’s hallelujah chorus), albeit I should take it slow for a while.