<p>CPUscientist3000 wrote:
Post-concussion cognitive issues? <em>ducks and covers</em> Just kidding!</p>
<p>… and I agree with michal1’s assessment. :)</p>
<p>That’s funny SteveC. People have been attributing a lot of things to my concussion… I get away with a lot 
It is slightly scary when I space out in a conversation or forget simple words, though. Taking it day by day :)</p>
<p>I didn’t think college was hard until now that I “can’t” do my work. Slowly starting to loathe math/science but I tell myself things will get better when my brain is better (whenever that will be).</p>
<p>It doesn’t take long to recover in real time, CPU, but it seems to take forever when it’s your brain. When he was in college, my husband suffered a concussion in a car accident a couple days before classes began. He said he had to keep running down to the engineering dean’s office after each class to find out when, where, (and what) his next one would be. This happened for several days. He felt pretty embarassed about the whole thing. I guess thinking to write his class schedule down was beyond his addled mind, yet taking notes in class wasn’t! He survived with no permenant after-effects.</p>
<p>hang in there CPU. Take it easy (as you said you will do)</p>
<p>I don’t know anything about the sub-varsity level crew at Harvard, but think about it and check it out. It is definitely a sport with intense team bonding and camaraderie. And no impact :D</p>
<p>CPU - you made the right choice.</p>
<p>You will find another group. Give it time.</p>
<p>CPU I’d look into working out at the gym in any case. The physical activity will make you feel good. Are there PE classes there you can take? Try something new.</p>
<p>Crew is more time consuming than rugby and I’d have to learn how to swim very quickly. I plan on learning while it’s free here but I don’t want to feel rushed. </p>
<p>I talked to my coach today. He knows that we all came to H for H and we have to do what’s best for us. He said I’m always a part of the team and I can still come to practices just to run around or go to strength and conditioning. And if I want to later on I can play in the B side (rookie) games.</p>
<p>So all’s well. I don’t like this mature decision making thing :)</p>
<p>There is a weekly support group at the health center for living with a chronic illness in college (among a bunch of other themed groups) so I’ll be able to go to that, train with the team one day a week, do Kennedy School things, and homework of course.</p>
<p>Good work on the mature decision making thing, CPU. You’ll get used to it!</p>
<p>CPU, my daughter had a very bad concussion with over 18 months of post concussion symptoms. I tell you this not to scare you, but to suggest you try light treadmill workout first to see how you react and build upward from there when you think you are ready to return to working out. Take it very easy. Are you receiving any follow up care?</p>
<p>weatherga- hopefully I won’t have to make anymore decisions for a little while 
they are not fun!</p>
<p>NWmom- I’m still “under care”. I am taking a second post injury test this weekend. I did 15 or 20 minutes on an elliptical (dr. said to use a stationary bike but someone was on it for an hour (!)) on Tuesday and I was fine during and immediately after. But later that night I was really exhausted and it carried over to the next day, where I was even more exhausted because that was the first day I went to 3 classes (just to see how I could handle it) in one day since being under supervision. Both the elliptical and 3 classes were physically and mentally exhausting, so I won’t be doing either for a while.</p>
<p>CPU-Really great to hear that you didn’t have headache probs. with exercise–very encouraging. Yes, stationary bike is prob best followed by a treadmill–sounds like the elliptical was a bit too much. Glad to hear you have follow up care–ours was not the best and she suffered way too long. Sounds like you will heal just fine, but if you find that you still have symptoms after several months, you might want to see a neurologist. I’m hoping you will never need that advice!!! Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks NWMom. This is a pain to deal with. If only this happened a few months earlier when it was easier to catch up in high school than it is now.</p>
<p>CPUmom is staying surprisingly calm through all of this. She was ready to call the Dr. herself. He is making me seem like I am more hurt than I am (I don’t remember second-by-second what happened for all 80 minutes of the game, that means my brain is severely damaged, etc). This is on top of other health issues. Family weekend is next weekend thank goodness.</p>
<p>CPU- I know this is a pain, but it is a good thing the doctor is taking it seriously. You will bounce back, but do not hesitate to get further help from a neurologist if symptoms don’t clear up.</p>
<p>NWMom- we had to get baseline concussion testing for this season, and I had scheduled my appt for the test before I got hurt (then took the test after) so the doctor doesn’t have a baseline to use. I know he is being cautious but it is also frustrating because I know how I was before being injured and he doesn’t. I do various tests (like balance on one leg, eyes closed, hands on hips, etc) that would give anyone some trouble, regardless of a concussion or not but if I don’t do perfectly (ie balance for 20+ seconds) then something is wrong (according to him). He keeps comparing me to “the typical H student” which is really frustrating. Basically I should be scoring near perfect on all tests like “the typical H student”. </p>
<p>If I need to see a neurologist it will not be one at the university health center.</p>
<p>elka- glad that your son’s RM issues are good for now at least</p>
<p>CPU- very mature decision on your part, I know it must have been hard. Please continue to take it easy…</p>
<p>S comes home tonight! yay! So excited, I just hope I actually get to see him some. I know quite a few of his friends will be home for fall break as well, and a certain girl will be around as well. I just want to lay eyes on him, squeeze the stuffing out of him and really see for myself how he’s doing. </p>
<p>I’ll be hitting the grocery store today to get his favorite foods. His number one request is meat, lots and lots of meat. I started getting used to the food bills being so low.</p>
<p>I’m curious how many of our S’s have attempted to grow new facial hair … I couldn’t help but notice a suspicious shadow on my S in a photo someone posted on facebook from a weekend hike they did last weekend. Will he turn into one of those hairy mountain men by T-day?</p>
<p>Facial has always been a BIG thing with my guys since they graduated from h.s. and maybe that is because they can, I don’t know but every day it is shaped, groomed, some trimmed off!! S2 is enjoying the geck out of it. One of his requests was a Norelco trimmer to take with! He is a swimmer and they begin “No shave November” and will not shave until conference meet in Feb! This will be interesting!</p>
<p>LOL, SnowlflakeVT! I’m not sure my son can, poor thing. :-)</p>
<p>I too worried about D-at-Berkeley adopting a new un-shavenness. :eek:
Happily, this past weekend’s skype session alleviated my fears.<br>
She looked well-kempt and pretty, wearing new amethyst bead earrings.</p>