The post brought back memories of my TBI due to a blackout and fall in my kitchen during my first trimester of pregnancy. It healed in a few weeks but took with it my sense of smell, and left me with random bouts of vertigo. I couldn’t smell my baby’s head like I wanted to , the baby that I struggled to have for 12 years. But the TBI tau…
The post brought back memories of my TBI due to a blackout and fall in my kitchen during my first trimester of pregnancy. It healed in a few weeks but took with it my sense of smell, and left me with random bouts of vertigo. I couldn’t smell my baby’s head like I wanted to , the baby that I struggled to have for 12 years. But the TBI taught me to look at the positive silver linings of everything that happens in life and be eternally thankful for my daughter being safe. The ENT doctor I consulted at that time told me he has only seen this kind of a damage with really bad car accidents, so my daughter being safe is a miracle I recount everyday thankfully. Why did I fall ? The doctors couldn’t tell - no arythmia, no blood clots, no blood pressure irregularities. I will never know that and I will constantly be left wondering if I could have avoided it!
The post brought back memories of my TBI due to a blackout and fall in my kitchen during my first trimester of pregnancy. It healed in a few weeks but took with it my sense of smell, and left me with random bouts of vertigo. I couldn’t smell my baby’s head like I wanted to , the baby that I struggled to have for 12 years. But the TBI taught me to look at the positive silver linings of everything that happens in life and be eternally thankful for my daughter being safe. The ENT doctor I consulted at that time told me he has only seen this kind of a damage with really bad car accidents, so my daughter being safe is a miracle I recount everyday thankfully. Why did I fall ? The doctors couldn’t tell - no arythmia, no blood clots, no blood pressure irregularities. I will never know that and I will constantly be left wondering if I could have avoided it!
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Ouch sorry to hear, and glad that it didn't end up worse. I know that vertigo too well... Glad to hear about your perspective re silver lining!