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READ MOREPublished on March 9, 2015 in Share Your Story
January 13, 2015 I was in a bad motor vehicle accident where I was t-boned, went up in the air in my Prius C, hit a utility pole, and then came down hard in a ditch.
A few days later I asked for an MRI for my fuzzy brain. We were called by a neurosurgeon that same day and my surgery was on February 10. I was discharged two days later and sent home with my husband and sister. Unfortunately no one could show them how to use my CPAP machine and I couldn’t remember how. This was our only complaint in the process. We all tried for four and a half hours to hook it up, including trying to retrofit pads for the straps from double sided and foam padding to protect the staples.
The pathology results are Grade 2, with a possible smidge of 3, starting Temodar shortly.
In the mean time my husband is my primary caregiver and is melting down due to fatigue and stress.
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