Brain injury after surgery scans show nothing

18 months ago I had a headache, numbness, stumbling. MRI revealed bleed from cavernous angioma in brain stem, left penducle, cerebellum. Angiogram showed bleeding stopped but had surgery to have it removed. There were signs it had bled before. I had never been very coordinated and had also suffered a number of serious knocks on the head including a concussion as a kid. All seemed well post surgery until I went back to work six months later. Since then I have done everything to figure out why, despite "near perfect scans" (my neuro-surgeon's words), I have a brain injury. Planning, word recall, memory, multi-tasking, emotional regulation, impulsivity, no sense of time passage, perseveration are all big problems. Neurologist and neuro-psych eval confirmed a brain injury but why doesn't it show on my MRI? Are there any more accurate tests than an MRI? Are there any less subjective tests than a neuro-psych eval? I am a teacher and I am back at work with support but last year before my diagnosis the symptoms nearly got me fired. Photo is pre-surgery.

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My dad has a profound brain injury that doesn't show up on an MRI. He had his skull cracked from front to back. He can't smell, can't taste and has a bad migraine sort of headache every day. His temperature regulation is off and he has balance problems as well as recall and all that.

Keep pushing. You have documented stuff. You know you aren't the same.