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my daughter received a head injury in the service, started out with headaches then numbness on left side, hand arm leg, decided she had keyari injury and they operated, well numbness went away everything fine for a couple of months went back to work as life flight nurse, then the headaches started back and she received botox injections for a couple of months and they seemed to keep them at bay, now they are back with a vengence and she has been in the hospital, both civilian and va for te past two months with a headache that they can not seem to break and she is doing nothing but sleeping and throwing up 24/7  no one seems to know what to do for her other than to keep her comotose.  this is not an option, she has a 5 children and a life but we just dont know where to go from here civilian drs have no clue and va just thinks that a morphine stupor is the answer and now they have decided that she is just a drug user looking for a fix.and dont know what to do to heop her wither,   any suggestions.  we are at our wits end  jo
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My son is 23 and had small episodes, he gets a glazed look, then one side goes numb, has slurred speech, then when able he goes to vomit or spit out something like saliva.
But this last episode  he had like a grand mal seizure, his arms and legs came up and was stiff, he was foaming at the mouth, and convulsing, when it was over, he didn't know me (his mother), he didn't know where he was, had slurred speech, & weakness.  We have taken him to doctors and one kept guessing, one time the doctor would say it was complex partial seizure, then the next vist he was told it was migraines, then the next time didn't know.  Took him to another doctor, he was told it was silent migraines. After this last seizure, now nobody has anything to say, but has him on dilantin, and prolanalol, I am sick and tired of getting the run around, and not knowing what is going on. PLEASE can someone help us?
a worried and concerned mother.
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Dear Joacs456 (using your nickname)

Really very sorry to hear that. From your question it appears as though there is a pathology in brain--like aneurysm, hematoma etc due to injury. I am sure MRI must have been done after and before surgery. What do the reports say? Have you consulted a senior neurologist?

A more detailed information about medical reports and Neurologist's opinion will be very helpful.

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