Brain abcess on occipital lobe
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hi
im interested to hear from anyone who has had an abcess on the brain. my partner had one on his occipital lobe. Hes lucky to be here after been told how seriously poorly he was at the time. 4 months later he is back home working on his rehabilitation. MY partner has blurred vision due to the area of where the abcess was. I wondered if anyone knew if vision therapy works as this was recommended to us?
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doug28719 shirley-an17426
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I had a similar situation some years ago now 2001 although my brain abscess was to the front of the head caused by an abscess in my lower ear.
I will not go into too much detail although I spent 3 months in hospital having 6 operations followed by six months of visits to a clinical physcology department. The main problem I had was discovered to be remembering names which some 18 years later is still a problem but handled by quick thinking calling people 'mate' etc.
I never had vision problems fortunately but my problem is one of of balance having my left mastoid removed. I did return to work some 18 months later following my initial stay due to financial pressure paying the mortgage etc. I still had to attend the ENT department regularly on a three month basis and on four occasions being readmitted by probably over enthusiastic registrars on their rotation in an ENT department.
This continued for about 15 years although on driving home from work one day my balance problems returned (this was an initial problem before hospital admittance) and visits to movement disorder clinics could not resolve the problem and I have not been able to drive since, this is probably a good thing as with the amount of painkillers I still take including morphine I would probably be arrested if tested whilst driving !
It will be a continuous uphill struggle as although 18 years ago I have other health problems possibly associated with the original health scare, from Bakes Cysts on both knees and problems feeling my my feet ( peripheral neuropathy, and I take 23 tablets a day mostly painkillers and my balance is rubbish (train platforms are a nightmare for me) but in all these years I have tried to find people with similar conditions but it is quite rare and not many people will suffer and all cases are individual. Despite trying to find out what I am likely to have problems with I have only manage to find four people with similar conditions
I have been asked to write brief details of what happened and will pass this on shortly
shirley-an17426 doug28719
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HI
Thank for you your response, you sound like you've been through the mill too. Gary has balance problems too but its his eyes that are his main concern unfortunatetly
this wont change for him. He is struggling accepting this life changing trauma hes been through, not been able to see clearly is dreadful for him. hopefully, he will learn to live with it and make the most of what he does have. I have looked into lots of support for him and now waiting for a few appointments we have, i,m sure within time things may feel easier for Gary.
Yes, it does seem a very rare condition, I have searched quite a lot of websites but nothing with damage to the occipital lobe unfortunately. Thank you once again for taking time to explain your brain condition .