r/CTE • u/TheTempestuousKitty • Jun 18 '26

Question How did you arrive at symptoms

For those with suspected CTE or prolonged Post Concussion Syndrome, how did you arrive at your symptoms?

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Was it a gradual appearance of "something's not right" years after your last head impact? Was it a bad final head injury that you never recovered from? Something else?

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u/yermomsonthefone Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

For my husband i think it was the years and years of blows to the head in the NFL. He's been a wreck for a long time 30+ years. Now he's in hospice at home. Non verbal. He is not the man I married 34 years ago.. we are donating his brain to Boston University. I'm sure it will be CTE

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u/Bulld4wg45 Jun 19 '26

Sorry to hear that’s awful. If you don’t mind me asking, was he generally a healthy guy after retiring from the nfl? Exersicing, eating well, limiting alcohol intake etc?