I am a 30 year old woman who is generally very active and healthy. My only prior health issues are exercise induced asthma and endometriosis. I previously had about 5 concussions in my life one was documented in 1994 and 4 were undocumented between 2002 and2006. I sustained multiple concussions on Nov 27 2011 and Dec 4 2011. I will outline each injury for you. one thing you should know is I am a soccer goalie and all injuries occurred while playing soccer. Injury 1 Nov 27 during a corner I received an elbow to the right side of my head and felt dizzy afterwards. I did not lose consciousness. Injury 2 Nov 27 during the same game I dove for the ball and hit the right side of my head on the floor. I did feel dizzy again but continued to stay in the game. When I went home I felt nauseas and immediately fell asleep. In the coming days I was very irritable, confused and had difficulties with my memory. I thought I may have had a mild concussion but didn t think too much of it. The following Sunday I was feeling a bit better so I went to soccer again. Injury 3 Dec 4 I dove for a ball and another player kicked me in the right side of the head by accident. I felt a very sharp pain and vision was blurry for a few minutes. I sat down for a few minutes and my vision returned to normal so I continued to play. Injury 4 Dec 4 During the 2nd half of the game I charged towards a girl and ran full force with my forehead into her shoulder and was knocked unconscious for about 5 seconds. I then fell backwards and hit the back of my head on the floor. I do not remember any of injury 4 only what people have told me. All I knew when I woke up was to ask if I made the save. At this point I sat out of the rest of the game. The next day at work I was unable to do my job, was very angry, could not remember anything immediate or short term so I left work and went to the hospital. The ER DR said I had suffered 4 serious concussions in a matter of 1 week time period. My ongoing symptoms of memory loss, irritability, being overly emotional, easily confused and sometimes forget what I am speaking about, steady headaches and frequent sharp stabbing pains are persistent. I am also always very tired but have trouble sleeping. I am still waiting for an appointment with a neurosurgeon. My question is does it sound like I have Post concussion syndrome, Secondary impact syndrome or CTE. My GP has mentioned all of these as possibilities. Also does it sound like I will have permanent brain damage and will I ever be able to return to sports?