WOW! What a difference those 20 months have made. I was deep in depression when I started writing; very deep. I saw the rehab psychiatrist which is when my
Claiming Hope
I am facing the hard realities of moving back to Washington later this spring. I had considered staying in Florida to be available to my mother for another year but enough things have happened recently that I am now firm in the decision that I am going home. But it is a pretty scary scenario. I am 55, have all …
Who Do I See I Am?
I keep expecting myself to be the old me. I keep feeling like I am brought up short when I am hit again and again with a change (aka a brain hole)
You gotta knife too?
To put it mildly . . . others do not experience the admission of a brain injury as just an engineering problem. I am not sure what to do about that. This photo is not that far off the mark at times. The other day when walking onto the ferry with homebound commuters a friend asked me what I was …
Headaches!
I am on day 5 or 6 of a head ache that will just not go away! So this morning when I was skating around on the web (because I was feeling too lousy to really concentrate on anything) I came across a new sketch by Jeff Gregory at Jagged Smile. It seemed to fit! And then one day it …
TBIQ a High IQ TBI
On my first appointment at TBI rehab the doc told me that they frequently see people like me: someone who has a brain injury that was missed for a long time because we “present well”.