The latest stop on my road to recovery: occupational therapy. I went in for a routine doctor visit a few weeks ago. The doctor said there was only one thing he was concerned about–my short term memory. Sure, I have some issues with it, like forgetting to put the lid on the popcorn popper, but (more…)
Employment is a big topic with brain injury survivors, especially with the pandemic still going on. Some businesses closed entirely, some went with reduced hours and staff, and some with reduced services. All affected the employment status of loads of people, brain injury survivors or not.  Although having a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can present (more…)
Sometimes, when somebody tells me they think I’m making a remarkable recovery from my stroke, I answer in this way:Â Well, it didn’t kill me, so it must have made me stronger. I think most people have probably heard a version of that quote: what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. I always thought I (more…)
A few days ago I was web surfing and ran across an item about a man named Josh Hader that got my attention. Josh had a bit of a kink in his neck, so he did that thing some people do, where they put their hands on their head and twist, trying to get rid (more…)
Maybe you could call it a flash of insight, an epiphany, or a sudden realization. Whatever you want to call it, I just had one, about my recovery, and I want to tell you about it. I have to kind of build up to it, though. The other day I was out walking, minding my (more…)
One thing I’m glad about is that my brain injury rarely made me feel isolated and alone, like with so many other brain injury survivors. I did feel it briefly a few times, but that was because soon after I was discharged from the hospital in St. Paul I was shipped to Tacoma, where I (more…)
