I am skipping around again. There is a long list of effects which Bill still deals with to this day even though it has been 35 years since his accident. The rest of his section of the book discusses how those deficits still impact his daily life. As he ages some of them are on … Continue reading Bill Chapter 6
Brain injury awareness month
Bill Chapter 2
"Often there are days I wake up and feel like I am standing in front of a very tall brick wall that extends across the horizon, and there is no way to scale it." – Bill Once we decided not to write my section in chronological order, we were a bit at a loss as … Continue reading Bill Chapter 2
Bill Chapter 1
The writing of Bill's section of our story has been a painstaking process. He dictated hours of random thoughts about a particular topic. I typed, trying to keep up with his racing free flow of thought. Then I tried to find the thread to follow in the midst of rabbit trails; the core of his … Continue reading Bill Chapter 1
Chapter 36
I want to skip ahead a bit because I want to get to the present moment. For my readers who do not know, my husband survived his injury. He fully recovered physically, but mentally he had (and still does) some significant, though invisible, issues with his brain. For awareness, I think it is important to … Continue reading Chapter 36
Chapter 3
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. On this blog I have written about our experience with TBI, but so far the story remains locked in my computer in draft form. I claim it is finding time that is preventing it from being finished, but when I read it again, I am not so sure that … Continue reading Chapter 3
Chapter 1
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. On this blog I have written about our experience with TBI, but so far the story remains locked in my computer in draft form. I claim it is finding time that is preventing it from being finished, but when I read it again, I am not so sure that … Continue reading Chapter 1