“One of the things a head injury does is to break some of the long, slender communication lines from the bottom of the brain to the top and from the top to the bottom. This makes thinking sluggish, dull, and easily overcome by fatigue. It requires the survivor to focus extra hard to get pumped up before doing something, so that there will be enough energy and chemicals to power the action. It requires doing things with extra effort so that the actions don’t become too weak.”
Category Archives: Rehab
How I Became a Zombie
With this post I am going to institute a new rule. When I enter a post about feeling down I must also make an attempt to identify the triggers for that depressed emotional state. If I am able to identify these triggers then I can try to avoid such events in future. That is the theory.
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Questions Without Answers
Completed the TBI Rehab proposal today. The first thing I did, once I cleared all the items on the task list, was to send an email to Colin and provide him with the link and an update. I have held off communicating with him as most of what I have had to say has not been positive: a slow, drawn out response from the insurer, no response from the Minister of Health, growing awareness of my predicament, no sense of improvement. Or, if there has been improvement, it is composed of minor increments and not fit and to be noticed. I do not want to be the constant bearer of bad news. It has been easier just to remain silent and this has resulted in large gaps in communications.
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