Journal Entry
Highlights from Beth's Brain Injury Blog
June 01, 2009Last weekend Larry and I celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary, 19+ of which we have been living with my brain injury. Oops, I just sort of told my age. Although we have become one in a lot of ways, we each claim a certain degree of independence. As many of us living with brain injury are aware, independence is vital to surviving in this world with a brain injury – but, we also know it can get you into trouble or cause unnecessary arguments.
...continue reading Brain Injury Independence.
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...It speaks of some of the various symptoms those of us living with brain injury deal with every day. It also includes a little humor which I think we all need as we learn to live with our limitations and find various compensatory strategies to replace abilities we've lost.
...continue reading Living with Brain Injury
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I have just celebrated Mother’s Day with my two wonderful sons after 19 years since my brain injury was discovered. It was a perfect day – nothing like the day I finally admitted to myself that I had a brain injury after months of denial. I remember it like it was yesterday. My oldest son had already started college. I was to help the younger one study for a test he was having the next day. He handed me a list of questions that he wanted me to ask him. I stared at the page, but something was wrong. I COULD NOT READ IT!
...continue reading Brain Injury Denial
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