By Sara Joy Here are a few things I've learned the hard way that may help you in managing YOUR TBI fatigue: You are hardly going to be able to stand being around certain friends, for 5 minutes. Others, you will gravitate to like a balm. That's OK, they're just too overwhelming in their [...]
By Sara Joy Within 5 days of hitting my head on that black ice on Valentine's Day 2014, I didn't feel anything. I didn't even feel "Nothing". And that's the first thing I learned. "The Nothing" (To borrow from The Neverending Story) is an emptiness. A chasm. A lack. I didn't even detect that I [...]
by Dr. Jeff HuxfordI would like to share ten things I have learned after a traumatic brain injury (TBI). But before I tell you what they are, I should first tell you something else. I don't deserve credit for any of it!You see, for all of my life, I used my mind to learn new [...]
By Robert Lyons, Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor – 1990 It has been almost 27 years since my traumatic brain injury. On October 14, 1990, I fell down two flights of stairs and hit my head on a steel door at the bottom of the stairway. I was in a deep, non-responsive coma for seven weeks. [...]
by Lauren Medel When I was young my parents would constantly praise my for my intelligence. Not one day went by when I wasn't reminded that smarts are more important than looks because "looks don't last" and smarts do. Not one moment in my life did I not feel smart first and something else second. [...]
Wonder if you ever feel this way? Jan, a TBI survivor, wrote this 'spot-on' poem. See what you think.... On the outside You see me as normal On the inside I see how non-normal I am. On the outside I appear involved in the discussion On the inside I see how furiously my brain is [...]
Just came across this bit about Attitude from Chuck Swindoll...fitting for all season of life... "The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than [...]
As I reflect over the past 4 years since Hope After Brain Injury began, my heart smiles...I smile in memory of fighters that put 'normal' living to shame...I smile with sweet gratitude of the contribution that TBI survivors and their caregivers have made in this world...I smile because of your fortitude, grace, and powerful examples [...]
A huge congratulations to Brain Injury Association-Texas division for hosting the 3rd Annual Walk for Brain Injury! William Dane (BIA-TX) and Patti Davis (CNS) did a fabulous job organizing and creating a spectacular day! HUGE THANK YOU to Elizabeth, Elizabeth, Jaymie, and Amber--Dr. Shelley Wigley's UTA PR Marketing students! They moved and grooved and shared [...]
Have you wondered how to speak to someone who recently suffered a brain injury? Patti Foster, a TBI survivor, shares practical wisdom from her own experience and working with brain injury survivors and their families. "Give him time...keep everything positive..talk to him like he's listening and understanding everything...slow down and soften your speaking a wee [...]