Injury Journey

Physical/health issues are a form of trauma. Your mind goes through the realization that the body is not doing what it should be and it feels like betrayal. It is betrayal. In my second doctor's appointment following my accident, the doctor warned me that many brain injury patients goes through "emotional changes". It sounded like textbook mumbo jumbo, so I brushed it off. I assured the doctor that I was emotionally stable, and maybe those changes were for the other patients. I started this blog and now I am staring at the screen clueless as what to write. That's the thing about memory loss. You don't know you're forgetting things until you need to remember them- or somebody reminds you. Shortly after my accident I was living with my sister. She told me that I would walk into the room every 5 minutes and ask her the same question. I don't remember doing that. What I do remember is driving to my doctor's appointment [side note: I have NO idea why

It's taken me about 6 months to finally create this blog. It had been an idea for months, but finally doing it was a scary thought. How would I find my audience? What would I write about? Who would read it? Why would I share details of my personal life and health with complete strangers? Would I regret this? It took me about 2 months to decide on the name of the blog. Honestly, I just decided a few hours ago. That's the nature of the beast. Everything takes so much longer to complete, and I never know if I'm doing things right. Thought processing, decision making, concentration, and comprehension. My doctors love to use those words in appointments. Those and some others, but I don't remember the others right now. Maybe, I'll remember them later, maybe, I won't. They don't tell you how long the memory loss can last; they say they don't know and everyone is different. My memory used to be incredible. My first job after college was to memorize legal