Someone suggested that I start a journal that recounts my brain injury recovery. This could be really cool, so I can look back at it on discouraging days or just to see how far I have come. I'll try to make sure this isn't too disorganized, but remember that it is a brain injury recovery blog!
First, many people ask me how I sustained the brain injury, so here's the story:
At the end of January, I had two grand mal seizures for the first time in four years. I didn't have enough warning time to get into a safe position. I fell and hit my head on the tile floor; I hit it at least once, but possibly more times during the first seizure. I ended up with a concussion and post-concussion syndrome. That just means that the concussion symptoms hang on for a long time. My neurologist tells me it will take six months to a year to recover completely. There could still be some...what's the word?...uh...there's a word for problems that don't completely go away, but I'm not sure what it is. Maybe residual? Anyway, first, I'll start out by detailing the things I have done so far to help with recovery. That will come in the next post.
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