About 35 years ago I was talking to a friend of mine who had done two tours of duty in Vietnam. He said to me that I had been through a war on account of my brain injury. I was blown away, hearing it from him. I listened, and trusted what he said, knowing he had first hand experience with a brain injury, having been injured in combat. He was right.  This is a war, in a ... Read On

Four months after waking up from my month-long coma I met with the Dean to discuss my return to college. She suggested I might want to check out the course of a history professor who  had undergone brain surgery and was also just returning to school. I  felt it was a good idea since we had the "brain" thing in common. ... Read On

When was the last time you snapped? I don't mean your fingers. We, who have experienced a TBI, have all been there: the situation where it's too noisy, or too busy, or too bright or, with our lowered threshold, too almost anything.  I'm sure you know the  situation.  It's the thing others don't understand because it is normal for them, but for us, unable as we are, to ... Read On