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At 8:23pm on November 29, 2008, Loretta said…: How are you liking new life community?

At 1:25am on October 30, 2008, Keith B said…: Sherry,

Thank you for writing back! What was your brain injury? My friend suffered from car crashes and being hit when bicycling. Severa of those were forehead injuries. I will recommend those books to him.

Keith

At 3:40pm on October 29, 2008, Sherrie in northern Michigan said…: Keith -
I'm new to internet communities. Why is your comment in 'my page' but not in the 'forum' where I initially wrote? Maybe my kids can help me learn the difference between groups, forums, comment walls, chat rooms, and blogs!
In a nutshell, my brain injury caused poor short term memory, daily mental fatigue, attention/focus problems, and prosopagnosia (inability to recognize faces). I remembered pre-injury information, including nursing knowledge, and my speech improved after the first year. But I still forget what I was doing when interrupted, become mentally foggy by late afternoon every day, cannot tune out distractions, and don't recognize people I've met ten minutes ago. The odd thing is that I still enjoy intellectual things more than many people do. And I love to write, because it stays black and white in front of me until I get it done right and no one knows how long it took me.
As far as the changes you've noticed in your friend, I've read that traumatic brain injury can impact a person's focus on sex, a person's inhibition against blatant behaviors, and a person's ability to think before they act or speak. He might not realize how much his behavior has changed. Or he might realize he's been inappropriate after it's happened.
My two favorite books about brain injury are: "Over My Head, A Doctor's Account of Head Injury from the Inside Looking Out" by Dr. Claudia Osborn 1998 and "Brainlash:Maximize Your Recovery from Mild Brain Injury" by Gail Denton, PhD 2008 (a psychotherapist/brain injury survivor who recommends a few weird new-age sounding therapies). Sometimes I wonder if I should write a book too, because I fear many go undiagnosed!
Some websites are: headinjury.com, biausa.org, tbiguide.com, and tbiresources.com. - Sherrie

At 9:20pm on October 28, 2008, Loretta said…: Oh i am sorry, I thought you were a friend from the new life chat. Its nice to meet you as well. how are you?