Comments on: Guest post: Todd Eisenschen, how a brain injury meant losing everything

By: michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk

michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:06:09 +0000

In reply to Joanne Wood. My career ended to, but yes I also enjoy the garden more now. I mean I’m rubbish at growing things, but I enjoy having a go.

By: Joanne Wood

Joanne Wood — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:02:42 +0000

A massive change for me, I can’t work now, so the career I had as an communicator for the deaf is over, and so is my income. I’ve lost friends and family which have walked away, this is hard when your trying to accept your brain injury and that your poorly brain doesn’t work as it used to. Change can be good to, I’ve discovered swimming and gardening soothes my brain and helps my mood, I’ve joined a creative writing group, and it seems I can write poetry and short stories, life is very different, there’s still endless possibilities even with a brain injury.

By: michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk

michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 09:07:43 +0000

In reply to JoeInMidwest. Your experience of relationship breakdown is a story too many of us have experienced. It must have added so much to the trauma of your injury. It’s great that the treatment has restored your ability to read at length. Perhaps you could get into writing?

By: JoeInMidwest

JoeInMidwest — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 06:23:14 +0000

My story: TBI in 2002. Short term memory & other executive skills lost … as well as job, career, marriage, and time with my only child all lost. 2014, after 12 years, I underwent EMDR (eye movement desensitization & reprocessing) as PTSD set in after the TBI. Then I was suddenly able to read books, many books ….. but since I am over 60 yo, and with no meaningful work for over 15 years, I feel it would be delusional to think I could get any meaningful work now, even though I have decades of experience plus a masters degree. I am very grateful for what I have, but not very encouraged pursue anything meaningful.

By: michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk

michelle.munt@yahoo.co.uk — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:22:05 +0000

In reply to Jo's bumbling brain. That surprises me that they were happy to be drawn on that. They just said it’s up to me when I try... and I tried too soon and it ended my career.

By: Jo's bumbling brain

Jo's bumbling brain — Thu, 15 Mar 2018 14:00:13 +0000

Yep. Drs said I could work, we needed the money so I carried on. Nearly finished me off ?