Author: A Recovering Brain

For the last year I have been really trying to find out what happened to me on the night I had my cardiac arrest and the month following. It is harder than you would think. People seem reluctant to open up to me and to just tell me. They just say that you don't really … Continue reading I’m amazed by you

This is a strange thing to write about and sounds a bit boring but I have been thinking about this for a while as I need to get my life into a bit more order and I think that routines will help me do this. My life is very disordered and some simple routines may … Continue reading New routines

I know I have written about fatigue before but is is a big part of my life and it needs to be managed. Before I went to Headway I didn't really look at is as a problem following my brain injury. As with everything I am learning now, it is important to be aware of … Continue reading Energy conservation

One of the most important thing that you do when you go to Headway is the Brain Injury Education course. They aim for you to be the expert in your brain injury. Over the last year I have been taught everything you want to know about brain injury. The anatomy of the brain, what can … Continue reading Brain injury education

When I talk about what I do at work now I say I just do the menial tasks. I had to check the spelling of this word and the description of the word does some up some of the work I do now. Menial tasks take little training, skill and talent. I don't want to … Continue reading Menial tasks

This is what I hear a lot nowadays. I seem to being discharged from a lot of the medical areas that I have been taking care of me over the last two years. You would probably think that this is great as it shows that I am recovering and don't need the endless medical appointments … Continue reading Being discharged

I think everyone likes to watch TV, I certainly do. There were programmes that I loved watching and would never miss an episode. There was one show in particular that I really loved. It was quite gory and a lot of people would say that they couldn't watch it. I did think that I would … Continue reading Watching TV

When I talk about memory problems after brain injury it is usually related to problems that I have with working and short term memory. I still have a problem with these. I wanted to write about problems I am having with long term memories. They are no problems in me remembering them. Sometimes I feel … Continue reading Long term memories

I have been thinking about this for a while now and I am trying to get to sleep so I am writing it down to help me get to sleep. I look at things that have happened in the last two years, some have been bad and some have been good. I say I used … Continue reading Is this it?

Someone said to me a while ago, 'your'e alive!'. It was a nice thing to say to me but it is a real simplistic way to look at things now. I guess a couple of years ago when I was at my worse this was the best thing to say to me. I mean it … Continue reading I’m alive!