What's your plan Lucy ?

I was hit by a Druck Driver on my motor cycle in Sept 2003. I've had 8 near death experiences in the last 4 years. I lost my health, my career, my identity my ability to make a living and the list goes on for pages. I've spent the last 4years recovering from these injuries. When I first started out on the recovery process I could not read, write, talk or tie my own shoes.

I'm very thankful to be alive today and everyday I wake up I ask myself what one small thing can I do to improve my health today.

When I'm having a bad day I think of my friend Joe, who was also in a motor cycle accident. Joe is in a wheel chair today and it takes Joe 4 hours to get out of bed and dress himself. I go down and visit Joe when he's in the hospital. Joe well not be getting out of his wheel chair. I love to see Joe smile when you come into his hospital room he so thankful to be alive. So I really don't have it that bad.

One of the walls I hit in this recover process was I have to accept the fact that I am not the same person I was before I was injured and this took about 3.5 years to admit to my inner most self that I am disabled and the person I was before may not be coming back. So I focus my energy on the new person I'M becoming today and try to work within the limitation I have with the TBI/PCS. I simplely have to do life differently today. I have to learn new ways to solve problems and issues and I have to go ask for help when I can not solve a problem on my own.

Have you set up a support group ? Working with others who have TBI/PCS. That's what I'm trying to do now

Have you written up a plan on the mental and emotional issues your dealing with? I'm in the process of writing up a treatment plan now and for me it needs to be in black and white on paper.

Thank you for your help Lucy you've help me see some of the blind spots that I need to address. Jeffn