The weight gain is complicated. Before my accident I was a jogging, skiing, swimming, hockey playing maniac. Now I can barely move. My brain injury also changed my tastes: all of a sudden I was craving sweet food I would never have even looked at premorbid. The brain injury also caused depression and sometimes I feel that food is one of the few pleasures I have left. Take all that and add Lyrica and the results can be pretty dramatic. This year I'm going to write GOODYEAR on my butt and fill my long underwear with hellium so I can float over the Superbowl and watch the game for free.

SIGH