Hi all

So nervous, stress, hoping for some light, some hope in these results

Will post tonight about it.

Peace, wellness, and friendship,

Jace

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Best of luck-these things are always so tricky. Sometimes more than you want, or less than you need.

Yes, listening to my report was hard, but it was the best thing I ever did in connection with my TBI. Knowledge is power.

Oddly, listening to the neuro-psychologist describe the new world my battered brain had forced me into was sort of a relief. At least I stopped thinking I was crazy.

Hi All,

Even though it's 18 months I feel emotionally that I'm still pretty new. Maybe it's because realizations keep happening for me. ? I'm not sure.

I still have denial, guarded closely to my heart that I share with my mind. I've been wanting someone to tell me it's not so bad.

My results were not what I was hoping for. The area in the brain controlling vision is very bad. She said I still have healing time but that it will not likely it will be enough to get my visual part up to where it's sufficient for driving or working. Same with my memory, processing.

I'm so flooded with information and emotions I can't remember it all.

She said I will not teach in a classroom again. Working a job with the variety of my issues won't happen. That I will need to get things together for SSD.

Possibly someday I could tutor at home one on one.

So many thoughts. I wanted to hear of a therapy or pill. I knew from the otologist (I have a brilliant doctor in Chicago) that this does not heal-the vision issues I have, but my brain may make work arounds. I did improve but plateaued 10 months ago. I'm so thankful I did improve because I could not hardly walk.

I'm done for tonight. Thank you for the support and friendship. All of you are a wonderful part of my new life.

Jace

for you Jace.

I have one word for you: Neuroplasticity.

Right now, you're in shock. I know, I've been there.

However, try not to give up hope. The healing power and adaptability of the brain is amazing. Research is also showing that improvement continues for a lot longer than we used to think. I'm seven years out and I can do things now, I couldn't manage 18 months ago. Get all the therapy you can. It DOES help.

My prognosis was dismal. Am I back to normal, no. However, I'm a heck of a lot further than the neurologist ever thought I'd get.

How are your spirits, today?

I got out my report and reread it last night. It can still make me cry.

But, you know what, it's not describing who I am now. Thanks to Attention Processing Training, etc..., I've made progress. Without the neuro-psych, I wouldn't have even known I needed APT.

Plan for the worst, but work for the best.

Thinking about you.