Lynlee,
My son is doing well, thanks for asking. He is letting me do all the stressing and worrying! He comes home from wrestling practice most times with a smile and is happy now to be working out and conditioning with the team but no live wrestling. He did very well on his PSAT's and improved his scores alot from preinjury. I feel the big unknown is whether he will hit his head again soon like all of you and have more longer lasting Boughts of PCS. This is my worry! Life is no guarantee and I am grateful for him and all that I have in life. I am grateful to all of you for making me wiser.
Risible,
Your past hospice work I am sure has helped you alot. My experience with death and dying certainly has helped me cope with tragedy and suffering. Do not feel down about your friends comments. I'm sure she is a good friend but that kind of feedback might not of helped too much. Your sprituality is such a strength and a powerful coping tool. You are lucky and blessed to be so strong. Carry on and have a wonderful holiday!!

I'm not one for extended focus. The only sit down stimuli that can keep me entertained for more than an hour are Television and Vonnegut.

This story grabbed me a little bit. My friends were never so direct with me after I hit my head... they'd say ambiguous things like "you seem to have lost that snap, that spark..." or "you feeling alright? You don't look too good", but they'd never just lose it like that with me.

Your injury is fairly recent, things will come back... it just takes time. Odd coming from me in light of my recent comments, but even with my frustration being where it is right now, it still takes no effort at all for me to realize that I'm in a much clearer place now than I was a year ago, let alone 4 years ago. Next time you see her, you should flip out about how bad her hair looks. Call it proactive karma.

Goofy!

My friend is a worrier, and I know that about her. Plus she really did get me on a super bad day. I think I have a sinus thing going on right now, plus I've overdone it the past few days so I'm a couple sandwiches short of a picnic basket, truth be told. Sinus stuff does that to me.

Besides, there's something about gal pals over the age of 40 that have full license to say exactly what's on their mind to each other.