Brain Injury

My name is Thomas-I had a Traumatic Brain Injury Spring of '98.

In a morgue, I was given zero chance of survival.  I fooled everyone. ;-)

Over the years I have made that the focus of TotemWood, a partial focus, and now?  Really I could care less.  However some folks may have an interest, so I will put some stuff about mine, here from time to time.

I consider myself disABLED.  Why?  Because I live independently-contrary to what was ever expected.  I have fought very hard to do that.  I continue to fight hard to be able to do that.  If I quit fighting?  Yea, I will wind up back where I started.

I do NOT want to go back there.

So most of my life is a fight, though it may not on the surface look like it.

I try to ensure that as well.-shrug

Who the heck gives a darn???

Heck, even I DON'T!

I work to do the very best I can-and eventually run out of "steam" or "brain bucks" or what ever.  Sometimes quick, sometimes slow," and I do not always know when that will happen.  It can sometimes make me so angry at myself!

There are folks who have and will try to take advantage of that.  So I must try to be very careful-yet my inner principles require that I be as open and honest as possible as well.  Even when I get things w-w-wrong. -looking at my feet.

I gave up driving, and found i had enough "brains" to start slowly, being able to shave.  whoa.  no biggie for YOU maybe, for me though?  sorta neat.

Stuff that is EZ for most folks, may not be that way for me.  Took me four years to get beyond cooking hot dogs or hamburgers. -shrug.  Hhhhhhh!  LOL!  I laugh nowww, back then I feared I would be caught, and sent BACK to adult care home!  -Seriously.  grrrrrrr...

My home looks like a tornado hit it.  Sorry.  Organization is not my forte.  And yea, often it is best to keep things OUT IN FRONT OF ME, so I can SEE THEM.  Ugh, House Beautiful my home is not. 

There is a reason for that-so I have brains to do this web site, and carve a bit of wood, like canes, and yea now?  RIDE A TRIKE!  8-)  Or at least work at it!

Often I must take naps.  Meds are not my idea of fun, but otoh?  Neither are seizures. -bah!  I used to make a darn good wage, and dropped it to go and get my teachers cert, to make another darned good wage.  W00ps, brain injury really messed that up-BELIEVE ME!  Being disABLED was NOT my choice. 

I continue to look for work arounds-finally after 11 years?  I have decided that I was allowed, one that included FUN. 

-looking at my feet. 

'Nuff, at least there is something here about brain injury now eh?

Thank you for reading... :--)

Sincerely,

Thomas 4/16/09