Comments on: Traumatic Brain Injury and News Networks

By: secondchancetolive

secondchancetolive — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:42:00 +0000

Hi Mom,
Thank you for your kind words.

Have a simply amazing day!

Craig

By: cavmom

cavmom — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:25:19 +0000

“I know” that you are a very special person and your shared experiences are helping many.

Thank you, I am looking forward to reading more of your posts!

By: secondchancetolive

secondchancetolive — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:57:23 +0000

Hi Carol,
Thank you so very much for taking the time to leave a comment. If I can be of assistance, please let me know. As you read through Second Chance to Live and you have the time leave a comment and I will respond to your comment and / or question. You are a blessing to me. Please say hello to your husband for me. Thank you.

Please read my 4 part series http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/14/my-struggle-living-with-an-invisible-disability/ and my 2 part series, and my 2 part series, http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/2007/08/21/having-an-invisible-disability-%e2%80%93-the-consequence-of-denying-my-reality%e2%80%94part-1/ . Both of these posts will give you further insights in to the matter of living with an invisible disability.

Thank you again for taking the time to leave a comment. I look forward to hearing from you again.

Have a pleasant day!

Craig

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:45:01 +0000

Wow, what a timely blog. We are just learning that some of my husband’s mental health issues may actually be due to a TBI when he was younger. I have only read a few of your posts so far, as I’m kind of short on time, but we are told he has damage to his left frontal lobe. He went to see a neuropsychologist today and said the person administering the tests was rather surprised that my husband could not complete some of the requested tasks. This gives us a lot to think about, until we learn the results “officially” in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I went looking for information and found your blog. Thank you so much!!!

Oh…and I think you are absolutely correct in pointing out how the media addresses brain injury, I have noticed that myself. Just the other night the news was doing a story on a man who “was severely injured in Iraq, but survived.” They made it sound so great that he survived, then when they interviewed him, it turns out that he has a “new” vocabulary of about 20 words (he had lost all other language skills), can’t read or write, can’t be left unattended, and his speech was unintelligible to all except his wife. It was stated that “although he will never be independent again, he is happy to be home.” So it wasn’t nearly as “great” as the news made it sound.

Thanks again, and I am bookmarking your blog so I can learn more from someone who’s “been there, done that”.

Carol
http://bipolarhubby.blogspot.com

By: secondchancetolive

secondchancetolive — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:07:43 +0000

Hi timethief,
Thank you for the comment. The power of identification is phenomenal!

Have a simply amazing day my friend.

Craig