Recovery and Rediscovery
We All Have a New Excuse Sometimes I hear some of us casually speak about our brain injury--whether nonchalantly or with humor but each of us knows what we went through. Recovery has been difficult and even at times joyful--almost humorous. Our future is tedious but it is a brotherhood or sisterhood of men and women all linked by one common goal--we have suffered a brain injury and as I only half-heartedly speak of us in my opening sentence--we all have a new excuse. Let me explain further--I started this blog writing about visiting a place in Edmonds, Washington called The Center. I was depressed about the death of my father. My time at the Center changed me--cut to 2021, where after work with my wife, I had a stroke. After four weeks in both the ICU and Encompass Health I returned home, and I started attending a new center. The Center for Neuroskills--where as my wife tells me, I got a wakeup call, a second chance and a new excuse. The ...