Sometimes it’s great when someone else has done the hard work for me!
Check out this guide from MyHealth Alberta – What is an Acquired Brain Injury?
After #TBI – How DO you get your Sense-Of-Self back?
Published April 5, 2016 by helentastic67Still finding my way
Let’s find out what’s inside
This is really a much bigger — and more important — question for TBI / concussion survivors. Yes, it’s traumatic to lose yourself, to lose your sense of who you are and where you fit in the world. But let’s be honest – our selves are always under construction. And we’re always working at re-creating our lost equilibrium, as we experience the losses of those we love, the changes that come with life, the ups and downs and roller-coaster rides which mark the passing of the years.
Life is always about loss. And gain. And change. One of the problems after TBI, is that you can become very rigid and get locked into thinking that You Have To Be A Certain Way. Or that Life Used To Be So Much Better Before. Of course, that’s not always true – our memories for how great things…
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The Horrors
Published April 4, 2016 by helentastic67
The Horrors!!!
It’s Friday! Yeah!!!
In my house it means, wash my hair (it’s all grown back now!) and go out with my Young Janice and we go shopping.
So I took down my hair while my Personal Care (PC) carer started her chores and got undressed. Turned on the hot water and…….
NO HOT WATER!!!!
I had a day off yesterday. As in no appointments so no need to leave the house. I had lots of laundry to do so I did 4 loads.
I had notice my hot water service in the backyard had been leaking (from the top) and it seemed to get worse as the day went on.
I had finally sent a text to a friend to rate how bad this was from bad to worse?
The suggested broken thermostat, maybe. Which sounds not as bad (expensive) as having to convince my Property Manger it’s my God given right to have hot water and his job to take a yelling from my landlord if that’s what it took to have them part with the money.
I have those landlords who don’t want to maintain their properties, just want the money.
So, today my hair did not get washed and I had a bucket of water from the kettle and half shower.
Now, it’s the end of the day and a tradie ended up coming and he stated the Hot Water Service was Ka-put!
Glad he has to call my Property Manager, not me…
And the plumber is prepared to work on a Saturday morning because a weekend without a hot shower would just be a horror!
Grammar
Published April 3, 2016 by helentastic67Always good to go back to the basics!
What is the Game?
Published April 1, 2016 by helentastic67
What is the game?
My favourite housemate ever and I used to have a game we used to love to play. Firstly, when I say ‘game’ don’t the wrong idea. And when I say ‘we’ loved to play, I mean I loved it and he dreaded it!
To give you some background this housemate, let’s call him “B”, and was very relaxed. He was a roadie and I considered him a pothead. He didn’t, but he smoked a spliff or 2 every night, but what do I know? I don’t smoke.
Ok, that’s the background out of the way.
Here’s how the game works. I would start at one end of the mantel piece in the lounge and touch a finger to the first ‘thing’ asking “What’s this and does it need to be here?”
“B” would pick up “this” item and we continued. Halfway along the mantle piece he would get ahead of me and remove all the things he knew didn’t belong there.
By the end of the game all that was left were the clean plates that sat in the middle and the Kuan Yin head.
My home is not always spotless, but I try to have a ‘home’ for everything. A tidy house is a tidy mind. I generally limit the amount of time I spend in environments that make me want to blow my brains out.
I can’t help trying to problem-solve and neaten things, because it gives me a migraine very easily.
More about my favourite housemate ever “B” another time.
CCU Alert! 11th Annual Barrow Traumatic Brain Injury Symposium
Published March 31, 2016 by helentastic67So, I think that just about covers that……The End!
Who: MDs, nurses, PTs, PTAs, OTs, COTAs, SLPs, psychologists
When: April 22, 2016
Where: Barrow Neurological Institute, Goldman Auditorium. 350 West Thomas Road. Phoenix, Arizona.
Why: This interdisciplinary conference will focus on advancements in the field of Acquired Brain Injury care, including ongoing research, innovative service delivery models and the role of rehabilitation.
Objectives: 1. Describe rehabilitation practices as they relate to non-traumatic dysfunction of the brain and similarities and differences with TBI rehab.
2. Describe innovative technology and its role in neurorehabilitation
3. Define the continuum services for the benefit of patients receiving outpatient services and innovative service delivery models.
Pending AzPTA, APA CE approval. ASHA approved 6.7 CEUs and AOTA has approved 0.6 CEUs of intermediate level. Approved by Arizona Nurses Association.
How: $100-$150 depending on profession and employment status with the…
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Give it a try
Published March 30, 2016 by helentastic67I only just heard this on his Ted Talk last night! Priceless!
Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
Published March 29, 2016 by helentastic67Just Brilliant!
extrawelt – soopertrack
Published March 25, 2016 by helentastic67Hypnotic!
Writer’s epitaph
Published March 25, 2016 by helentastic67Wow! Saves me writing it……Nailed it!
From: quotehd.com
When I die
no one will see
the books unborn
inside of me.
The infant pages
needing flow,
in drafted form
will never grow,
and books awaiting
editing,
in boxes languish
eyes unseen.
If nothing else
their fate is tied
to why I still
refuse to die.
Hell onWheels/Life One Handed 