A New Kind of Bucket List

Posted on December 27, 2014 by peterwick

Just a short note to acknowledge another moment in what is becoming a trend. Stupid stuff that I hope is just that, not a medical situation.

Today, while working out at the gym, I fell off a treadmill. I don’t really know how. Maybe I just lost focus. Maybe I passed out on my feet? Thankfully I was only walking on a steep gradient setting. I apparently went down on my back as opposed to doing a face-plant.

There was speculation that I blacked out prior to my crash last May. I know it wasn’t low blood sugar. At least I’m pretty sure. I had plenty of the right nutrition on board today as well as during that race.

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TV Shows Just Aren’t Helping Us

Posted on December 16, 2014 by peterwick

This isn’t something I hear of course but if I see one more dang television drama that involves a severe injury without any consequences…

For example, the show, Scorpion. Two weeks in a row now they have completely glossed over the physiological consequences of things guaranteed to cause a brain injury. Continue reading →

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PowerCranks are miserable but worth the pain.

Posted on December 10, 2014 by peterwick
BostonPainCave

It’s simply necessary. Honest.

This whole rehabilitation process is often demoralizing but at least I’m used to pushing myself hard in the physical activity department. I just need some extra motivation. Well that and making believe I’m still 17 is also necessary some days. Continue reading →

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My Homework at the Mall

Posted on December 7, 2014 by peterwick

Or maybe it was a Cub Scout merit badge or something. This week I was given a homework assignment by one of my therapists. She asked me to simply go to a mall and try to do some Christmas shopping for my wife. Only it had to be on my own. It just sounds plain silly to think about that as a 50-year-old but it was quite an undertaking. Continue reading →

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A Mild Dramatic Brain Injury

Posted on December 2, 2014 by peterwick

In my very first post here I mocked myself for being a bit dramatic. But maybe it’s a testament to my slow progress that it took me more than a month to come up with the larger joke in the title of this post. This (probably unoriginal) phrase came to mind this week as I was taking refuge from a boisterous Thanksgiving gathering. It also popped into my head later this weekend as a passenger beside an umm, let’s say enthusiastic driver.

What ‘da hell ‘za matta with me? Continue reading →

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Being able to give back

Posted on November 27, 2014 by peterwick

Nothing all that special in this post but it is something I’ve been meaning to say with regard to a meaningful milestone in my recovery. I’m now at a point where I can do more than just hope things get better for someone else. I can actually take action. Not just because I’m physically able again but because I can think about the situation and come up with something useful. I also know that most times before going ahead with my plan I should ask the person beforehand, you know, if they actually do need it or even want it. I suppose being able to think that is also a milestone to acknowledge.  Continue reading →

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Spammed because of online brain training?

Posted on November 20, 2014 by peterwick

Well, I suppose it was bound to happen regardless of my having a TBI but I’ve been notified by some folks that my email account has been sending out “quizzes” from a site called IQ Elite (definitely does not merit being linked here). Apparently clicking on the link and taking part in the quiz puts some of your digital information in their database. It’s one of those online dating sites, only you don’t find that out until after the quiz is done I guess. And yes, I was dumb enough to take the quiz.

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Far away friends stuck around more than local friends

Posted on November 19, 2014 by peterwick

I found myself thinking about some people I knew way up north of here and I think I know a little about why they’ve stuck around more than many people right near me. Maybe it’s the fact that I’m not present physically that lets them be more comfortable with me.

I’ve tried to rule out any confounding factors such as social intimacy (or lack thereof) before the accident and still wind up back at that unsettling conclusion. Continue reading →

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