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Update September 2006
When you have carpal tunnel to go with TBI you really know what it is to be a clumsy oaf. I decided to try acupuncture for my carpal tunnel and did a Yahoo search, found Dr. Kathleen Bynum in Dallas. She suffered a TBI and was helped by acupuncture and became one of the few acupuncturists in the world trained in treating TBI. So I said forget my hands, lady, fix my old head. I've done my 1st series of treatments with her and it's great! My dizziness is gone, my migraines are less, much less body pain and fatigue and, best of all, my old self has popped back out. I never thought I'd feel good again, but I do and it's blankin' great! Check out Dr. B at www.acupuncturedoctor.net hooray!Original Post
7 years ago i was driving through a small oklahoma town in the rain when a
fella pulling his boat home from the lake lost control of truck and trailer crossed
the stripe and hit me. The physics of the wreck were odd and i was shaken violently
up and down, side to side, and front to back all at once. my pore little truck was
totaled but i didn't have a scratch on me, i didn't even mess my pants when i saw
that guy cross the line, but the next two weeks i kept going downhill. thought i
had the summer flu, weak dizzy achey hot and cold and a bad old headache i got
worried about, but my doctor said it was just stress. most doctors are idiots, if
you find a good one rejoice. i looked up brain injury online and filled out a
survey that told me i had all the symptons. i told my doc and he said there was
nothing wrong with me but since i was complaining of headache he had to cover his
arse and refer me to a neurologist - he really said that. so, anyway, the shaking
caused the different lobes of my brain to move in different directions, breaking up
the connections between lobes and leaving me a mess.
i was in denial as to my true condition but told my boss i felt too bad to come to
work (i manage landscape construction projects) but he told me he needed me. i gave
him a fact sheet on brain injury and said, this is me, i can't do anything, but he
told me to show up and sleep in the truck if that was all i could do. the 1st two
years were miserable but i got where i could stay on my feet a couple hours the 3rd
year and started to find out what i could still do. over the years we've evolved a
job for me where i don't have to measure or do paperwork, i contribute and it's okay
when i confuse things a bit or forget stuff, and i'm good at teaching people my old
trade.
my boss is named Bill N(xxxxx edit by webmaster) and he's a great guy.
hey, i got real lucky at home, too, my sweet girl Redpoppy
has been everything i need the whole time, which hasn't been a lot of fun for her.
everything changes with TBI, but i can't believe how blessed i've been these are the
two people who stood by me.
so, anyway, this is the day God made.
Email David