Hi my name is frank reinert, and I am a survivor of a major cranial fracture and neural-tissue necrosis.This is good and bad,because I have no loss of memory up to and including the accident.Its just that I have almost no short term memory and can remember little after waking up somewhere I didn't know[hospital].I remember doing all sorts of things I never really thought about before,but which I can't do now because of all the distractions both inside and outside of my head.Typing this is major work because I start typing what I am thinking instead of the next word in the sentence.In ways I am worse than a child. Because with a child, out of sight is out of mind.With me,out of mind is out of sight.what ever I was thinking is gone,with no memory of that thought.There is only what my mind is on right now.Even if it's right in front of me to remind me.To my brain it's there to remind me of what?I can never remember.Itis so aggrivating that my brain starts to shut down,all I want to do is sleep.I got released from the hospital whan my insurance ran out,and now my sister is my new mom.This county I am at has never dealt with a T.B.I. before so they don't know how to help me.It's taken me 8 months just to get something I knew I needed, cognitive therapy.I wish I did not have my long term memory,I would be alot happier that way.Not knowing I used to do all these things I can't do now without help.I remember sleeping ten or twelve hours on my day off.Now the longest I can sleep is three hours at a time.Dreams to my brain are real,ie blood pressure goes up,heart rate goes up,and adrenaline is released.So I wake up trying to escape something I can't remember.And it takes a long time to calm down after an adrenaline rush.I am so glad my nephew has this computer, and I found some T.B.I. websites.Without all of you,I would be all alone,living in an alternate dimension.More like a nightmare.
