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My name is Tony.
I had an accident in 2004
And I had a aneurysm of the brain in 2004
Its hard to explain, its maybe 14 weeks of my life just gone
And if anyone did'nt have a brain injury probably wouldnt understand that
Just happens, your life is just gone
When I was in the national rehabilitation hospital
they gave me strategies
to cope with my disability
the good thing I found about the national rehabilitation hospital was that
I actually learned that I had a disability
because if you look at me you can see that I have no
physical disability
I have no emotions, so I dont feel emotions or show emotions
I learned that the NRH was the only way to express my emotions
My son bought a new car
like a BMW or some fancy car like that
and drove into the yard and came in and said "well dad what do you think of my new car"
and I went out to look at it. And there was no emotion shown on my face when I was happy
or sad about it
and the only thing that my son could find out was
was to say "well dad from 0-10 what do you think?"
to say "well dad, from 0-10 what do you think?"
and if I said 9 then he knows its good and if i said 2 then he knows its bad
Its hard to show anything, does'nt make a difference wheter it's sad or hapiness
it just does'nt come out of me
I feel it inside but it just does'nt come out
out through my face
something else happens in my head and it just does'nt come
out anymore, it just does'nt
its a *** situation, but it jus does'nt happen
Believe me I go through everyday as the person would do with a brain injury
every single one of them from the wife to the children aswell
feel the same suffering, the same pain
as the person with the brain injury
so it would be great if people could learn from this
Life for people who aquire brain injury
when they have one they dont forget that
I know the only advice that I can give is don't lie down to it
I know its easy to say don't lie down to it but
my wife had to struggle for 6-8 months to get me into a hospital
for the NRH
and my own family stuck beside me the whole time
and a person who has aquired brain injury does actually need
a good kick up the behind
to say get out there and get on with your life
and do what you can and what you cannot do
Its like me being in the garage
working on a car, and when I get the car I might not be able to do it
at least I can go out and try it
and that's all I can do, and if I can't do it, ill have to try something else
get some other thing in, maybe go into carpentry
but keep trying and trying until you find something that you are capable of doing.