I must have
watched the MERU documentary at least 5 times before Brent came to pick it up
very much because it inspired my sense of adventure and taught me that (again) nothing is impossible.
In fact one
of the climbers in the team had a skiing accident few months before the
climbing expedition that put a triangular hole on the top of his skull plus he
broke few vertebras in his neck that did severe one artery that brings fresh,
oxygenated blood to the brain – talk about TBI!! – this climber spent some time
in the hospital and left it wearing a plastic cast around his neck, all his
doctors told him that he could never climb again, the high altitude could make
a blood clot detach and block the passage of fresh blood in the artery that
brings fresh blood to his brain, you can see in this documentary how hard this
climber starts a physical training on his own to be prepared for the next
attempt to reach the top of MERU and seeing him working so much and so hard
truly inspired me to do the same – after all I’ve always been a true athlete in
swimming (not
in climbing) – therefore
I did – as usual – my research about benefits that TBI victims may have from
physical work.
What I
found is truly encouraging (see links below) and since I’m few feet away from
the gym where I’m imprisoned, I intend to start going there daily, simply
because what we believe with our mind and consciousness surely becomes real (upcoming post on this).
Given that
my only real disability is physical (NOT cognitive)
I have no doubt not only that when I’ll finally be assessed by an honest (NOT influenced by a 3rd party) neuropsychologist. Not only I’ll become free
from conservatorship, but I’ll be walking and working again.
This means
that my 2 treasures will return under my protective and immensely strong wing
of care and protection while I’ll have at my side a “mother figure” from Italy
who’ll help me put it all in balance again.
- http://www.brainline.org/content/2009/06/tbi-basics_pageall.html
- http://www.abiebr.com/set/4-motor-sensory-impairment-remediation-post-acquired-brain-injury/44-exercise-interventions-post
- http://www.brainline.org/content/multimedia.php?id=4638
- http://blog.ncpad.org/2014/09/22/best-exercises-post-a-traumatic-brain-injury/
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22840829 - OFFICIAL & GOOD
- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amy-zellmer/5-things-every-tbi-survivor-wants-you-to-understand_b_6800984.html
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