Oops - Forgot!

Since I'm new to this whole blogging thing - I forgot to add another post. Thought today I'd blog a bit about my new normal and why I easily forget!

3 years ago, I had a traumatic brain injury - TBI in the medical world. Up until that time - I was a fairly typical type A personality -driven - could more than multi task - as a matter of fact - often was working on or doing many things at once and that worked well for me and was very rewarding. I had 2 jobs - 2 kids - and did a stellar job at keeping LOTS balls in the air. That is why my new normal can be so exasperating! especially when people say, well you're just getting older, and that happens to us all. On March 2nd I could do all those things and do many of them well. After March 2nd  - not so much.

Now don't get me wrong - I am very grateful. It could have been way worse. The same injury and brain bleed on the other side of my brain could have destroyed my speech center. I only lost my sense of smell and taste - not sight and hearing. I could have died. That was a very real possibility. But I am here - able to talk - for the most part unless I'm really stressed and tired and get my words scrambled. I am walking around mostly functioning unless I do way too much and don't moniter my fatigue or get one of those debilitating headaches. So why do I call it the new normal?

I'm not as driven - just wish I could be! I can't multi task! and that can be very frustrating. I get tired - and used to not need sleep, but do now. I used to remember everything for everyone! And now can't remember what I did a couple hours ago or if someone called. I am easily distracted and live in the here and now, and for a perpetual planner, that can bring frustration because I remember who I used to be and recognize I am different. But try to be thankful that I am here to be who I am now and who I am becoming.

So there you have it - the new normal - or is it? Not really because we are all unique - I just have to learn to better appreciate MY uniqueness - I guess we all do!