“You don’t want to have any children?” Those seven words immediately brought tears to my eyes. I will fully admit that with a brain injury my emotions can be very fragile, but the topic of kids always breaks my heart and makes my eyes water. I paused for a second before replying, debating whether or not to go into a 20 minute long rant about how it’s not that I don’t want children, it’s that kids and my injured brain do not mix well. I settled on simply saying “not with a brain injury I don’t“.
I’ve known for years that with my brain injury I’d never be a mom, but knowing it doesn’t make it easier to accept.
Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: the story of a cyclist living life with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) 