December 2, 2018 Monday: even though you laid very low the day before, your “bad brain day” is still continuing (there is extra pressure in your head, everything is too loud, too bright, too fast, too much, you feel sick to your stomach, everything takes more energy than you have to give) so you must … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: a typical week living with a brain injury →

November 26, 2018 FEAR: a distressed emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc. whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid. AFRAID: feeling fear; filled with apprehension FRIGHTENED: thrown into a fright; afraid; scared SCARED: to fill suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm This confession will deal … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Fear Factor →

November 14, 2018 Recently I began a part-time, temporary tutoring job.  In the process of filling out paperwork for said position some comments were made.  “Well...it’s about time you’re going back to work!” “This is good for you...you can’t just sit around all day.  This will make you feel better.” And shortly before the job … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, It’s Off to Work I Go! →

August 19, 2018 This is my story. 2014 started off as my best cycling season to date.  Thanks to lots of training I was the strongest and fittest I had ever been.  In June I rode a solo 135 mile ride (the solo part was unplanned but I went with it and felt pretty badass … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: August 19, 2014 →

August 9, 2018 I read a quote recently that said “everyone you meet always asks if you have a career, are married, have children, etc. as if life was some kind of grocery list.  But no one ever asks if you are happy.” In the past I never had a problem answering those questions: yes, … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: “What do you do?” →

June 23, 2018 This life...this life with an injured brain...this life that I didn’t ask for...this life is hard.  I don’t say that looking for sympathy, I say it because sometimes, this world that I’ve been thrown into, this world is too much to carry on my shoulders and I need to vent about it … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: This Life is Hard! →

June 3, 2018 Since August 19, 2014 I have greatly struggled with my lack of energy.  More and more I realize that people do not understand the fatigue that comes with a brain injury.  People compare their lack of sleep to the tired I feel trying to function with a damaged brain. That is comparing … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: TBI Tired →

May 18, 2018 Last night...I wanted to die.  Okay, not die per se but escape...quickly and until things got better! This past week was a busy one for me.  I knew that going into it and I knew it would result in things getting tougher for me.  I never could have anticipated just how much … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: please just put me out of my misery! →

April 27, 2018 Yesterday I was working on a new Confession off and on throughout the evening.  After writing, deleting, and writing some more, I was unhappy with how it was going and I finally decided to just call it quits and head to bed.  I went to sleep with thoughts of August 19, 2014 … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: Reliving a Nightmare! →

March 31, 2018 I am the face of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).  To simply look at me you’d never know that my brain is damaged.  You’d never know the form of hell that I live in every day. Only those that know me well can see the “fog rolling in” on a bad day.  Only … Continue reading Confessions of a Concussed Cyclist: March is Brain Injury Awareness Month Part 2-the face of brain injury →