A Disease?
Posted: February 16, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is a wonderful organization working to help folks become aware of the 1.6 million traumatic brain injuries that occur every year. I’ve been involved with the statewide organizations in both Georgia and North Carolina. There web site is http://biausa.org and I encourage you to check it out . […]
Read more...About Comments
Posted: February 14, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
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Two people told me they tried to comment on one of my posts but it was too confusing so they didn’t bother. And it is confusing! I just responded to a comment and had to figure out how to do it. I plan to ask my blogging teachers how I can set this up so […]
Read more...Memory
Posted: February 13, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
I really don’t know why this happens but I remember things at night. I can’t count the number of times I wake up in the morning with a thought about something I’m doing. Sometimes I even wake up in the middle of the night and have to get up and make a note or I’ll […]
Read more...Spaciness
Posted: February 12, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: focus, spaciness, spatial orientation
I’ve always had a reputation for getting lost. Oh I managed to get to where I was supposed to be for people depended on me. After all, when I was in my twenties I worked as a freelance violinist/violist in Kansas City. I played at wedding receptions, churches, restaurants, and other places all over the […]
Read more...Welcome to Holland
Posted: February 9, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: grief, Welcome to Holland;
I was organizing my files on brain injury when I came across a poem I had clipped from the newspaper years ago. I share it at the risk of taking it out of context but Emily Perl Kingsley’s poem called Welcome to Holland resonated with me. “I am often asked to describe the experience of […]
Read more...Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
Posted: February 5, 2011 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Giffords and Kelly, journey, TBI history
I read in today’s paper the following: “Space shuttle commander Mark Kelly wouldn’t go into details about her condition during a news conference Friday and deflected questions about how he knows she supports his choice to fly.” His wife, Gabrielle Giffords, sustained a gunshot wound to her head at a “meet in greet” in Arizona […]
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