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Had a very nice Thanksgiving


scottm

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It was very pleasant, we had the whole crew at the our sons house. Everyone was inquisitive about my brain injury but very cautious about asking, so I took the advice of my strokenet brethren and broached it myself in a casual way. Something to the effect of all I want is world peace, a pony and a trip to Tahiti.

 

The Tahiti reference is to a show called Marvel - Agents of Shield. In the show the main protagonist died during a battle and was brought back and in the process they rewired his brain good as new but replaced the memories with a fictitious trip to Tahiti. They all got the joke and it opened the door for them to ask questions and my wife and I to dispel some common misconceptions.

 

Our DiL's parents were probably the most inquisitive as they had not seen us since before all this happened. They had visions of me being wheel chair bound. Put that to rest by explaining I had spent months in one but my PT team kicked butt, twice a day, 5 days a week.

 

Next in line was our sons best friend home on leave from Germany where he is an Army doctor. He is quite versed in brain injury. I asked him if he saw a difference in traumatic vs acquired brain injury. His simple answer was "once brain cells die it doesn't really matter anymore." He was all interested in my meds and had me do some of the tests the neuro had done. Then declared me fit to dine at the adults table. :lolu:

Many thanks to everyone here who provided help when I called out, I no longer fear the holiday family thing.

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So glad you had a good Thanksgiving it's always nice to see the whole clan and I was really excited to hear that you were deemed fit to see if the adult table quite the accomplishment there Scott proud of you lol

Jay

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