December 12, 2014

Hi you guys. Welcome to the blog where I talk about the present. I'm gonna dedicate this blog to my friend here who's typing this for me. You see I can't do much of anything including typing, but I'm still here.

You know, I still do therapy. I've been at the rehab hospital for years and years now. Just the other day I was in the gym. I noticed there were a lot of young people there. This is at the hospital. And then I started thinking about it. You know, each time I went to the hospital I would see more and more young people. The smart phones turn to dumb ass phones when you try to text and drive or talk on them and drive. The point is, I think there's an increase in young people getting hurt because of the dumb ass phones. So tell your kids or your friends not to text or talk while you're driving. I've said this over and over, but it's pretty graphic when you have breakfast with someone who has half a head.

You know what's pretty cool? I've been doing therapy with this vest. They attach weights to the vest. You see I have a hard time with my balance. The vest works as a counterweight. In other words, I lean to the left so they put more and more weight on the right and I do therapy with this vest. It actually works really good. I talked about it before but I highly recommend it. It's pretty cool. Besides, it gives me my girlish figure back.

The other thing I wanted to talk about was dreams. You see, when I have a stress dream I think it triggers what I call "moments" or mini seizures. I kind of woke up in the middle of the night having a moment. It was all very strange but it was triggered by a dream that really stressed me out. I dreamed I got married again (just kidding), but it was a pretty heavy thing to go through. I'm gonna leave you with a few photos I've been doing. I'll put one in the front and one in the back.

Have a good week. Love you guys.

Oh, one other thing. You know, we had thanksgiving and I'm really thankful for my daughter. That's it. Talk to you next week and here's the link to my blog about the past. B. Nice

December 5, 2014

Hi, welcome to the blog where I talk about the present. And I'm presently sitting in bed, by the fire with my doggy at my feet, feeling sorry for myself. I have a wicked cold. Anytime you have a head injury and something like a cold, the cold will knock you on your ass.

This past week we had Thanksgiving. It reminded me I'm so thankful to my family and my friends, the medical people that have kept me alive. The other cool thing was my daughter came to visit. It was short but check it out. It snowed. She loves snow. It was about six inches of snow. Pretty cool. You know, every morning she wakes me up to watch sponge Bob. I think she's on to something because you shouldn't wake up and watch the news. The news is so depressing. Have you watched it lately. I think I'll watch Sponge Bob from now on. My favorite character is Patrick. I don't think he has a brain.

Anyway, I start my therapy next week. You know, the weighted vest I was talking about before. It's pretty cool. It's kind of like a counter balance. I have weakness on my right so they put a lot of weight on my left. It works pretty good. I'll try therapy like sitting up, using a walker, etc. It's all new, cutting edge stuff. Some people can't believe it works, but they tried it on my and it works pretty good. My friend here is dealing with her family insurance and I think she's about to go through the roof. She's typing like she's about to kill my computer. There's one way to avoid the whole insurance thing. Become a ward of the state, like I am, lose everything. Have brain surgery a few times. And, if you're alive, at the very end, voila, you don't have to worry about insurance.

The other thing I've been doing a lot of lately is painting. It's a good way to get your mind off of everything. And to exercise your hands. It's been a lot of fun. I'll show you a few examples. Hope you have a good week. Love, B. Nice

November 25, 2014

So, HI everybody! So check this out, my daughter's here. She says, "Hi." My friend here will type everything we say, like cat, dog, mom, dad. Say something, Bah. Bah. Bah. Bah. Anything else? Anyway, it's great having her here. I'm exhausted, but it's great. Let's see, what else did we do this week? She's making noises. What else did we do this week? We rode the power chair. We went to a museum. We went to the library, and it's going to snow tomorrow. And rain maybe. The point is we're having fun and it's nice to mix things up. You know, get out of the routine of therapy. She is here for a short time. Only 5 days, but it'll be 5 days of great fun. It's kind of like therapy for me.

The other thing I've been doing is thinking about images from the road trip. I would love to do a show of my work so I'm thinking of what images to use. On a side note, my little one just told me she's going to make cookies for the snowy day and the frosting tomorrow. Sorry, I went off on a bit of a tangent there. The other thing that's been happening a lot is I've been getting little moments. They come more often when my little one visits. I guess it's stress. Who knows. Just another sign of traumatic brain of injury.

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Basically, I took this week off from therapy. But having my daughter here is like therapy. I think if I did both it would be too much. I'm gonna leave it there because I have some face painting to do apparently, and the cookie cutting. I'll pick out a few images I've been working on, and my little one says Hi and Bye.

November 21, 2014

Hi you guys. Welcome to my blog where I talk about the present, and I'm presently bummed out. I won't go into details, but when you're like this, a traumatic brain injury, your emotions go up and down and up and down. It's kind of a drag, but being bummed out is better than taking a dirt nap, right? Anyway, hey, check it out, last night I went to my friend's book signing. She came out with a photo book that's pretty cool The book is nicely done. I was very proud of her. But you know what, it drives home the fact that I can't handle crowds. Crowds and low light are just not my friends. I had to leave pretty quick. It's been years, but I still get a bad reaction to crowds. I guess it's my punishment for partying too much.

I still go to the gym Monday, Wednesday & Friday. You know when you're like this you really have to work on strength building. When you sit in a wheelchair for so long, believe me, you get weak. You know, not much else to talk about. I am psyched because my daughter's coming for a week. It's going to be a lot of fun. My health assistant doesn't like the chalk board. He's kind of weird about the chalk board so I think I'll go with my daughter and buy her a chalk board. That will be my entertainment. I refuse to grow up.

Have a good week. This is B. Nice signing off. I'll leave you with a few photos and the link to the blog about the past.

November 14, 2014

Hey you guys! Welcome to my blog where I talk about the present. My friend here thought I said, "Peasant," and I do have a story about a peasant, but we won't go into that. That's a whole other story.

You know what I notice? I think I told you before, but I notice that extreme stress brings on what I call little "moments." When you're under stress, plus a brain injury, you get mini seizures. It's kind of a drag, but they only last a second or so. Just something I thought I'd share with you. You see, my personal life is very stressful. Like I said before, my life is like a bad country song.

Hey, check it out. My daughter's coming for a week visit. It's gonna be real cool. You know, kids are a good gauge of time because I'm sure she's going to be much bigger. She's only 8 years old and she asked to borrow the car keys. Just kidding. She is eight and smart and a beautiful kid.

At the moment I'm working on my book of images, you know, from my road trip. It's an extensive process editing 3000 photos down to a hundred. But it's cool. It makes the book look real strong. You know, it was never easy, that road trip, but it was a good challenge and coming out of my routine of therapy. Oh yeah, that reminds me. I was from Peru the other day. Let me explain. I was a guinea pig at an out patient lab session. Guinea pigs are from Peru. Anyway, they used me as an example in a therapy session. They had a vest and put weights in various parts of the vest. I have no idea what they were doing, but whatever they were doing balanced me out pretty good. It allows you to continue doing therapy in a more normal state. It was easier to walk, to set, you know, all that sort of stuff. It basically made  the PT easier.

The session went good. I felt good about it despite the fact that I felt like a lab rat. My physical therapist is going to schedule me for a month of therapy with this vest. It's pretty cool. I agreed to do therapy with the vest as long as it wasn't water therapy.

I'm gonna leave it there cause I'm feeling kind of dizzy today. You know, every day is different. I guess it's one day at a time, right? I'll talk to you guys next week. Here's my link to my blog where I talk about the past.

Love, B. Nice