Excuse me but my entire frontal lobe was reduced to ground meat after a head injury involving a freaked out horse and blacktop.
The “experts” told my dad that *if* I ever woke up, I’d be broccoli.
Perversely enough, not only did I *not* become an asparagus, my intellect actually increased by leaps and bounds.
I became interested in scientific theories I hadn’t cared about at all, before and taught myself Greek to read the NT in what was then the most “original” language.
Then I became fascinated by etymology, anthropology and archaeology.
Now, it’s computers, infrared/UV photography and dog genetics.
Not half bad for a carrot.
The brain is far wilier than you suspect.
I suspect you are the exception... Sort of a “tornado in a junkyard” living example.
The brain is far wilier than you suspect.
If Giffords follows your pattern, perhaps she'll eventually make a positive contribution to society.
But we'll have to wait abd see, won't we?
Obviously, this is terrible, and the dude who did it needs to fry. But, as it stands, I'd be far more bummed out if this had happened in an every-day robbery to the (mostly illegal) crew at my local Wendy's.
Your post is very inspiring.
I’m glad you proved those “experts” wrong and recovered even better than you were before.
God bless you, sounds as though you’ve been “rewired!” The brain is a wonderful and mysterious organ and somehow finds ways of repairing itself, it finds new neural pathways.
Thanks for sharing that.