Life after brain injury – one small victory at a time.
Quick summary: A medication mistake revealed that my problem was not simply forgetting tablets. I was losing my place in the sequence. A new pill organiser, bought for travel convenience, unexpectedly offered a simple solution: raising the next compartment so the organiser remembers the process when my brain cannot.
If you have just arrived at Half a Mind To, welcome.
This blog began as an attempt to document life after neurological injury. In 2008 I underwent treatment for a brain tumour. In 2024 I suffered a stroke. Together they left me dealing with a mixture of cognitive and physical challenges that are often difficult to explain to people who have not experienced them themselves.
Some of those challenges are obvious. Others are subtle. A task that appears simple from the outside may require a surprising amount of planning, memory, concentration or adaptation.
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