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  Well, it wouldn’t be the same without some musical reference!   I’m not concerned here, with the name of the band.   What is relevant though, is the album title...   ...Eponymous ...because this post is   about my blog!   It is post number 100, so I ought to mark the occasion, by making it the  star of show !   Posts are usually motivated by a then recent, event...and what could be more recent, than what I am typing, right now?   Of course I   write this blog,  so no need to report the fact that I am doing so!   What I am going to cover here, is the question of  why do I write and publish it?   In short, there are 2 significant reasons...   Let’s start with what I hope it provides  to readers:   First...   I’m trying to assist the wider brain injury community (both fellow survivors, and those who provide them with formal or informal care).   As I’ve previously mentioned, I spend a lot of tim...
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“Though my mind is quite flexible, These brittle bones don’t bend”   Jimmy Buffet (1981)   ...and the title of the song from which these lyrics are taken, is perfectly applicable to me...   “Growing Older but Not Up”     As usual, the motivation behind this post is a recent event... In this case,  an appointment with a podiatrist.   In the treatment of an infection, a significant part of my toenail was removed. A concern about the possibility of another toe having been fractured, was also expressed. Mercifully that hasn’t proved to be the case. It would however have been a real example of an unbending  “brittle bone”   In the accident, in addition to bumping my head, I fractured my back, neck, and arm. In the years prior to that time, I have also managed to break quite a few other bones.   The second line of the opening quotation, is most definitely, true!   “What on earth has this got to do with brain injury?”   Read on, regar...
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  “No, you can’t always get what you want”   The Rolling Stones (1969)   Well, I most certainly  wanted  this...     ...and indeed, I got it!   “You can’t  always  get what you want” is not the same as saying “you  never  get what you want.   That said, the quoted lyric, will often ring true!   By way of a relatively unimportant (but recent) example:   Having acquired that lovely Gibson Les Paul, I decided that it needed a (very expensive!) Vox valve amplifier to go with it...   Now, it’s not that I needed another guitar amp. I just felt that the new guitar warranted a significant upgrade.   Of course, the pictured amplifier, would have been such a thing.   In a sense therefore, this is another thing that I  wanted.   BUT   Maybe my existing amplifier is perfectly  good enough,  and there isn’t, any need to spend an extra £  enormous !   On, gratefully received, a...
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  “When I get older, losing my hair Many years from now” I beg to differ...   First, I’ve been “losing my hair” for quite some time now!   As for getting “older”, well...   ...hardly, “many years from now”!   I haven’t quite reached 64, but I’m well on my way!   Last month saw my 60 th  birthday!   As you can imagine, it was an eventful time, and it is worth making a few mentions of various birthday related happenings.   This is primarily a  “what I’ve been up to”  kind of post.   BUT   There is (as usual) a bit of  underlying brain injury stuff .  Nothing new, but it struck me as worthwhile to include it, in order further to contextualise, some earlier references to the issue.   First, on the day itself, I went out for lunch with 12 family members.   It  was a lovely excursion , and I’m very grateful for everyone being there. Special thanks are due to my children and grandchildren, who all ma...
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