TBI and amnesia…I kept pushing the brain. I had been warned rest restores but I knew better. Thanks for Sharing Wendy. I treasure the rest periods now. 6 years with chronic fatigue for pushing the brain too hard means I value rest and you do. The prompts of the photos are brilliant. They make you feel involved and they give pleasure to people like me who have forgotten how to take photos. The rose, the colour, is an exact shade of rose in the home of my childhood, long gone, on the road to Tara Hill, Co. Meath. Thanks Wendy. I loved London too and the warmth comes back to me when I read what you write
I knew there’d be a price to pay for the busy weekend in London. I purposely didn’t stay in my hotel room if I didn’t have to, instead trundling the hot busy streets, so I’d have to concentrate; I’d have to use my tired brain constantly. If I’d have relaxed and closed my eyes dementia would have taken over there and then, so I wouldn’t have been at my best for the interviews and Mondays evening event. Yes I was exhausted, but the adrenaline rush from all the wonderful things just kept me going. That was, until I got home and could ‘go on’ no longer…….
I’d collapsed in bed earlier than usual the day I arrived back. I’d fallen asleep in front of the telly and had woken with a start of confusion as it was still daylight. But my eyes wouldn’t stay open. I kept feeling that strange…
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