Being Here: Words About Life and Living After Surviving a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

As a result of surviving a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the "cannots," "will nots," and "certainly nevers" well outnumbered everything else still in Jake's life. While having all the odds against him, but with the support of his family, Jake faced wall after wall of difficulties. Running into one of his emergency room (ER) doctors about six years after the accident, Jake was told in reference to his achievements after surviving his TBI that he was one in a billion. The ER doc went on to say another digit should be added to the billion for every notable achievement Jake makes in the future.

Starting in Jake's tough months of being an inpatient at the rehab, and covering the first twelve years post injury, this book uses Jake's life history as a foundation to inform the reader of Jake's findings, both in and out of the rehab, both in and out of school, and even includes his professional research findings on many different subjects involving surviving a TBI. While Jake's intentions are to help the reader keep her/his hope(s) alive and/or find the ability to overcome his or her own difficulties after surviving a TBI, or to help the families of survivors do the same. This book is also intended to be good for students or professionals in the field of treating those who have survived a TBI as well.