My Experience After a Traumatic Brain Injury - Why the BIC?

WHY THE BIC?

The Brain Injury Connection (BIC) was founded because of the stories I heard from my brain injury support group peers and my own personal experience after a traumatic brain injury (TBI).  My experience with the neurologist I saw after I hit my head; the outpatient psychologist I had two visits with prior to my brain injury to help me cope with a stressful job situation; and the outpatient psychiatrist who medicated me for major depression were not only not helpful but made things worse.

I am committed to do something to help educate about brain injury and help those affected by brain injury.  It’s apparent to me that many primary care physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers don’t understand the long term sequelae of brain injury.  I am still angry about what happened because of the Neurologist's incompetence, insensitivity, and ignorance who was on call the day I was transferred from the Trauma Center at my HMO.  My goal is to turn that anger in to something constructive and work to build the BIC organization to ensure that what happened to me doesn't happen to others.

Read my vision to learn more about how I’d like to see the BIC serve the acquired brain injury community.

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