Rehabilitation on Sunnaas Hospital
Week 7 & 8 at Sunnaas: Coming to an end. Learning to fly (again)
The last week here at Sunnaas Hospital, a week where the focus has been on repetition, summarising and how to manage my everyday life when I'm back home.
Going through how the brain works and how different types of brain damage affect the cognitive functions has been a very good rehearsal at the end of the stay, now I understand this much better than at the beginning of the stay and I can relate my challenges to the things we talk about and better understand what I can do to compensate for them.
We talk about how brain damage can impact the memory function
All things come to an end, and so does my rehabilitation stay at Sunnaas hospital, there is a kind of sadness, but also many good feelings that I leave with.
When I arrived here in late November 2024, I was skeptical and confused, unsure of why I was here, who I was and what to expect.
This has changed, I now know why I needed to be here and I am so grateful that I was given this opportunity.
No, I'm not leaving here healed, I didn't get a new brain, I didn't get medicine, pills or other types of medication, but knowledge, knowledge about what has happened to me, knowledge about how a brain injury affects my everyday life, knowledge about how I I myself can take measures that give me a better everyday life with meaningful content.
Learned and found and understood the new me, put the puzzle of the new me together, understood that some blocks are missing and some have changed, but I am still me.
I have learned to fly, again, I have understood that the flock I flew with before has flown away from me and that I must find a new flock that understands the new me, that understands and accepts that I can fly, again, but that now I fly with a broken wing, that I don't fly as fast and high as before, but I fly again
Now i'm finished with the first part of my stay, will be back in about 6 months for a recap.
Looking back at my stay I will first say a big thanks to the staff at Sunnaas, they compassion and competence is just amazing, they rock.
when I came here I was confused, didn't know who I was, staying here has put my puzzle back together, taught me who I am and given me the tools to move on with my life, Sunnaas has taught me to fly again.
The combination of the highly competent staff and the social interaction with other patients who are in a similar situation has been the key for me to rise and fight again and for that I will always look back at the stay and be grateful for all it have given me.
Sunnaas Hospital, they learn people to fly, again. They Rock 🫶❤️ 🫶❤️