After a person experiences a brain injury, it is not uncommon to hear them complain about balance and vision issues. That became the cases for a Minnesota woman who said that specialized glasses ended suffering that went on for years. Liz Renner, a familiar patient at the Hennepin County Medical Center, said that she had been walking across a street when a pickup truck hit her. The incident occurred more than 16 years before, but it left her with a lifelong struggle.
While Renner does not remember a lot, the accident left her with a broken back, hip and a brain injury. Renner could not walk, and she needed to learn again. She said that waking up after you have a head injury is a very distressing thing that a person can experience. You have certain tasks that you took for granted before that have now become difficult. In addition, some of the things that used to be your greatest strengths can turn into a huge weakness after a TBI.
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Since that was a necessary requirement to do the job, she could no longer do that type of work. Renner stated that it sometimes takes her a few tries before she can even get her key into the lock. Because of the brain injury, all of Liz Renner's plans changed. She says that she became more sensitive than what she had been in the past. While she did not necessarily become more sensitive to the world she found herself in. Renner spoke about how she started to feel choked up while reading or listening to a musical piece that struck her as particularly beautiful. In addition, she has become much less shy than what she had been before. Because of her TBI, she had to learn about who she was for the second time, and she had to discover what she would and would not be capable of