People who knew me before I experienced my head-injury and haven't seen me for some years often ask, ‘Are you really alright now?’ ‘Yes,’ I say—and watch them trying to hide their scepticism. I can read their thoughts: ‘Poor dear, she's still in denial.’ And I understand why. If the families and carers of people who suddenly acquire a traumatic brain injury turn to the contemporary literature on the subject, they are given pretty uncompromising advice. For example, Kay and Lezak (1990), admired authorities in the field, claim to debunk the ten myths of recovery. ‘We avoid phrases such as “recovery after head-injury”,’ they write. ‘Almost never does a patient “recover”; the residual deficits are usually significant and permanent … we prefer to speak in terms of hope for as much improvement as possible, to build in realistic expectations from the beginning.’
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