Leuty Parker

Tag: #braininjury

  • Because AI is so woke right now

    You’ve likely noticed I’ve shared plenty of posts about AI, it’s a key part of my niche, blending fashion with technology alongside content on health maintenance (diabetes and TBI). This post continues that focus, while also keeping readers up to date with developments from a more professional perspective.

    Speculation has increasingly shaped global markets since the 1980s, as investors discovered that hype can generate greater returns than underlying business performance. This dynamic fuelled a series of boom-and-bust cycles — from the dot-com era to cryptocurrencies, NFTs and now AI — with AI investment currently driving much of the recent growth in the S&P 500. Yet, like previous speculative waves, signs suggest the AI surge may also be vulnerable to correction, even as investors begin searching for the next trend to replace it.

  • Jimmy Choo

    Go big, or go home. Splashing out on a pair of premium, fabulous shoes makes you paranoid to to damage them.

    When you’re learning to walk, you’re likely to damage them.

    So my thoughts are, investing in a pair of Jimmy Choo FLAT pumps has exponentially improved my walking.

    Well worth investing in my wellbeing; probably not the main intention behind this design.

  • Similarly

    https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/mar/28/my-brain-after-the-rupture-review-clemency-burton-hill-documentary?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

    Appears when you come so close to not existing, the motivation to be extraordinary strong.

    Seems other of my brain damaged peers seem to have this trait; but everyone wants to be an outsider.

    This want turns into main priority after your brain is broken. Everything is pushed into a less important spot.

    Not so easy to see…

    But here, people glorify those who have “got to the top”. They don’t realise when you go lower than bottom, making your way back to “normal”, is of equal distance. And takes as much energy.

  • Future Directions

    If you’ve been following my blog (or even seen some posts) you might have understood that I HATE being out of work.

    Aside from lack of income, the main issue was lack of direction. Lack of objective. Most mornings, I’d wake, and think “there’s no reason for me to get out of bed”.

    So, both wishing to make others’ who are in my position’s life’s easier (grammar?), along with something to actually do, I started this blog.

    As well, it has clarified where my priorities are. What I find important. What makes me, me.

    The amount of tumult in spells of posting frequently, to nothing for weeks, helped me realise that this is perhaps, more of a recreation activity.

    BUT…..

  • Rebuilt

    A common symptom of a brain injury, is loss of memory. With this, you loose your identity. So, to find my baseline identity, I call it my “essence”, I have a method to alleviate this:

    If you (or I) were to choose ONE item to signify/resemble my identity, what would it be?

    This can be something you already own, or something you could buy.

    It does take some effort to know yourself that well…

    I’ll give you an example:

    Mine would be the high heel shooe

    Objectively, it oozes fermenting (whether a man or a woman wearing it). It looks good on any outfit.

    Subjectivity, it makes me feel more confident, sexy, powerful, committed to achieve this wanted skill, attention grabbing (sadly, I’m learning at present, so bad attention in fear I’ll fall).

    So after much training, I’m actually rather good at walking (gym treadmill = 1km L3) so now for the next “step”….

    The heels

  • Motivational speach

    This picture can embellish “passion for fashion”.

    After going to the gym most days, ever overstepping the limits, not only did I learn to walk using @neurophysio work out route, I presented a lecture at @SHIF in my high heels (seen below).

  • Persuasion

    Everything relies on convincing the other party to take your choice.

    Having the stats, arguments and pros/cons are great. But the real killer is….

    Emotion.

    Empathy really will hit it where it hurts for them. To make them view it from your perspective.

    Or even better: pity.

    “Oh, woe is me. (In my case;) I have a 24 year career of type 1 diabetes. AND had a brain injury in 2019. This meant me having to relearn the ability to talk, remember, listen, read, write and walk”

    Little is it apparent I’m not doing this though :

  • All the Things I’ve Learned…

    The brain injury is like a second life… for me, Ii had to relearn how to: talk, remember, read, write, learn and walk.

    My writing near the beginning after it happened.

    A more tricky thing (which many people without brains injury) was managing my diabetes. With help of Freestyle Libre

    On my arm

    And both starting & completing my MBA.

    As redesigning my personality, heels have been a BIG part of my adult life, making me feel confident, sexy, feminine… so far my next trick…

    Every day

  • USPs

    So far a while, I put my blog in my routine. I was diligent on posting every day. To build a routine including it, being a way to help me get through my brain injury; a certain time endocrined in my routine. That’s how our brains work; having a time that you are meant to do certain things.

    Don’t you remember in school you had a time for a certain class.

    My blog became less important as other things gained more of my attention, but i want to return to blogging more often as it’s a way to regain my routine. It is something that can help my memory & an introduction to working life.

    Also a way to help/inspire others in my position. So I have to set a theme of this blog, well it’d be like meeting me digitally.

    But as for the theme I have to decide who my target market would be & work out what my USPs are (USP=Unique Selling Point). I think you can probably work out who I’m aiming to read this from what my USPs are, but I’m pretty sure none of my readers are stupid. So here we go;

    I am recovering from a brain injury. Attended @headway for a short time, however I mainly went to use their gym.

    I’m leaning to walk. All of my walking progress is down to my private physio sessions. Done through @neurophysio.

    I’m in care in @leonardchesire in #edinburgh where I live.

    I’m working to commit my leisure time partially to this #blog.

    I’m currently doing an MA in business and management at @uclan

    I have #diabetes. diabetes mellitus, so type 1. A lot of my content may be targeted to the diagnostic community.

    While being vain, I have a fair amount of social capital (those who know me in person can vouch for that).

    I’m fairly #errodite. Into #randomfacts

    I studied #faskiondesignanddevopment at @lcf in London

  • How it happened

    I’ve already done a post on this, but it’s a good introduction to my blog & pretty important to me. So here we go…

    Why I started this blog was to tell my story & to help others in my situation… or make more people aware of how brain injury affects one’s life. So this is how I got my brain injury & details about the what specific bits of my brain were broken ….

    I had a TBI (traumatic brain injury) when I fell off a motorbike in Vietnam & hit my head.

    As I fell from the motorbike, I would have hit my head at such speed my brain bounced around my skull. Like it’s been shaken dramatically outside, so effectively effects the inside of the scull.

    My brain rapidly shifted inside my scull, causing more damage to several areas. It isn’t known what the Glasgow coma scale I was, but they think around 3… or 2… or 1….

    GCS is how impaired someone’s consciousness is. It ranges from 1-15, where 1 is pretty much dead. It is rated on 3 aspects revolving around responsiveness: whether the patient can open their eyes, how well their motor skills are (this maybe testing them with pain) & visual responsiveness.

    This is what medically happened to me (if you’re in the medical profession, I hope you’re impressed):

    There was a diffused amoxyl injury. Intervertebral& a ventricular bleed. In the scull the c7 spinousg process tip fractured. Bleeds caused damage to my optical nerve, so I’m blind in my right eye.

    Edited, now some years later. When I can see all the grammatical errors…. A beautiful reflection of how life should be; every day, a little bit less bad.