Brain Injury Living with Mild Brain Injury, a memoir Through this book, the reader gains an appreciation of the confusion experienced by many brain injury survivors, which sheds light on why some may develop unusual behaviour or mental health issues, and how such issues can be alleviated.
About Polly O'Connor What is PKU? “I have inherited a mutated gene meaning my body cannot produce a particular enzyme which breaks down an essential amino acid. ...Ultimately too much protein in my food can lead to brain damage.”
About Polly O'Connor Polly's brain injury - "A caver-what now?!" the fifth CT scan showed a cavernous hemangioma, also known as a cavernoma...and to vestibular migraines. In layman's terms there had been a bleed in the brain which led to horrible cycles of migraines causing severe dizziness and the dizziness causing yet more migraines.
