About Where Did My Brain Go?:
In 1986, a broken traffic signal changed everything.
A pickup truck hit me at 50 mph. I woke from a five-day coma with a mangled knee and a wired jaw. But the worst damage was invisible.
Nobody realized my brain was injured for nine years: until someone heard me screaming in my sleep and asked, “Have you ever hit your head?”
That question started my long recovery.
Doctors performed hours of scans and tests, then prescribed stupefying pills. Psychiatrists convinced me to apply for Medicaid to pay for these tests. Social workers reinforced the same message by proposing more services and searching for additional benefits.
One surgeon gave me back my ability to walk. One social worker helped me escape the disability trap.
Where Did My Brain Go? is a gripping, courageous, and inspiring memoir about rebuilding a life after devastating injury. It proves that recovery is possible when you refuse to give up.
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Author Bio:
Mitchell D. Miller is a programmer, writer, and traumatic brain injury survivor living in Florida. In 1986, a pickup truck bent his leg backward, ripped up his diaphragm, broke his jaw and left him in a coma for five days. Mitchell only needed a few days in hospitals. But he needed nine years to understand what happened to him.
His memoir Where Did My Brain Go? reveals how he escaped the “disability trap” to become Lead Developer at a tech startup that briefly had more users than Facebook. Mitchell is not concerned that he cannot remember what he ate for breakfast. But sometimes he worries about red tide and polar bears while he rides his bicycle around Tampa Bay, Florida.