Introduction

Heading into the 21st century, Jack determined to do what he could to offer an account of his experiences -- with life after TBI, and with the medical community -- to the outside world. He tasked his staff with interviewing him and organizing the information in his copious files, in order to present it as a book for interested readers.

The result -- still in progress, and published here on the Web as chapters become available -- is called simply Jack's Book. Part memoir, part exposé, Jack's Book is meant to be a personal and enduring resource for sufferers of traumatic brain injury, their caregivers, and indeed anyone interested in this life-changing condition... and in the state of managed health care in 21st-century America.

To navigate through the contents of Jack's Book:

• Chapter numbers on this page link you to the indicated chapter.
• Links at the top and bottom of each chapter's page lead to the previous and next chapters, as well as back to this table of contents.

Chapter Description Prologue Derby Day, 1989. A wedding. A simple cross-town drive. An appointment in Samarra. And a life forever altered. 1 TBI shows me the first ominous signs of what's to come. And I have yet another wreck -- this one, the first of many with the medical community.

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