Hi,
My mother had the same thing happen to her… she slowly regained some of her memory back a little at a time, it took time, she went through therapy, and actually lived in a group home for people with head trauma(s) for a short while so she could regain function of how to get back into the world to remember how to function to do noramal activities of daily living. She never fully regained her memory still to this day, and was not able to return to work she was put on disability due to her accident, but for the most part her memory is “pretty well”.
She lives with my familly now I care for her, she can not live alone, but she has momnets of memory loss, of course it is normal, each person is different depending, and she seems to forget more recent activities and remembers her past better, funny how that works…
But nevertheless, she has regained whom we are, which she forgot completley- she can remember alot now, she does need some memory “jogging” but that is normal, I know it is difficult, but hopefully over time your mother will to regain most of her’s as well.
Brain trauma is a hard thing to deal with, for her very hard to see that life will change as well, and work, bing so dependant, especially for someone whom has worked for so many years and being so able to do so, it is hard to “let go” of this… It is a struggle, just be there for her, try to remind her as best you can, simple things, and give it time.
My prayers are with you both.
God bless.