Archive for March, 2011

This entry is part 2 of 8 in the series Fred Part Two   In the movies, the injured person simply wakes up, coherent, despite amnesia that might cover an entire lifetime. In the real world, a coma ends slowly, in stages, with the survivor opening eyes, with little or..
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This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Fred Part One by Attorney Gordon S. Johnson, Jr. Like our last story, two brain injuries, one mild, one severe.  But unlike the Elizabeth story, http://tbivoices.com/elizabeth1.php for Fred, the mild injury occurred first, a decade before the second.  On the..
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This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Elizabeth Part Ten – A Possible Explanation for the Puzzle   We began the Elizabeth story with the quandary as to how she could wind with so much more disability from a concussion than she had from an earlier..
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This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Part Nine While still largely a frontal lobe issue, her mood and social issues fit into a bit different category of pathology. Her moods swings are not only severe, but can be totally unpredictable. She explains: I can be..
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This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Part Eight As I have often said on TBI Voices and elsewhere “We learn to become adults in our frontal lobes.” With that being true, if frontal lobes are damaged, much of adult maturity, adult behaviors may be lost..
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This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Part Seven Her disability does not just eliminate her ability to work outside the home, but it also limits what she can do at home. She describes the housework and her responsibilities at home: Dishes, and a little at..
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This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Part Six - Regardless of which of her two injuries has left her disabled, there is not doubt that she has been left with a long list of cognitive complaints. She explains: With the way my injury ended, well..
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This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Part Five Elizabeth is a poster child as to how dangerous a second blow to the head can be for someone with a history of TBI. There are many reasons for this, but it largely comes down to the..
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This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Part Four As often happens, the employer sent Elizabeth back to work on a different job, even though she wasn’t ready to return to her previous job. There are significant incentives in the workers comp system to do this,..
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This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Elizabeth Part Three - At the time of her March of 2002 injury, Elizabeth was a happy, industrious woman, working and playing hard. She was 36. I could play volleyball. I used to be able to drive up north with..
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