This entry is part 6 of 12 in the series Helena Helena Part Six - The first major step towards recovery for Helena was the neuropsychologist. She explains: That was a very, very good experience. He spent time with me beforehand. I went through this four or five hours over..
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This entry is part 5 of 12 in the series Helena Part Five Support – family, friends, church – is a critical element to recovery. Yet, love and care is not enough. Recovery requires professional treatment, or the equivalent, to enable a brain to reacquire the knowledge, the neural connections...
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This entry is part 4 of 12 in the series Helena Part Four One of the flaws in a system that pushes injured brain injury people out of the inpatient environment before recovery is well advanced, is that not everyone has a suitable place to go. As explained in the..
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This entry is part 3 of 12 in the series Helena Part Three – There is always sadness secondary to any serious injury or surgery, more so for someone with little family. Helena’s hospitalization was over the Christmas holidays. She explains: First of all this happened, because, because it happened..
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This entry is part 2 of 12 in the series Helena Part Two - In one of the great compliments that can be paid to anyone, Helena has lived an interesting life, the brain injury perhaps adding another diverse chapter to it. She was a twice divorced woman, with little..
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Traumatic Brain Injury Signature Wound of Iraq and Afghanistan The Los Angeles Times Sunday called tramatic brain injury (TBI) the “signature wound” of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with 130,000 troops suffering such brain damage. But hope — in the form of a better helmet — may be on the..
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This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series Helena Part One We have discussed in other stories the question of who survives. The story of Helena comes out strong on the side of the debate that the fundamental core person survives. For Helena, a professional musician and singer,..
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This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Gina Part Fourteen Gina is in a unique position to discuss the issue of advocacy after brain injury, particularly self-advocacy. She not only is a TBI survivor who has a background in insurance, she is a survivor who went back..
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This entry is part 13 of 14 in the series Gina Part Thirteen When evaluating frontal lobe dysfunction it is best to interview what is called a collateral source (friends/family members). Frontal lobe problems are not sensitive to neuropsychological testing, as such tests measure only narrow facets of brain function...
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This entry is part 12 of 14 in the series Gina Part Twelve - For Gina, like others we have interviewed (See Elizabeth story) conversation, empathy is much easier with fellow TBI survivors than with others. “I’ve gotten more empathy but it’s got to be people with brain injuries.” Another..
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