This entry is part 12 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Thirteen By Attorney Gordon Johnson What were your biggest obstacles to success in your return to work? Memory and pain. Memory and pain and fatigue, and I’m sure there were other ones too. What were the memory problems..
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Giant Fan Suffered Brain Damage at Dodger Game Sometimes, it looks like justice has a chance of prevailing. I hope this is so in the case of Bryan Stow. Stow, in case you don’t remember, is a San Francisco Giants fan who was brutally beaten at Dodger Stadium in Los..
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New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard, who was put out of commission in December after suffering a concussion, died of an accidental overdose of the pain killer oxycodone and alcohol, according to authorities. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/21/sports/hockey/boogaard-died-from-mix-of-alcohol-and-oxycodone.html?_r=1&ref=sports Boogaard, a feared player, was discovered dead in his Minneapolis apartment May 13. He was 28. His family..
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This entry is part 11 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Twelve By Attorney Gordon Johnson It is clear that but for the commitment of his friend to find him work it would have taken him a much longer time to get reemployed. More significantly, had he not had..
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This entry is part 10 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Eleven By Attorney Gordon Johnson In Part Nine we talked about the frustration and fatigue that Jeremiah went through preparing himself for returning to work. That struggle was worth it as Jeremiah did return to engineering in September..
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This entry is part 9 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Ten By Attorney Gordon Johnson One of the problems after severe brain injury is that the caregiver role becomes the role of the coach, the parent, the evil therapist role. This is true especially early in rehab, and..
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This entry is part 8 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Nine By Attorney Gordon Johnson Jeremiah explained the only way to overcome the frustration and fatigue of brain injury recovery was through desire. Yet the problem with relying on a survivor’s innate desire is that motivation is one..
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This entry is part 7 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Eight By Attorney Gordon Johnson Jeremiah was an engineer before his brain injury, as he says: “still an engineer.” That identity as a professional is clearly important in retaining his sense of self after his coma injury. He..
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This entry is part 7 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Seven By Attorney Gordon Johnson One of the strengths of the TBI Voices approach to documenting the disability and ability of brain injury is that the reader/user is not limited to our written descriptions of the each survivor’s..
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This entry is part 6 of 20 in the series Jeremiah Part Six By Attorney Gordon Johnson The uninitiated think of TBI as a cognitive disorder, but it is far more than that. Some portion of brain controls everything that we do, including all motor activities. A significant proportion of..
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