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Zachary-Closing Thoughts on Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness

Gordon Johnson — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:43:04 +0000

This entry is part 36 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Thirty Six I always try to end the interviews with what do you want to say, what do you want to leave the people who’ve listened and read this far, or watched this far? What do you want to leave them [...]

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Zachary-Miracle Kid by Zachary Gauvin about His Brain Injury Recovery

Gordon Johnson — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:49:59 +0000

This entry is part 35 of 36 in the series Zachary Zach Part Thirty Five – “Miracle Kid” by Zach about his Brain Injury Recovery So, let’s talk specifically, about your book. You want to hold it up? Yes. So tell me about the book. My book is about my whole story that you just [...]

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Zachary-Brain Injury Support Thru Facebook and Blog

Gordon Johnson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:04:03 +0000

This entry is part 34 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Thirty Four You’ve done a lot with brain injury advocacy. How did that get started? Well, one day, well, I just (said to myself): Do I really want to pursue this dream of playing baseball, there was no promise of it ever happening. [...]

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Zachary-Food Is The Toughest Decision After Brain Injury

Gordon Johnson — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:01:43 +0000

This entry is part 33 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Thirty Three Do you have trouble making decisions? Sometimes. About what? Like, my biggest decision to make, the hardest one for me is what to eat for food. I never know. I stand in the kitchen and I’m just like, you know, and [...]

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Zachary-Anxiety Bigger Issue Than Mood After Severe Brain Injury

Gordon Johnson — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:16:04 +0000

This entry is part 32 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Thirty Two Do you have problems with depression? No. Not anymore. When did you have problems with depression? When I started drinking in college and – That period after you broke up with her? Yep, yeah. Well, actually that whole summer I was [...]

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Zachary-Frontal Lobe Deficits Not Apparent After Severe Brain Injury

Gordon Johnson — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:16:48 +0000

This entry is part 31 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Thirty One It is difficult to assess frontal lobe deficits in survivors without collateral interviews, as one of the most prevalent frontal lobe deficits is insight into those deficits. Many of our interviews have included interviews of family members or friends, to help [...]

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Zachary-Cognitive Recovery From TBI Allows For White Collar Work

Gordon Johnson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:38:27 +0000

This entry is part 30 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Thirty Have you ever had a job that was a cognitively challenging job, where you had to think and, and use your brain? Well, this past summer I was working in a warehouse and it was full time. I’d read each UPC and [...]

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Zachary-Good Brain Injury Recovery to Do Physical Jobs

Gordon Johnson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:02:31 +0000

This entry is part 29 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty-Nine Now, you mentioned work. Are you working? I am working, but I am kind of out of work right now. What was the first job you had after the wreck? Well, the very first job was working with my uncles landscaping [...]

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Zachary: Dealing with Fatigue After Severe Brain Injury

Gordon Johnson — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:25:12 +0000

This entry is part 28 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty- Eight Now, one of the other topics that I like to talk about with most people is fatigue. And I saw that you had a heading on your web page about fatigue. (Click here for Zach’s brain injury fatigue tips.) http://supportforbraininjuries.wordpress.com/category/fighting-fatigue/ Yes. [...]

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Zachary: Post Traumatic Headaches

Gordon Johnson — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:09:24 +0000

This entry is part 27 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty Seven In our previous part, we explored Zach’s premorbid history of migraines. His headaches now are different. You still get headaches. Now I do. Yeah, I get really bad ones. Tell me about the worst headache you’ve had in the last couple [...]

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Zachary-Headaches Different Than Before Brain Injury

Gordon Johnson — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:45 +0000

This entry is part 26 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty Six Understanding the roll that headaches play in Zach’s continuing challenges is complicated that he had a significant headache problem before he got hurt. It is significant to explore Zach’s pre-injury migraines. To start with, it is important to compare the nature [...]

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Zach-Left Sided Neglect Impacts Running After Brain Injury

Gordon Johnson — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:11:47 +0000

This entry is part 25 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty Five I’d like to try to cover a series of issues or symptoms with each interview, so we have some consistency. One of the goals in doing this is to create a database of how people are in the real world, [...]

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Zachary-Dating and Social Life After Severe Brain Injury

Gordon Johnson — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:06:35 +0000

This entry is part 24 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty Four – Dating and Social Life After Severe Brain Injury Were you on medication in that first year after your accident? No. I assume you had some pain meds when you had the foot surgery. Maybe. I feel they gave them [...]

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Zachary -Alcohol No Answer in Filling TBI Relationship Gap

Gordon Johnson — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:30:42 +0000

This entry is part 23 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty Three When you break up, now you’re a sophomore, beginning of your sophomore year. Yes. Do you try to replace her in your life or do you just go on with whatever? Yeah, I do. I try to replace her with alcohol. [...]

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Zachary-Severe Brain Injury Hampered Relationships

Gordon Johnson — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:43:08 +0000

This entry is part 22 of 36 in the series Zachary Part Twenty Two What is it like socially in college for you? Its like this, I would go to a party and I would try to like hang out with some friends, go to a party, I did have some friends. So I’d go [...]

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