All posts in 'TBI Voices'

Zachary-Closing Thoughts on Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness

Posted on April 12th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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

Posted on April 10th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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Zachary-Brain Injury Support Thru Facebook and Blog

Posted on April 9th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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Zachary-Food Is The Toughest Decision After Brain Injury

Posted on April 8th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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Zachary-Anxiety Bigger Issue Than Mood After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on April 5th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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Zachary-Frontal Lobe Deficits Not Apparent After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on April 3rd, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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Zachary-Cognitive Recovery From TBI Allows For White Collar Work

Posted on April 2nd, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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...
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Zachary-Good Brain Injury Recovery to Do Physical Jobs

Posted on April 1st, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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Zachary: Dealing with Fatigue After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on March 28th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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Zachary: Post Traumatic Headaches

Posted on March 22nd, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

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..
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