Archive for April, 2011

Brain Injury Survivor’s Tale of Adaptation and Success

Posted on April 9th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Survivor: Gina Part One One of the hot topic debates in brain injury circles has always been: Who is it that survives? Some brain injury survivor’s talk about the death of themselves and being reborn as a different person. I have always shied away from such characterizations, it is..
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Post Trauma of TBI- Believe in Nothing Short of a Miracle

Posted on April 8th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Post Trauma of TBI: Part Eight One of our primary goals in creating http://waiting.com and throughout TBI Voices is to speak up to help those families who are new to this crisis.  How to help them with the post trauma of TBI. Much of the motivation for http://waiting.com was summarized by..
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Previous Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: The Relevance Of

Posted on April 7th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Previous Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Fred Part Seven In our Elizabeth story, we discussed at length the cumulative impact of her second, mild TBI on her overall disability.  Elizabeth’s recovery from her severe TBI was progressing nicely until she suffered a concussion in a fall during her return to work. Since..
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Post Brain Injury Headaches, Neurological and Visual Problems

Posted on April 6th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Post Brain Injury Headaches: Fred Part Six Post Brain Injury Headaches.  Post Brain injury headache is probably the most common complaint after any head or brain injury, whether mild or severe post brain injury headaches.  Fred does have continuing but improving with his post brain injury headaches. He says regarding his..
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Recovery Post Brain Injury: Ten Months Later

Posted on April 5th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Recovery Post Brain Injury: Fred Part Five The only visible evidence of Fred’s injury is the trach scar. He was friendly, bright, thoughtful and appropriate in all of his responses, including showing subtle and appropriate humor. Based upon all prognosis guidelines, he has defied the odds of recovery post brain injury ...
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Coming Home after Severe Brain Injury after Leaving Rehab

Posted on April 4th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Coming Home after Severe Brain Injury: Fred Part Four Leaving rehab and coming home after severe brain injury  is always a mixed bag.  There is the joy of reunion, of return to normalcy, of release from an institution and just plain coming home after severe brain injury. Yet that is soon..
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Madden Video Game Will Offer A Lesson On Seriousness Of Concussions

Posted on April 3rd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

This may be the best way to get the message across to youths about the dangers of football and concussions: Say it via a video game. The newest version of the video game Madden NFL 12 will not only depict players sustaining concussions, it will show them being pulled off the field..
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Process of Recovering from Brain Injury

Posted on April 1st, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Process of Recovering from Brain Injury: Part Three Before we get into Fred’s process of recovering from brain injury, lets talk a little about who Fred was before his brain injury.  Before his accident, Fred was a high school graduate who hadn’t bothered with college, but was working fulltime. He describes..
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