Archive for May, 2011

Rangers Player, Convalescencing After A Concussion, Found Dead

Posted on May 14th, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Was New York Rangers hocky player Derek Boogaard’s death in any way linked to the concussion he sustained in December? You can bet that’s the question that’s in everyone’s mind after the news broke Friday that the 28-year-old was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment. An autopsy was set for today, Saturday...
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Assessing Frontal Lobe Function After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on May 14th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Assessing Frontal Lobe Function: Ian Part Eight One principal theory for assessing frontal lobe function is that the diagnostician cannot make those determinations based upon the word of the survivor, that “collateral witnesses” are necessary. While I don’t subscribe to that theory in totality, it is one of the reasons we..
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Frontal Lobe Functioning: The Most Difficult to Accommodate

Posted on May 13th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Frontal Lobe Functioning: Ian Part Seven While all brain injury problems impact a survivor’s life, frontal lobe deficits are often the most difficult to accommodate for and the hardest to measure, particularly through neuropsychological testing. One of the principle goals of the TBI Voices project is to focus our interview on..
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Years after TBI: Where is this Survivor Now?

Posted on May 12th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Years after TBI: Ian Part Six In this part we talked to Ian about where his life is now years after TBI.  He tells of being on disability and his limitations to this day years after TBI. We asked Ian what his life is like now years after TBI: I am..
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Neurological Problems: Ongoing Physical and Neuro Problems

Posted on May 11th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Neurological Problems: Ian Part Five Serious motor vehicle wrecks, often present with serious physical injuries that have there pathology outside the head. Thus, in any case with severe TBI (even without other physical injuries) there can be muscular and peripheral evidence of the injury. There may be some other neurological problems..
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Rehab for Severe Brain Injury and Neck Injury

Posted on May 10th, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices

Rehab for Severe Brain Injury: Ian Part Four Ian’s rehab for severe brain injury began in the hospital. He describes some of the things he remembers about rehab for severe brain injury: It had its ups and downs in there. There were some things in there that, I was like, “Oh,..
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TBI Accident: The Story of This Survivor Before His Accident

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

TBI Accident: Ian Part Three We asked Ian to tell us what life was like before the TBI accident. What was his family situation and what he did for a living. Hunting, fishing, dancing going to the bars, having fun. Married, two kids. One is 19 and the other one’s 14...
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Wakeup from Coma: The Waiting Game for Family/Friends

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

Wakeup from Coma: Ian Part Two Ian’s friend is one of those people whose loyalty was not tested but proven by adversity. He has been by Ian’s side since the wreck. He was there waiting for Ian to wakeup from coma.  He explains: I went there straightaway. The first three nights..
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Results Were Severe Brain Injury: A Missed Turn

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

Results Were Severe Brain Injury: Ian Part One Our next interview is with Ian and he talks about the accident which the results were severe brain injury that he was involved in.  This is how our interview came about: TBI Voices is a project that begins with our presenting Lethan Candlish’s..
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Brain Injured Self: Being at Peace with Herself

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

Brain Injured Self: Helena Concludes in Part Twelve The emotional loss after any brain injury can be the most devastating. With extraordinary people such as Helena and her brain injured self, that loss can be even more potentially catastrophic because so much of their self esteem has been tied to the..
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