Archive for March, 2012

Natural Hormone Replacement for TBI: Stabilized Moods

Posted on March 6th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Natural Hormone Replacement for TBI: Kelly Part Twenty Seven In part twenty-seven Kelly and I talked about the importance of natural hormone replacement for TBI and how they help stabilize her moods. Are you taking any medications? Well, I’m taking cholesterol medication.  I’m taking antidepressant, one I chose for myself. So you..
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Difficulties with Noise after Brain Injury

Posted on March 5th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Difficulties with Noise after Brain Injury: Kelly Part Twenty Six While each TBI Voices story is unique, one of the purposes of this initiative was to describe in subjective terms, common deficits, so that the pattern of disability after brain injury could be best understood.  I turned my interview with Kelly..
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Sad Truth About TBI And Football: It’s The Game, Not the Concussions

Posted on March 4th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Evidence is piling up that concussions aren’t just caused by a one blow to the head, by can be the result of many hits over a period of time. A two-year study conducted by Purdue University supports what traumatic brain injury experts such as myself have been seeing anecdotally, as in..
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Education After Brain Injury:Education Is an End In Itself

Posted on March 2nd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Education After Brain Injury: Kelly Part Twenty Five Even though Kelly has never made a gainful living after her severe brain injury, it is worth stating that the cost of the education after brain injury she has received, is justified by the remarkable recovery she has had.  School is one of the..
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Keeping Jobs after TBI: Perseverance Doesn’t Equal Job after TBI

Posted on March 1st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Keeping Jobs after TBI: Kelly Part Twenty Four In our 21st Century world, a degree doesn’t equal competitive employment. It doesn’t help in keeping jobs after TBI. Kelly elaborates: So you’ve been working as a massage therapist for ten years now? Yes, I have.  Uh huh. Do you make a living?..
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