Elizabeth Concludes with – The Puzzle of Mild TBI http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/puzzle-of-disability-from-the-milder-tbi/ Elizabeth’s story exemplifies the all too common occurrence of a second less severe injury (i.e., concussion) producing a greater disability than an earlier more severe brain injury (i.e., coma and brain surgery). This segment explores possible explanations. Elizabeth’s..
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Elizabeth Part Nine – Mood and Social Challenges After Traumatic Brain Injury http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/elizabeth-part-nine-mood-and-social-challenges/ In this segment Elizabeth describes her mood swings which are frequent and unpredictable. A look or word from someone which she doesn’t understand can set her off. Her husband corroborates that she becomes easily frustrated...
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Elizabeth Part 8 – Frontal Deficits After Brain Injury Since much of our frontal lobe development happens in teenage/early adult years, adult behaviors are often impacted when frontal lobe injury occurs. Although Elizabeth describes her cognitive knowledge to be like an eighth grader, this also pertains to her ability to..
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Elizabeth Part 7 – Challenges of Running a Home After TBI Elizabeth’s discusses the challenges her brain injury poses to her responsibilities at home. These include taking longer to do certain tasks, making accommodations for doing the laundry to avoid going up and down stairs, difficulty with organization and finding..
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Elizabeth Part Six – Memory and Cognitive Challenges Elizabeth discusses her challenges related to memory and understanding. Listening is much harder than talking since it requires keeping focused and trying to understand what is being said. Often, something has to be said multiple times for her to finally understand it...
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Elizabeth Part Five – Balance Difficulties After TBI Elizabeth is a prime example of the cumulative effects of additional head trauma, even injuries classified as “mild TBIs”. Even conservative medical professionals in the field of neuropsychiatry acknowledge a prolonged recovery and lasting deficits which can result from a second or..
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Elizabeth Part Four – Successful Return to Work After Severe Brain Injury Although Elizabeth was not able to perform her previous duties at the end of her therapy, her employer sent her back to work doing another job. This is a common practice in workman’s comp cases since the person..
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Elizabeth Part Three – Treatment for Severe Brain Injury In this segment, Elizabeth describes her life prior to her severe brain injury and then talks about the treatment and rehab she received after her injury. Elizabeth was 36 and describes herself as a hard-working, fun-loving person. She worked at..
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Elizabeth Part Two Elizabeth suffered a second, seemingly mild, brain injury three years after her first injury. After clocking out from her job one day in March of 2005, conditions were slippery when walking to her truck; Elizabeth fell and once again hit her head. Unlike her first injury, she..
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Elizabeth Part One Although one might reason that a more significant brain injury is harder to recover from than a less severe injury, this is not always the case. Elizabeth suffered from both a major brain injury involving coma and brain surgery and what is commonly referred to as a..
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