TBI Voices

Leisure Activities after TBI: Part Twenty-One Leisure Activities after TBI have changed for Quinn. He was at one time a hockey player and then a hockey referee. He does not believe that he will skate again but he does want to ski as one of his Leisure Activities after TBI. Do you use..
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Appreciation for Spouse after Brain Injury: QuinnPart Twenty-Two I wanted to get a contrast of Quinn’s sports memory to his functioning in other areas. Ironically, he responded completely off topic, to something he found far more central to his struggles since his injury, his appreciation for spouse after brain injury:..
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Brain Injury Impacts Spousal Relationship: Quinn Part Twenty-Three With many brain injury survivors that are in a relationship, brain injury impacts spousal relationship. His wife also felt a shift in the role she played as a spouse, especially in the early stages of his returning home. Quinn’s Wife Tells Her Side of..
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Tangible TBI Deficits: Quinn Part Twenty-Four Quinn Part Twenty Four  –  Further Recovery Leaves Tangible TBI Deficits   In our previous part, Quinn’s wife describes how time and the ability to return to his normal depression meds had helped him return to a more normal function. Yet tangible TBI deficits remain: Has..
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TBI Fatigue and Mood Issues: Quinn Part Twenty-Five In our last part, we discussed the changed dynamic from lover to caregiver that causes so much friction in marriages after severe brain injury.  Quinn’s wife continued to search for explanations of TBI fatigue and mood issues and how they go together: You’re..
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Disinhibition after Severe Brain Injury: Quinn Part Twenty-Six Quinn still suffers from the frontal lobe issue and and executive functioning issue of disinhibition after severe brain injury. We’ve covered a number of executive functioning and frontal lobe issues in our conversation but we haven’t specifically addressed them in a more systematic..
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Decision Making After Severe TBI: Quinn Part Twenty-Seven I turned to a discussion of Quinn’s frontal lobe issues with his wife.  Some frontal lobe issues such as decision making after severe TBI: You said he had a child-like dependency when he came home.  Is that less than it was? Less so..
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Time Management Deficits after Brain Injury: Quinn Part Twenty-Eight Executive functions can be thought of as the brain CEO, the manager of the brain’s resources.  Foremost among managing those resources, is time management deficits after brain injury.  I asked Quinn’s wife about this: Time management deficits after brain injury is a gigantic problem. ..
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Reduced Initiative after Severe TBI: Quinn Part Twenty-Nine Quinn and I discussed some of the issues he was having with reduced initiative after severe TBI and some examples of this: Do you have difficulty completing a task?  Sometimes yes. Examples of Reduced Initiative after Severe TBI Can you give me an example? ..
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Fatigue and Sleep after TBI:Part Thirty Quinn and I discussed his fatigue and sleep after TBI and some of the issues that fatigue and sleep after TBI cause him in his everyday life. We’re almost finished.  We’ve been doing this a long time.  I haven’t asked you about fatigue and sleep after..
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