All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Elizabeth-Second Injury Contrast to Severe TBI

Posted on November 28th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

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-Severe and Mild TBI

Posted on November 27th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

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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Lori-Am I Brain Damaged?

Posted on November 19th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Part Twenty Twenty Eight -Lori tells us about her book Am I Brain Damaged? Am I Brain Damaged?  By LoriPurdy Faitel One month before I turned 25 years old, I was in a devastating car accident.  I was clinically dead 2 times, and then was kept alive on life support..
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Success in Recovery:The Thesis of a Survivors Story

Posted on November 16th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Success in Recovery: Lori Part Twenty Seven  – The Thesis of Her Story Now if I were going to write the thesis for your story of your success in recovery as to why you are here publishing books, you are able to do this interview so flawlessly and so interestingly, I..
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TBI Book: Authoring Your Own Story After TBI

Posted on November 15th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Book: Lori Part Twenty Six One way that Lori has helped her progress as far as conquering some of her issues is the TBI book that she wrote of her own experiences. So tell me about your TBI book.  So it’s called Am I Brain Damaged.  I self-published.  And..
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Fatigue After TBI and Other Sleep Issues

Posted on November 13th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Fatigue After TBI: Lori Part Twenty Five As many brain injury survivors, Lori has had some sleep and fatigue after TBI issues.  One that she talks about is a period when she didn’t dream. Let’s talk a little bit more about fatigue after TBI and sleep. You talked about this..
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With His TBI, Blake Geoffrion Should Run, Not Walk, Away From Hockey

Posted on November 12th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

University of Wisconsin graduate Blake Geoffrion, who plays hockey for the Hamilton (Ontario) Bulldogs, is recovering from a brain injury that nearly took his life last Friday. The aftermath of  Geoffrion’s TBI was outlined by USA Today Monday in a blog by sports writer Josh Cooper, and it doesn’t paint..
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Senility After TBI: Anxiety About the Risk

Posted on November 12th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Senility After TBI: Lori Part Twenty Three  It has long been suspected that brain injury accelerates age related cognitive decline including senility after TBI. The research is beginning to show that those who’ve had significant brain injuries when they were younger, are going to show signs of senility after TBI..
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Frontal Lobe Challenges After Severe Brain Injury

Posted on November 7th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Frontal Lobe Challenges After Severe Brain Injury: Lori Part Twenty One In each interview, we try to cover a series of questions about typical frontal lobe challenges that face survivors after brain injury.  A number of frontal lobe challenges had already come up in the interview, such as disinhibition and decision..
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Whiplash Because of Serious Motor Vehicle Wreck

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

Whiplash along with Headache Pain after TBI: Lori Part Twenty   In part twenty Lori and I talked about some of the other problems she has encountered since her accident such as the whiplash that has caused her other physical problems. Let’s talk about some basic things that I like to discuss..
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