All posts tagged 'brain injury'

Returning to Work Post Brain Injury: Learning to Put Things on Hold

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

Returning to Work Post Brain Injury: Lori Part Nineteen  Let’s go back to going returning to work post brain injury. You’d worked for the Board of Realtors for four years, and you’ve had increasing responsibilities.  You said that you were hoping to get a degree.  What was it like returning to work..
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Anti-Stroke Drug Pradaxa Linked to Hundreds of Bleeding Deaths

Posted on November 3rd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Some might say that logic dictates you don’t allow a company to put a drug on the market that doesn’t have an antidote, or has been linked to hundreds of deaths. But that is not what the Food and Drug Administration said about Pradaxa on Friday. Pradaxa, produced by the..
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Sexuality after Frontal Lobe Injury and Wedding Day

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

 Sexuality after Frontal Lobe Injury: Lori Part Eighteen   In our previous blog, Lori’s discussed the difficult task of navigating sexuality after frontal lobe injury. Thank you for your honesty about what is one of the most complicated parts of recovering from a brain injury, and it’s especially complicated because sexuality..
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Australian Jockey Darren Beadman Retires Because Of TBI

Posted on October 30th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

I am usually writing about brain-injury cases that involve sports such as football and hockey, or car accidents. This is the first time I recall writing about a jockey. Darren Beadman, a renowned 46-year-old Australian jockey, has told the media that his riding career is over because of head injuries..
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Sexuality After Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on October 26th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Sexuality After Traumatic Brain Injury: Lori Part Seventeen   One of the areas that’s most affected by brain injury is the disconnection between a physical response and an intimate response.  There is also a very strong impulsivity issue that impacts sexuality.  We first learn the word inhibited in the context of..
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Sexual Desire after Severe Brain Injury and Misinterpretations

Posted on October 25th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Sexual Desire after Severe Brain Injury: Lori-Part Sixteen  We continued to talk about Lori’s sexual desire after severe brain injury and how easy it is or brain injury survivors to misinterpret their feelings. If  you don’t mind talking about this further, let me ask you about a couple issues.  There is..
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Romance Difficulties after Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on October 24th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Romance Difficulties after Traumatic Brain Injury: Lori Part Fifteen The relationship you have with your now husband is really a quite remarkable story in overcoming the romance difficulties after traumatic brain injury in that you had a mature relationship, that was probably evolving into a marriage in a year or two,..
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Severe Brain Injury Changes In Appearance

Posted on October 23rd, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

 Severe Brain Injury Changes In Appearance: Lori Part Fourteen Lori and I talk about the severe brain injury changes in appearance which often happens to anyone with traumatic brain injury. Now you are still an attractive woman even with your severe brain injury changes in appearance.  Thank you. And I..
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The Brain-Injured And Their Families Are Sought For Survey

Posted on October 22nd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Here is an opportunity for those who have sustained brain injury to provide feedback about their experiences and needs. The Brain Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine is doing  research on brain-injury information distribution and the educational needs of survivors of brain injury and..
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How Fungal Meningitis Kills Your Brain, And You

Posted on October 19th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Last time I looked, and this number has been tragically growing, 19 people had died from fungal meningitis after receiving shots of a contaminated steroid manufactured by New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. The steroid was tainted by a fungus. If you want a detailed description and explanation of what..
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