All posts tagged 'severe brain injury'

Return To Work After Brain Injury:Only Bright Spot

Posted on January 3rd, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Return to Work After Brain Injury: Craig Part Ten  Craig talks about his return to work after brain injury, his trials on keeping his marriage together and the rehabilitation plan.   So in that period of time in between three weeks and three months, the only treatment you were getting..
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TBI Marital Problems: Marital Help Fell Thru Cracks

Posted on January 2nd, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Marital Problems: Craig Part Nine  To say that Craig’s TBI marital problems are a familiar story to me understates, the significance of that issue in my career. The first brain injured clients were not personal injury cases, but severe brain injury survivors who had been charged with domestic violence...
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Going Home After TBI: Only Vague Memories of Going Home

Posted on December 31st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Going Home After TBI: Craig Part Eight   In Part Eight, Craig tells us about his experience with going home after TBI.  He has very little memory of this and what he does have is vague. Difficulties with Going Home After TBI Let’s get a sense of time.  You are..
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TBI Seizures: Diagnosed with Severe TBI with Seizures

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

TBI Seizures: Craig Part Seven  Craig tells us about the TBI seizures he suffered in which the medical staff misdiagnosed and called them “shakes” such as in Parkinson’s Disease.   Have you ever gone back to look at your hospital records before your initial hospitalization and those re-admissions?  Yeah, I..
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Suicidal Side Effects of Medications Prescribed

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

 Suicidal Side Effects of Medication: Craig Part Six Craig continues his story talking about the suicidal side effects of the medications that were prescribed to him by his doctor. He explains that his doctor was just trying to help but didn’t understand brain injury so he prescribed psychotropic drugs which..
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Before Traumatic Brain Injury: Who Was this TBI Survivor

Posted on December 21st, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Before Traumatic Brain Injury: Craig Part Four   Craig shares with us on who he was before traumatic brain injury and the dramatic changes in his life from before traumatic brain injury to after. At three weeks they think you’re stable enough to go home?  Yes. But you don’t stay..
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Frontal Lobe Damage: Drifting In and Out of Coma

Posted on December 20th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Frontal Lobe Damage: Craig Part Three  Craig Talks about the part of the brain that was damaged that caused his coma that he drifted in and out of.  In his case it was frontal lobe damage. What part of your brain did you injure?  What was the nature of your..
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Brain Injury Survival: Early Morning Drunk Collides with Family

Posted on December 18th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Brain Injury Survival: Craig Part Two    While this interview will delve into more than just the story of brain injury survival, it will evolve from the foundation of our normal interview approach: The Story of Craig’s Brain Injury Survival Caused by a Drunk Driver You’re a victim of brain..
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Elizabeth Part Ten-The Puzzle of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

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

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-Challenges of Running A Home after TBI

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

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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