All posts tagged 'traumatic brain injury'

Angela Suffers Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury in Car Truck Collision

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

TBI Voices began with the story of Angela, who suffered a complicated moderate brain injury, including a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Part One of the Angela story is at http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/the-tbi-voices-story-begins/  Unlike most of our other interviews, we began not with the words of our interview, but words of an essay Angela wrote about herself...
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California Girl Makes Tough Comeback After Coma

Posted on July 9th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Unfortunately, this should not be a surprise to people: A girl who came out of a coma in California has had to relearn basics and seems to have a a different personality. As the case of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords showed America,  traumatic brain injury (TBI) victims don’t usually have..
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Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms Interfered With Work

Posted on June 29th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Traumatic Brain Injury Symptoms: Michael Part Twenty Eight Michael talks about working with traumatic brain injury symptoms and the effect the limitations that traumatic brain injury symptoms cause. There’s a list of criteria that the Social Security Administration publishes in terms of the mental abilities it takes to be able..
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Man Who Suffered TBI In Golf Cart Accident Settles Lawsuit

Posted on June 27th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The family of a man, who sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) after falling off the back of  a golf cart, has settled a $5 million lawsuit with one defendant, according to Reuters. A trial will go forward against the remaining defendant. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-injured-idUS374143684420120627 New Hampshire Motor Speedway settled a suit brought..
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TBI Petit Mal Seizures Created Problems with Census Bureau Job

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

TBI Petit Mal Seizures: Michael Part Twenty Six Procedural non-compliance wasn’t as big a problem with his next job, working for the U.S. Census bureau. But unfortunately,working on the computers set off his TBI petit mal seizure disorder. What did you end up doing for the government? This is what I..
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Suit Filed Over Death Of TBI Patient In Tennessee Facility

Posted on June 23rd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The father of a patient, who had traumatic brain injury (TBI) and died in a fire in a Tennessee facility, has filed an $8 million lawsuit against the company that operates the home, 21st Century Living Services, where he died, according to the Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120623/NEWS01/306230018/Sumner-brain-injury-facility-avoids-shutdown-new-law?odyssey=mod|newswell|text||p The victim, Douglas Johnson, 45,..
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Teen Recovers From Being Shot In Head With Fishing Spear

Posted on June 18th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Doctors are essentially calling the survival of a teen who was shot through the head with a fishing spear a miracle. Let’s just hope the youth is able to recover from this front-on assault on his brain. The Huffington Post did a story Monday on Yasser Lopez, the 16-year-old Miami..
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Return to Work after TBI: For a Survivor of a Brain Injury

Posted on June 14th, 2012 · Posted in TBI Voices

Return to Work After TBI: Michael Part Twenty-Two Michael talks about his return to work after TBI  and the problems he had with his employment at a group home and his problems in the community. I wanted to talk to you specifically about your return to work after TBI.  You..
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TBI Mood Disorders Complicate Brain Injury

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

TBI Mood Disorders: Michael Part Twenty-One Michael goes into detail about TBI mood disorders and what diagnosis he has and how they effect his everyday living and relationships. So let’s focus specifically on TBI mood disorder.  We talked about TBI mood disorder some before.  Do you have a formal diagnosis..
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Daily Routine After TBI for a Survivor

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

Daily Routine After TBI: Michael Part Twenty Michael talks about his daily routine after TBI and  his responsibilities with his wife and his children.  He starts out with the school year. He tells about his daily routine after TBI and the changes in his daily routine after TBI and how..
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