All posts in 'TBI Voices'

Balance Rehab: Quinn Part Thirteen Quinn talks about the balance rehab along with therapy to help him walk again. He received outpatient therapy that included cognitive therapy also.   Let’s go through some discussion about the therapy you have had.  You were hospitalized two to three weeks and then once..
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Loss of Smell After Brain Injury: Quinn Part Twelve In part twelve Quinn talks about his loss of smell after brain injury which is a normal brain injury issue. There are 12 cranial nerves, yet 99% of “neurological exams” performed by neurologists of TBI survivors will contain the following words,..
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Skull Fracture and Ice Reduced Brain Damage: Quinn Part Eleven In part Eleven Quinn talks about the skull fracture he received in the accident and how the skull fracture relieved pressure on the brain but the skull fracture caused other complications such as damaging his inner ear. Other than the..
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Acute Memories After Brain Injury: Quinn Part Ten One of the least connected of the dots in identifying brain damage related amnesia is the role emotions and adrenaline play in the islands of memory in a sea of amnesia. With acute memories after brain injury, the more emotionally charged a memory,..
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Before Brain Injury: Quinn Part Nine Quinn elaborates more on who he was before brain injury and other things that he was able to do before his brain injury. What did you like to do recreationally before brain injury?  I’m guessing hockey. Yeah.  I played hockey for over 30 years.  Skiing,..
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Before Severe Brain Injury – Quinn Part Eight Quinn talks about who is was before severe brain injury. What he did before he got hurt and what his life was like. The things he did before TBI. Let’s talk about who you were before severe injury.  You were 39 years old?..
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Inappropriate Anti-diuretic Hormone Requires Readmission: Quinn Part Seven Quinn’s wife continues telling the story of what happened when Quinn was prematurely discharged. It turns out that he had syndrome of  inappropriate anti-diuretic hormone Later in the story we will explain what syndrome on inappropriate hormone is: He comes home.  He could..
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Severe Brain Injury Relapse: Quinn Part Six Quinn’s wife talks about his severe brain injury relapse after his return home and the complications this caused.  The hospital released him too soon, while he was having a severe brain injury relapse. Hospital Releases Quinn During a Severe Brain Injury Relapse He..
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Caregivers Numbness after Brain Injury: Quinn Part Five Quinn’s wife talks about the caregivers numbness after brain injury.  The numbness she felt immediately after the phone call. When we did http://waiting.com in 1997, it began with words, from the spouse of a severe TBI survivor talking about the dullness, the..
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Retrograde Amnesia for Day of Traumatic Brain Injury: Quinn Part Four   As I have stated repeatedly throughout this project, the presence and length of retrograde amnesia is a particularly important diagnostic indicator with respect to the severity of brain injury.  Absence of memory for events before the trauma, retrograde amnesia,..
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