All posts in 'TBI Voices'

Doug-Living Each Day After Recovery From Coma

Posted on February 18th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Doug Part Five – Living Each Day After Recovery from Coma http://tbivoices.com/blog/uncategorized/day-to-day-after-coma/ Doug’s typical day begins at 7:30 to take medication. He handles fixing breakfast and dinner on his own; lunch is sent from the healthcare center to give him a break from preparing one of his daily meals. Other..
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Severe Weight Loss after TBI and Muscle Atrophy

Posted on February 18th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Severe Weight Loss after TBI : Zach Part Six In part six I discussed the physical problems that occurred such as severe weight loss after TBI along with muscle atrophy. From what you’ve told me, you had a brain pressure problem, probably a hematoma where you said the blood accumulation was...
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Pre-brain Injury Teen: Social and Happy Teen

Posted on February 14th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Pre-brain Injury Teen: Zach Part Five   In part five we talked about what kind of life Zach had as a pre-brain injury teenager and the kind of activities he was involved with. We talked about sports in high school.  You were a good student in your pre-brain injury teen years?..
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Pre-Severe Brain Injury and Coma: A Baseball Star

Posted on February 14th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Pre-Severe Brain Injury: Zach Part Four  One of the things that makes Zach’s story compelling is the portrait of such a young and dynamic man pre-severe brain injury – baseball star, homecoming queen, party animal.  He had much to lose and came close to losing it all.  While I enjoyed the..
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Amnesia After Severe Brain Injury Ends On Transfer To Rehab

Posted on February 13th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Amnesia After Severe Brain Injury: Zach Part Three  Zach believes that his amnesia after severe brain injury ends and he remembers the moment he awoke from his coma.  For a coma that is not drug induced, this would be highly unusual. However, to the degree his coma was induced, it is..
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Retrograde Amnesia from TBI: Confused Whereabouts

Posted on February 12th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Retrograde Amnesia from TBI: Zach Part Two  As there is almost always a period of retrograde amnesia from TBI that precedes a coma brain injury, one would by definition, expect someone who emerges from a coma, to be confused as to his or her whereabouts. But of course the confusion is..
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Recovery From Brain Injury: The ‘Not Quites” of Miracles and

Posted on February 10th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Recovery From Brain Injury: Zach Part One   This is the story of Zach Gauvin, author of the autobiographical book, the Miracle Kid.  But recovery from brain injury is not about “miracles” – it is about medicine, it is about rehabilitation, it is about the “not quites.” When I say “not quites”..
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Hope for TBI Despair: You Are Not Alone

Posted on February 8th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Hope for TBI Despair: Craig Part Thirty Four – Conclusion – – You are not Alone In conclusion of our interview with Craig he talks about the hope for TBI despair and that life is not now what it was but there is hope and he is not alone. Brain injury..
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Medical Information: Making TBI Information Mandatory

Posted on February 7th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

TBI Medical Information or Lack There Of: Craig Part Thirty Three  I discussed with Craig the resistance that the medical staff is to new TBI Medical Information and what we can do to make it mandatory for them to listen. The  Importance of Medical Information Given by TBI Survivors Well,..
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Relationship Support: TBI Support for Relationships

Posted on February 6th, 2013 · Posted in TBI Voices

Relationship Support: Craig Part Thirty Two  Craig talks about relationship support with hi family members and where he got the most help for this from.  How being a father was the Rehab and their relationship support. The Importance of Relationship Support I want to talk about two other things.    The..
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