From: Tim <timothydj@...>
Subject: [Traumatic_Brain_Injury] New Kid Here
To: Traumatic_Brain_Injury@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, December 25, 2008, 2:12 PM

Hey There All,

I'm a long term tbi survivor, from 1979, and I thought I was doing
pretty well but I suffered a couple of Grand Mal seizures last
weekend and I just got out of the hospital. Pretty depressing having
this happen again but i gotta deal with it.

The neuro at the hospital was pretty useless- massive drugs was the
answer to everything. I saw him for a total of 10 min. the whole time
I was in the hospital and I dumped him. The first neuro put me on a
high dose Dilantin which really did me in.
The neuro met me for a total of 10 min at the hospital and I dumped
him. He treated me like an idiot but he dressed very nice and his
english wasn't too bad.

I dumped him and I like #2. I was taken off the Dilantin and put on
Keppra which dosen't leave me such a total mess.

Right now I'm totally sore in every muscle from the seizures and my
tounge is infected, swollen and painful from biting it.

But, I'm still kicking!

Merry, X-mass, Tim