The Veterans Administration and Stanford University are teaming up to bring you a FREE, online, 6 week workshop - that you can do in your spare time! It will...
Pattie, You are certainly not alone. I went though years of the same type of pain: knowing that I should remember stuff and not being able to. I know you're...
I am new to this was just diagnosed with mild TBI and was wondering if seizures and losing time ever get any better .I have 3 kids and i find out i'm losing my...
Hi Andrea, Having seizures only happens sometimes with TBI. Depends on which area is injured. Seizures can also be caused by a number of medications, so ...
 TBI gets better with time. Although it may not seem so at first. I remember when I first started this journey to recovery. It has been 15 going on 16 years...
Hi there my husband and I have been married for a year and a half. He is 59 and I am 49. He was in a motorcycle wreck on December 28, 2008 and has incurred a...
Hello everybody. I have just joined your group because I have a question. Tonight I happened to read a magazine article on TBI. I had never heard of it as a...
Hello Everyone. I have High functioning autism or aspergers syndrome.I am a female. Some of my hobbies and interests include pets, sports, camping and movies....
i have a 26 year old son with a tbi. i'm having trouble finding a case manager to liason between me and the auto insurance company in michigan. anybody know...
I to was in an automobile accident 10years ago. someone hit us head on going 60mph. The first 2 years were difficult but I have to say that taking it just one...
suzannahscatering
astoundtraining@...
Mar 24, 2009 11:25 am
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Franceil It's been 2.5 years now for my 16 yr old son,he has a tbi (diffuse axonal injury) he still suffers from short term memory loss, and other things. But...
Hi, I came here looking for some help for my son. My son is 9 years old and suffered a traumatic brain injury to both of his frontal lobes as a baby. He has...
yeah TBI is so crappy. I'm in the 25th infantry division and i have SEVERE TBI. it basically threw my life away i cant stay alone i cant drive and my money is...
We are three months into the TBI occurence. My husband is just now staying by himself for short periods and driving short distances. The worst part still...
Hi All My name is Majella Lines and I have a Brain Injury can anyone please tell me if you have been told that you are youslest and you can't do anything...
thank you for posting your info on your son. my son was in an accident two weeks ago april 5, 2009 and has a serious tbi...he has a fractured skull and facial...
butlerhut80
butlerhut80@...
Apr 21, 2009 9:50 pm
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Hi, it took years for me to get better but a big part of my problem was the anti- seziure meds. The meds can really mess with everything that you mentioned. ...
   I have never been told I could not do any thing right. I have been told that their was no way I could go back to school with so called normal people....
There are so many things that we in the brain injury community need, or some ofus need. Each person has different needs, to be sure. Just generally speaking, I...
That was well said Sue. I can tell you when I moved from Orange County in Southern California to a small city here in Northern California I was in for a...
... Sue you are so right on the money. but it is not just ABI TBI too. My son had a TBI 6 years ago now and MediCal pays for the supplies he needs but his...
Goodmorning. My name is Katie. I had a car accident May 2, 2007 that changed my life. I went from working at a bank to not being able to grade my daughters 2nd...
Hello everyone! I am so thrilled to see a TBI group. Thank goodness!!! We need some camaraderie. We are feeling like we are sort of 'hanging out there' on...
Shirley Boike
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May 6, 2009 6:39 am
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Dear Angelrose, Yes. It is TBI also. I should explain. As far as I am concerned (and I know this may be a minority opinion in the USA, but not in many other...
Thanks, Anita. I wonder if the situation is especially bad in California or all over the place (in the USA?) Perhaps the health reform being proposed in...
Hi Sabiesue  My son is now 16. He was 10 at the time of his injury. It has always amazed how quick doctors are to right him off and say he will never get...
The thing that caused me the most pain is that my personality had changed from the TBI and I did not realize it. My friends and family did realize it and...
Thanks for emailimg me terry. I didn't realize that my personality might have changed. Wow that makes sense. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T ... From: Jerry Heath...
Hi Katie, I had a re-injury to an already bad injury back in 2006. But I am progressing, in spite of doctors saying it will never be enough to put me back to...
Two years ago my husband was in a car accident. First they said he would not live, then when he lived they said he would not come out of his coma, then when...