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Seeing a Neurologist?
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Hello everyone! I have been very busy over the last 3 weeks and haven't been on here. I was just reading some posts and it made me want to ask all on this site ...do all the TBI survivors here see a…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kerry Mischka Jul 8, 2012.
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How many TBI survivors have double vision as a result of their Traumatic Brain Injury?Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kerry Mischka May 9, 2012.
Does anyone else deal with extreme fatigue?
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I sustained a TBI 15 yrs ago....I work as a pre-school teachers aide full time, I am married and have two daughters, 6 and 14. I struggle everyday with fatigue, physically and mentally. Im always…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Trina Bradlee May 24, 2012.
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Kerry Mischka replied to Southern Girl's discussion Seeing a Neurologist?"Hi Southern Girl....just curious to see how you are doing. My accident was in '97 and I am about to go for my second MRI. I was also in a coma. Have you ever had an MRI done?"
Cheryl Green replied to Southern Girl's discussion Seeing a Neurologist?"Have you tried your state's Brain Injury Association?
Here's a link to the phone number and email: http://www.biaaz.org/bia/call_Us.html
They have a resource directory, and they will also be advocates for you so you can find the clinician…"
Karyn replied to Southern Girl's discussion Seeing a Neurologist?"Five months after my husband lost his job, and of course, the health insurance, I was in a car accident, tire blew, I was going 70 on I-40 and rolled over 4 times. It has been 11 months now, I have been turned down by SSI, AZ AHCCCS, and still my…"
Cheryl Green replied to Southern Girl's discussion Seeing a Neurologist?"Wow, what an all-too familiar story. Yours is very different from mine, but I know that it is so common. And a lot of people don't get enough rehab or even know that problems can persist. I did not get enough rehab.
If you apply for Social…"
Kerry Mischka replied to Southern Girl's discussion Seeing a Neurologist?"Hi Southern Girl-
Let me just tell you that I can totally relate to everything you wrote. After 15 years and going through many jobs, I finally gave in to my neuropsychiatrist who originally told me that he thought it would be best for me to…"
Southern Girl replied to Southern Girl's discussion Seeing a Neurologist?"Hi Kerry. Thanks for responding....It is so hard sometimes.....I have to work though, I am a PreK teachers Aide...... Do you not work? My husband is very supportive and would choose for me not to work if we could afford it. The Anxiety I have is…"
Trina Bradlee replied to Southern Girl's discussion Does anyone else deal with extreme fatigue?"Thank you for your encouragement, Barb...I sure do appreciate anyone with positive things to say, especially anyone who has gone through things similar to my brain injury...it helps tremendously to know that there are others out there who have been…"
BARB GEORGE replied to Southern Girl's discussion Does anyone else deal with extreme fatigue?"By the way... I just had to send a message to my kiddo (the one I spoke of) to thank her for the blessing of HER. Thank you for helping me to remember those days..."
BARB GEORGE replied to Southern Girl's discussion Does anyone else deal with extreme fatigue?"Your story is awesome! Thank you!
I agree, sleeping is frustrating... And I know how you feel about wishing for our former selves. It seems as though every time I try to do SOMETHING that I used to do, I go through another round…"
Trina Bradlee replied to Southern Girl's discussion Does anyone else deal with extreme fatigue?"I really relate to this! I am a much lighter sleeper now than I was prior to my brain injury, which was a complication of my third brain surgery to remove a benign tumor from inside the ventricles of my brain. And I often wake up tired, or have…"
Kerry Mischka replied to Southern Girl's discussion Seeing a Neurologist?"Hi Southern Girl-
Where are you? Everything you write is the exact same with me...only i was hit by a car in 1997. However, I was life flighted to the trauma center and in a coma for 2 weeks. I tried for years to be like I was, but…"
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Hello everyone! I have been very busy over the last 3 weeks and haven't been on here. I was just reading some posts and it made me want to ask all on this site ...do all the TBI survivors here see a Neurologist? My accident was in Nov 96...2 weeks in coma, 2 months in Rehab and then 4 months of out patient rehab for Physical, Speech, Occupational and Cognitive Therapy. I am embarrassed to say that as soon as I was discharged in '97 from all the outpatient therapies.....I never went back to any…See More
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- At 8:59am on January 12, 2013,
Rodney Barnes said… Hi, thanks for being my friend! Sorry I don't visit this website LIKE I SHOULD, but I have a lot on my plate................. I do hope everything is working out for you. Please, take care, be safe, and GOD bless ya!
Rodney
- At 7:25pm on October 16, 2012, Glen Brist gave Southern Girl a gift…
it said send another gift, so I said "Sure, why not" I kind of like this sending thing.....Have a beautiful day,
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- Hi Southern Girl, will bake and send this "cake" before I retire for the night, so I will not forget tomorrow....Happy B'day to you, hope it is special...
- At 6:55am on May 9, 2012, Kerry Mischka said…
Hi Southern Girl-
I just wanted to add that i was finally diagnosed with Hashimotos Disease which affects the thyroid. I have an alternative GP and she tested my thyroid peroxidase which was sky high. Although I thought this might be one of my issues, I still have problems staying asleep. It is just an idea. The pituitary gland in the brain controls the thyroid and when my brain was shook so hard, I think there may have been more damage that was not looked for. The initial response to trauma is just to keep you alive and nothing else. It is years down the road that other issues begin to come to the surface.
- At 6:41pm on April 12, 2012,
Karrie Turman-Howe said… my major was in Occupational Safety and Health...I graduated in 2003 with 2 children..at the time I was able to handle being a mother and going to school full time..but now I cant even read a paragraph and remember what I just read unless I re-read it 3-4 more times ...would love to go back though..I hope you go back and finish what you started?? If I can help just let me know..
- At 9:21am on April 9, 2012, Karrie Turman-Howe said…
wow..I graduated from SOSU in Durant in 2003..what a small world!!
- At 12:21pm on April 5, 2012, Karrie Turman-Howe said…
Hello...thanks contacting me..I am amazed at what you wrote..yes I live in Texas, but my accident where my TBI occured was in Oklahoma where my mother lives...Tishomingo Ok actually..ever hear of that lil city?
- At 10:47pm on March 29, 2012,
Vicky Varichak said… Hi Southern girl, welcome to this site - there are some wonderful people here who are great support to each other.
There is a site in your state that might help you find more resources;
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