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Discussions
Ambien (sleeping pill) used to "awaken" individuals in a PVS
- By formybro · Posted November 19, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 9 replies
- I need to read more about it. I just wanted to put this out there. Google-- Ambien and persistant vegetative state. It is amazing. My brother is receiving this 2x a day. I played music for him the other ...
My Stepfather
- By hayley4 · Posted November 14, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 0 replies
- Hi to all the brave people whos storys ive read so far on here! this web site has given me alot of hope! my stepfather suffered chest pains whilst on an emirates aeroplane travelling back from Afganistan ...
36 year old brother OD now has ABI----HELP
- By formybro · Posted November 5, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 3 replies
- My only brother has been in the ICU for over 1 month. I don't know how long he was down for. I was told that his oxygen level was 72 when they found him. The ct scan reveals many infarcs to the brain ...
Billy' s cortico blindness
- By sophianbilly · Posted November 1, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 2 replies
- Cortico Blindness /Visual disturbances. The person may have trouble processing visual information. They may find it difficult to focus or they may reach for an object, but not be able to touch it because ...
Support for Survivors
- By Aaron-Pennsylvania · Posted October 25, 2009
- In Living with a brain or nervous system disease · 6 replies
- This site is such a great resource for survivors of ABI and their family members. In reality, the family members are survivors too. Sometimes the family needs help and insight from others who have been ...
Why are we so hesitant to call ourselves brain injury 'survivors'?
- By QuintBy · Posted October 24, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 1 reply
- It is impossible to read about someone who has had cancer who is not referred to as a 'cancer survivor'. Yet I rarely see those who have survived anoxic brain damage, or have awoken from a 10-day coma ...
Cortico Blindness/www.powercatcharters.com/Billy
- By sophianbilly · Posted October 14, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 1 reply
- I am sorry for all of your losses and I can relate... My life changed on April 10, 2009 when my love one Billy had a cardiac arrest with anoxia to his heart and brain and now 6 months later he is improving ...
Any known coma/pvs awakening after 1 year from ABI?
- By Hope4him · Posted October 11, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 0 replies
- Is there anyone out there who has experienced or knows of someone who has experienced awakening after one year or more from a coma/pvs state due to an anoxic brain injury ...
ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION
- By pie830s · Posted October 7, 2009
- In Living with a brain or nervous system disease · 1 reply
- I HAVE ARNOLD CHIARI MAFORMATION WITH A SYRINGOMYELIA. SYRINGOMYELIA IS A SYRINX (CYST) THAT RUN DOWN THE SPINAL CORD.I HAVE NO FEELING IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY BODY, DO TO NERVE DAMAGE. ONLY JUST GREAT ...
Brain tumor diagnosis by telephone
- By MarkAnthony · Posted October 7, 2009
- In Family and friends · 0 replies
- Recently my 23 year old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor. I learned of this when my ex-wife called me from New York with the news. I live in the Chicago area and my daughter lives in Colorado ...
HBOT - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Anoxic Brain Injury
- By kuwanyauma · Posted October 4, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 11 replies
- Hey! Can anyone please give me your experiences and results using HBOT for your loved one with an Anoxic Brain Injury? I was thinking of using this therapy for my husband, but it will eat up most of our ...
Hypoxic brain and poor kidneys
- By WantMyDad · Posted September 17, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 6 replies
- Hi, I'm from India. My dad, aged 66, had a Bi-pass surgery (CABG) done in 2000 and has Diabetics & hypertension. Recently, he developed kidney problems but his urea and creatinine levels were under control ...
How in the world do I do
- By KDelphi · Posted September 10, 2009
- In Living with a brain or nervous system disease · 2 replies
- with "watch and wait" when it is my brain..please help ...
Luke's surgery
- By lbsmom · Posted September 9, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 0 replies
- My son Luke (3) was having dental rehab on July 17, 2009 and went into cardiac arrest, and was revived. We were initially told his heart rate went to 40's but never stopped, he was given about 5-6 epinephrines ...
BRAIN FITNESS
- By mysonjosh · Posted September 6, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 3 replies
- For those with brain injuries, check out Lumosity.com, a wonderful website for stimulating the brain. It has great cognitive exercises and I use it daily for my son Josh, age 22, who suffered from an ...
Intracranial Pressure after ABI
- By Aaron-Pennsylvania · Posted August 20, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 3 replies
- It is now 11 months since Samantha's SCA/ABI and we were just told that her intra-cranial pressure is too high (after a spinal tap) and a shunt (valve) is going to be drilled into her skull to bring the ...
Books about ABI
- By jjame0113 · Posted July 26, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 3 replies
- Hi all, My mom overdosed about 6 months ago and now surfers from ABI. She slowly is making progress but not much, I will never give up hope and pray to God to give me the strength to make it through this ...
Just Dx with meningioma!!!
- By KDelphi · Posted July 26, 2009
- In Brain diseases · 0 replies
- what do I do? I am terrified....can I get decent treatment with Medicaid ...
Generic Lamotragine instead of Lamictol
- By momcaregiver · Posted July 17, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 0 replies
- My son cant tell me if there was a change. There is alot of people on the www with opinons. Most of them are on it for depression not siezures. They talk of spacey fellings and off balance issues, and ...
PPCM (Paripatum Cardiomyopathy/ Post Partum Cardiomyopathy
- By woodforddave · Posted June 8, 2009
- In Brain injuries · 0 replies
- PPCM interupts 1 in 1300 women who become pregnant leaving them with a fight for their life when they should be spending some of the best and happiest days of their lives with their new family members ...
