Comments on: Optimal Recovery after Brain Injury: FAQs http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/recovery-brain-injury/ Helpful Brain Injury Articles and TBI Tutorials Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:32:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Marie Heroux http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/recovery-brain-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-24156 Marie Heroux Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:24:37 +0000 http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/?p=2544#comment-24156 Dear Craig: Would you be able to help my daughter, Julie, living with ABI since June 6/2005. Would you know where we can take Julie in Canada so she can relearn how to walk again. She's 24 years old. Sincerely, Marie Heroux Julie's Mom Dear Craig:

Would you be able to help my daughter, Julie, living with ABI since June 6/2005.

Would you know where we can take Julie in Canada so she can relearn how to walk again.

She’s 24 years old.

Sincerely,
Marie Heroux
Julie’s Mom

]]> By: Marie Heroux http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/recovery-brain-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-24155 Marie Heroux Mon, 29 Nov 2010 06:22:04 +0000 http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/?p=2544#comment-24155 Hello Friends: My daughter, Julie, at age 18 was t-boned and left with a catastrophic brain injury. I too refused to have them turn off her life support. I cannot find a place in Canada that teaches someone like my Julie how to walk again. We are at a fantastic place now, but it is in the U.S. One of the people at the center had a spinal cord injury, and he is walking today. If you know of anything in Canada that could teach Julie how to walk again, please let me know. Sincerely, Marie Heroux Hello Friends:

My daughter, Julie, at age 18 was t-boned and left with a catastrophic brain injury.

I too refused to have them turn off her life support.

I cannot find a place in Canada that teaches someone like my Julie how to walk again.

We are at a fantastic place now, but it is in the U.S.

One of the people at the center had a spinal cord injury, and he is walking today.

If you know of anything in Canada that could teach Julie how to walk again, please let me know.

Sincerely,
Marie Heroux

]]> By: שחזור מידע http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/recovery-brain-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-9285 שחזור מידע Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:48:09 +0000 http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/?p=2544#comment-9285 I totally agree with you. I think that one could help himself recover from an injury, and even recover faster with the support of one's family. Therefore, people should never lose their hope. I totally agree with you. I think that one could help himself recover from an injury, and even recover faster with the support of one’s family. Therefore, people should never lose their hope.

]]> By: Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/recovery-brain-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-2235 Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:27:16 +0000 http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/?p=2544#comment-2235 Hi Barbara, I would like to be of service to both you, your husband and other brain injury survivors. Please let me introduce myself. My name is Craig J. Phillips. I am a traumatic brain injury survivor, a masters level rehabilitation counselor, an internationally published author and a motivational speaker with a message of encouragement, motivation, empowerment and hope for anyone touched by abuse, trauma or adversity. On February 6, 2007 I created *Second Chance to Live *http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/ to share the principles and strategies that have encouraged, motivated, empowered and given me hope to succeed beyond all reasonable expectations. You may read what several individuals have said about the influence that Second Chance to Live has had upon their lives on my *Testimonial / Endorsement Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-nD. In August of 1967, at the age of 10, I sustained an open skull fracture with right frontal lobe damage and a severe brain contusion, brain stem involvement and a fractured left femur. I remained in a coma for 3 weeks. Although I was not expected to live the night of the car accident in 1967, or succeed beyond high school academically I went onto obtain both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. *About Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-D. In August 1967 neurological rehabilitation was not available. Consequently, I was on my own. With the encouragement of family and hard work I taught myself again to walk, talk, read, write and speak in complete sentences. Second Chance to Live has been published through out the United States, in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. See my Publications page http://wp.me/P3atD-oK. Recently the *Brain Injury Association of Canada* featured Second Chance to Live on their web site http://wp.me/p3atD-Bq and in the September 2009 edition of the Official Journal for the Brain Injury Associations of Australia -- Synapse http://wp.me/p3atD-El I have been interviewed by several individuals as well as by *ABC Radio KGO AM 810*: my *Interview Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-5f. I am available to be of service to you, your mission and vision. Please see my *Speaker Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-3A and my* Media Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-d0. To date I have written 489 articles which are located in *Site Map* http://wp.me/P3atD-1H. Please consider adding Second Chance to Live to your helpful resources. Thank you. I look forward to being of service to you, your organization and the individuals that you serve. Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA Second Chance to Live *Our circumstances are not meant to keep us down, but they are meant to build us up! * Hi Barbara,
I would like to be of service to both you, your husband and other brain injury survivors. Please let me introduce myself. My name is Craig J. Phillips. I am a traumatic brain injury survivor, a masters level rehabilitation counselor, an internationally published author and a motivational speaker with a message of encouragement, motivation, empowerment and hope for anyone touched by abuse, trauma or adversity.

On February 6, 2007 I created *Second Chance to Live *http://secondchancetolive.wordpress.com/ to share the principles and strategies that have encouraged, motivated, empowered and given me hope to succeed beyond all reasonable expectations. You may read what several individuals have said about the influence that Second Chance to Live has had upon their lives on my *Testimonial / Endorsement Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-nD.

In August of 1967, at the age of 10, I sustained an open skull fracture with right frontal lobe damage and a severe brain contusion, brain stem involvement and a fractured left femur. I remained in a coma for 3 weeks. Although I was not expected to live the night of the car accident in 1967, or succeed beyond high school academically I went onto obtain both my undergraduate and graduate degrees. *About Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-D.

In August 1967 neurological rehabilitation was not available. Consequently, I was on my own. With the encouragement of family and hard work I taught myself again to walk, talk, read, write and speak in complete sentences.

Second Chance to Live has been published through out the United States, in Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. See my Publications page http://wp.me/P3atD-oK. Recently the *Brain Injury Association of Canada* featured Second Chance to Live on their web site http://wp.me/p3atD-Bq and in the September 2009 edition of the Official Journal for the Brain Injury Associations of Australia — Synapse http://wp.me/p3atD-El

I have been interviewed by several individuals as well as by *ABC Radio KGO AM 810*: my *Interview Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-5f. I am available to be of service to you, your mission and vision. Please see my *Speaker Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-3A and my* Media Page* http://wp.me/P3atD-d0.

To date I have written 489 articles which are located in *Site Map* http://wp.me/P3atD-1H.

Please consider adding Second Chance to Live to your helpful resources. Thank you.

I look forward to being of service to you, your organization and the individuals that you serve.

Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA
Second Chance to Live

*Our circumstances are not meant to keep us down, but they are meant to build us up! *

]]> By: Barbara Stahura http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/2009/recovery-brain-injury/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Barbara Stahura Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:02:51 +0000 http://www.lapublishing.com/blog/?p=2544#comment-531 As the wife of a survivor, I highly recommend all the suggestions that John and Marjorie make here. I had some advantages for helping my husband that others might not have (for instance, his kids are grown so I didn't have little ones at home to care for as well), but I was also the only family member here and so became his sole caregiver and advocate. It was terribly stressful for me, but I could see how it helped him just to have me there in the hospital and rehab center as much as I was. I was also happy simply to be with him and got to watch his progress in intimate detail. He later said that my presence became one of the most important elements in his desire to get well (plus the fact that he's really stubborn and wouldn't give up!) I did get depressed for a time and a counselor told me I was probably suffering from secondary traumatic stress, but over time my husband and I both got better. Caregivers have to remember to take good care of themselves, too. And remember, as John and Marjorie say, while the docs know a lot, they don't know everything. Brain research is showing that much more recovery may now be possible than was believed before. Don't give up! Even if recovery comes in millimeter-sized pieces, it's still recovery, and all those little pieces add up. As the wife of a survivor, I highly recommend all the suggestions that John and Marjorie make here. I had some advantages for helping my husband that others might not have (for instance, his kids are grown so I didn’t have little ones at home to care for as well), but I was also the only family member here and so became his sole caregiver and advocate. It was terribly stressful for me, but I could see how it helped him just to have me there in the hospital and rehab center as much as I was. I was also happy simply to be with him and got to watch his progress in intimate detail. He later said that my presence became one of the most important elements in his desire to get well (plus the fact that he’s really stubborn and wouldn’t give up!) I did get depressed for a time and a counselor told me I was probably suffering from secondary traumatic stress, but over time my husband and I both got better. Caregivers have to remember to take good care of themselves, too. And remember, as John and Marjorie say, while the docs know a lot, they don’t know everything. Brain research is showing that much more recovery may now be possible than was believed before. Don’t give up! Even if recovery comes in millimeter-sized pieces, it’s still recovery, and all those little pieces add up.

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