About the Brain Injury Survivor Support Forum
February 10th, 2010 |
Categories: Brain Injury Survivor Support Forum |
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Survivor Support Forum
By Marilyn Lash, Editor
Individuals who live with the consequences of brain injuries have something very special to offer other survivors, family members, and professionals. It is hard for anyone who has not been through it to fully understand what it means to have a brain injury, to relearn how to function and live again, and to slowly move forward in life again.
The Survivor Forum has articles by survivors about their recoveries and their lives. It is a place for information and support for other survivors. It may also help families understand what it means for a survivor to live with a brain injury.
Professionals often have intensive but brief relationships with survivors while they are in their programs or receiving treatment. Professionals often wonder what happens to these survivors “down the road”. We believe that survivors can also educate professionals about the journey of recovery over time by sharing their experiences.
The road to recovery is often complicated, confusing and filled with ruts and potholes. It is also a journey that has no end. It is an ongoing path throughout the life of a survivor. We hope that this forum helps survivors navigate this journey.
Please contact us…
This forum will explore many areas. We will be constantly adding topics and articles. If you would like to send us an article to consider, we would like to hear from you. Below are guidelines to submit articles.
Topic…
Your choice as long as it is based on your experience.
Length…
2-4 pages double spaced
Format…
Microsoft Word file or file saved in rich text format.
You can send an article by e-mail…
Please click here
Or you can mail your article to:
Marilyn Lash, Director
Lash and Associates Publishing/Training, Inc.
708 Young Forest Drive
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Tel 919-556-0300
Suggestions…
If there is a topic you’d like to hear about from survivors, please let us know.
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I have also gone through the Retrieving of Emotions & Honestly I could not smell or taste anything.I couldnt even Feel temperature change for atleast 2 years. Just as Carol Foweler says above! My brain may be healed as well but I have not recovered yet!!! Unfortunately, In my situation I had a brain infection and have to wait a full 4 years to have another brain scan to see the complete damage that will probably never heal if not by the 4 year point.?!!
Hello Everyone,
I unfortunately do not quite fit into any of the forums out there for brain survivors because I did not have a brain tumor or an accident. I am a 33 yr old who was cleaning the house 1 day when I fell out with a 108.9 fever.
I am now 3 years into recovery from a rare brain infection.
I am told I am the lucky of 15% who survive (INCEPHALITIS)!
Apparently, It makes Meningitis look like a day at the park.
Either way, After the amnesia,the personality of 6 woman, GrandMal Cezures & 1 minute short term memory!! I am searching everywhere for tips to A productive life! My energy level is 0 to none!!!
Just stumbled across this site and had 2 say some words. I’m a 28 year old male living with TBI now for almost seven years. Here to help others by explaining the road ahead and meet some people just like me hopefully. Cause TBI is such an incredibly lonely place to live
I am new here and I am trying to learn as much as possible. My CHI/TBI and SAH were 10 years ago this Sept. and it wasn’t until 2008 that I began to think my medical issues might be related to the TBI. I really hadn’t given it much thought since it had been so far out from the time of the MVA. My brain may be healed, but I have yet to recover. I think that focusing only on speech therapy, PT,OT and a C-2 fracture was a great dis-service in treating me as a “whole person”. I am still lost.
I am sending in an artical on TBI Emotional Recovery. In this i share how our 20 year old son William, has gone through the most exciting stage of Emotional Recovery. He has feelings again! What a blessing! Denise Boggs
New here. Wanted to introduce myself.
Thanks,
Dean Kirkland
Dean Kirkland
New here. Wanted to say hello.
Thanks,
Andrew McFaul
Andrew McFaul
Love the new website and blog! T
Thank you for the opportunity to submit an article for your review.