That's awesome you're walking God saved my life to! I don't if you're interested I can give you advice and information to aid you in you're recovery that has and is helping me recoverfrommy TBI. Feel free to contact me at jlend1992@gmail.com
Today is the 12th anniversary of my accident. When I was 17, I was hit by a van taxi while crossing the street on a green light. I suffered severe TBI, I stayed in a coma for 9 days and was in critical condition for 72hrs. The doctors were preparing my family for my passing because it was highly unlikely that I would survive however I did. I lost 50% of my eyesight and deal with migraines, back aches and confusion. I lived in hell for 8 years following the accident but I didn’t give up. The doctors told me I would never walk again and last year I did a handstand. Time heals all, miracles exist and the best part about being human is how resilient we are. Keep moving forward, you are more than what happened to you. You are enough.
Went over a 4 to 7½ story cliff. Coma for 24 days. Brain bleed. When I awoke didn't know how to do anything physically but my long-term memory stayed intact so I could remember doing all of it. After I woke up I was discharged from the hospital in 29 days. No headache's ever before or after injury. Back to work and finished with outpatient therapy 9 months after discharge. No residual effects so far. Going on 34 years since accident. Life went back to normal for me.
Recently, a really close person in my life experienced severe TBI. He’s 57 and he has been unconscious now for almost a week. He’s like a dad to me. Hope he wakes soon
He is doing pretty good. Miraculously. He woke up after 2 weeks with some extreme confusion. For the first week, he was unsure of the year, he wasn’t able to identify he was in the hospital, and he had to do some extensive PT to regain his ability to walk. The six months he has been home have been quite the journey as well. He is so convinced of things being different before he go into his accident. He thinks his wife has another sister, another daughter, he thinks he has 4 cars she sold while he was in “jail”, and he genuinely believe some doctor cast a spell that made him lose vision in one eye. Other than that, he’s alive, and that’s all we asked for when we didn’t know if he’d wake.
Thank you for making this video, when I was 16 I hit my head and split it open and little did I know it was about to change the rest of my life. Its been 3 years since I hit my head and I still struggle to get through daily life with my TBI. Its a crazy feeling not knowing what's going on inside your body but after learning about TBI'S and the side affects it has, you start to relearn your body and learn how to deal with the constant Pain and dis comfort. For anyone dealing with a TBI out there, know your not alone!
My childhood Bestfriend was in a car wreck with a semi and I’m hoping she wakes up 🥺 I’ve been researching like crazy to give me hope! I can’t loose her! Literally my friend for life!
So sorry to hear about your friend. I'm sure she's in the care of a great team doing everything they can for her and I'm hoping for a good recovery for her.
I'm an Occupational Therapy student deprived of lessons like these because of the lockdown/quarantine. I can't really find articles about TVI that are easy to understand, and your video was the solution. Thankyou for this! God bless!
I mean I have pain in legs , crawling nerves down lower legs/calves . pain in upper middle back , behind head where skull meets neck , pain seems left side and rectum Oh and my upper legs/thigh area go numb .Last year an ER younger Lady Dr. told me I show signs of an Emergency spinal cord injury . First Dr. to tell me anything in 30 years .
I’m coming up on my 11th anniversary from surviving my TBI. I wasn’t wearing a helmet when going 35 mph on a longboard (long skateboard) and fell into a coma and had to have immediate emergency brain surgery (Shout out to Tufts Floating hospital for children in Boston) for my brain surgeon who came in at 2 in the morning to save my life. It’s been a looooong road and I’m thankful everyday for that man.
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Suffered a TBI when I was 5. Every now and then I like to try and learn as much about TBI as I can to help me understand it more. My mechanism of injury was a fall from a horse bucking when I was 5. Idk if it was blunt or penetrating. It's multiple small scarring of the brain which is complicated to know which kind.
I've suffered many moderate TBIs right from my childhood. I suffer from slurry speech and brain fog most of the time. I sleep a lot too and can't concentrate at the tasks that I undertake. Short term memory loss is also an issue.
When I was 5, a 5 pound weight fell off the top of my dad's garage shelves - not sure how high they were, but it fell a few feet, at least. It also came from the top of a box, so probably more like 4 feet. I think I actually remember the moment just before it landed on my head. The next thing I remember is being in my neighbor's van, and someone putting a towel on my head, which immediately turned blood red. The last thing I remember from that day was waking up while getting stitched up, and then passing out again. I had an extremely dysfunctional family, and have had a number of mild TBIs, too. I have had a lot of social and mental health issues throughout my life, and I've really worked on them, but it has always felt like a war I can't win. I didn't think the could be related to my head injuries until I was 35. When I told my PCP and them, she just said, "Yep, that makes sense." It's been really rough, too. In grad school, I wrote a paper about how something about me changed when I was a kid. Everyone loved me one day, and the next I couldn't do anything right. Even after examining what I went through as a kid, I still didn't connect the dots back to my first TBI. I'm pretty sure that my parents just pretended that there wasn't anything wrong so I wouldn't feel different, and I just assumed that the weight that landed right where my frontal lobe is didn't have any affect on my brain. I wish I could go back and get the help that 5 year old me needed to grow up without the problems I'm just now starting to understand.
Wow sad, a serious injury and doesn't sound like you got what you needed. They're always learning about new stuff with the brain so maybe they didn't know. I had a concussion when I was little, not sure exactly age. Then at 14 had a seizure and diagnosed with Epilepsy . Had many seizures until I got better about taking my medication, fell at some of those times and may have hit head again? Also car accidents. Then in mid to late 20's was strangled until loss of consciousness and a seizure, because why not add that into the fun? I'm just recently beginning to believe I may have autism which can be linked to Epilepsy. It affects every area of life, daily decisions, plans, executive function
@@recoveringsoul755 At this point, I just blame everything on the head injuries. I've been through a lot of other traumatic experiences, but the head injury just seems to amplify everything else. To your health, friend
This video is so full of great knowledge I love it so much, I actually was hit by a truck on New Year’s Eve 2019 going into 2020 and the truck was going 50mph and I suffered a Severe diffuse axnol brain injury tbi and I’m now what I consider fully healed but my doctor told me that everything is going to change by the end of the year and I cannot wait till I’ll be completely healed!!!!
From my injury and surgery it took me 2 to 3 years to heal, no thanks to the medical so-called professionals. So do all you can to heal. Treat your brain like it's a muscle and exercise it. Patience will pay off. Do all you can to learn about your condition.
jed villanueva I’m doing really good, I don’t really suffer from any permanent damage. They said where I was so young that’s the best thing that could’ve came out of my accident and helped me was my age and the young body, I have a limp and I get dizzy a lot from the accident but I got dizzy 24/7 before I stayed lightheaded🤷🏼♂️
About a week ago I hit my head severely, I keep on having headaches, blurry in one eye! And so much more! So now I think I have a mild head injury... thank you so much for this video!!!
@@heatherm8736 aww thank you for the concern, I'm doing a little better, but headaches from time to time. My memory isn't the best, but who's memory is lol. I still have pressure on my head and dizzy, but other than that, I'm doing much better. Thank you, again :) How are you doing??
I have TBI and shrinking brain, my whole life I have been an active male, I live in Canada so hockey (I was a goal so pucks to the head) and lacrosse, very physical. I did search and rescue and have been in the military and seen combat. I wasn't diagnosed with TBI till this year. In the past I have had issues with my temperament, but for the most I believe I wasn't to bad. A year ago I had a kidney transplant, there was some issues during my surgery and was under for 12 hrs. About 6 months after the transplant I started to notice having a hard time concertation, forgetfulness, shakes and my moods started getting worse. At first they thought it was the meds but had to get testing done just incase it was early Alzheimer. Went it all came back it was TBI. They believe I've had TBI for awhile but the surgery activated it to the state I am now. Your video has answered a lot of questions for me cause I am on a waiting list to get into proper treatment. What do you think of stem cell therapy?
Bless all who are afflicted with TBIs. I had severe tbi brain hemorrhage last Autumn, from car accident. I was knocked unconcious for two days And had internal injuries, and banged up externally. Couldn't walk for a mont. My mental health has worsened post TBI, neuropathy, sickening constant migraines , intense exhausting emotional roller coaster all the time, and so tired all the time-but sleep is a luxury now.. It really does change a person, I isolated myself for this entire year because I felt hope was lost and depression/anxiety/paranoia rules my life with a fist of cold steel. Repressed memories have also been triggered out of nowhere and they are waking nightmares that invade my mind. For the past two weeks I'm on the path of getting help from several resources, I hope to have full neurological exam done and other vital treatment soon.
Getting rear ended by an 18 wheeler at 30mph with no brakes has changed my life forever. Double vision, loss of continence, loss of balance, constant tinnitus. After cervical surgery for the compression, what I thought was a whiplash has become daily misery.
@Self Care I did something dumb trying to clean and organize a room. Severe radiculopathy with loss of feeling in my left arm and hand. Restarted PT and will see my neurosurgeon tomorrow morning. Can’t work with only one hand. But I’m sitting with a precious granddaughter who just had a tonsillectomy. These horrible modern cartoons drown out the tinnitus! 😂
Years ago I was a caregiver provider for a 30 year old male with "extreme" TBI. He had been in a car accident, as a passenger, on New Years Eve...the only person injured and spent over 6 years comatose. When he woke, his left side was pretty well shot. Left arm and hand crippled, left leg weak twisted, mute, eyes weak. memory long term was in and out, memory short term needed to be refreshed on a regular basis. He communicated with a box that had a keyboard, a screen, emited a tape out the end and a voice. a handy way of getting things done. We'd go to a sandwich shop and he'd hit on the waitresses with the box. He didn't let this slow him down. He said that he'd spent too much time "asleep". Had things to do. He started corresponding with a woman on the west coast and got her to fly hm out there. This was in New Hampshire. I wrote a couple of letters for him, his sister the rest. 'm writing a novel, now, with someone similar as the main character. The problem is that I need more to make"technical" information to make him credible. Any ideas?
I was riding my 10 speed bike down hill when I was 14 years old in 1974. My pocketbook got caught in the spokes, and I was propelled over the handle bars into my face down the sidewalk! I was unconscious for a time. Simply got stiches in my chin! They obviously didn't know about TBI back then! Anyway, about 4 years later I started to suffer seizures! My ability to recall information, and make conversation is also greatly affected! But praise GOD, I've been able to support myself and raise children with this disability! I still have difficulty with recall at will, and sometimes I cannot recall at all! Although, praise God, I haven't had seizures since 1998. God bless you all on your journey towards healing! 💜🙏💜
I hit my head entering a vehicle. I hit so hard it caused a sub dural hematoma. I struggle with memory issues every day. I'm glad to be alive but it has altered my life and as a result my self confidence went as well.
Yesterday i was riding bikes with my brother he fell smacked his head on the ground and it came off and he just roled and he was out for a min or two and came two and i saw his eyes they were were crossed but like the other way rn hes in the hospital with a shunt please pray for him and i love him i just want him to be fine
@@Simpson_5.9 thanks he did hes making great recovery its been 1 and a half months and hes talking great and starting to walk on his own its been a rough time though
I was in a car accident 5 years ago today that changed my life forever. I had blunt force trauma that left me with bleeding in 3 parts of my brain that wasn’t caught until almost a year later. Thank you for breaking this down!
I didn’t know that could go on for a year!I had blood from my ear and flashing lights after a knock to the head but the ambulance said it was concussion and said I needn’t go to hospital!Did you have headaches?Head injuries are horrible, I hope you are doing well.
I suffered an SAH due to impact. Im glad I made a near full recovery but there are things that have changed me/my life forever Sometimes sounds give me shivers down my whole body, my personality changed a bit I get annoyed with people and I don’t know why, hard to concentrate long times, trouble remembering and headaches
Thanks for sharing, my boyfriend is in the icu with SAH after mva and im having trouble finding information on this because most talk about strokes and not traumatic bleeding. Im glad to hear you are doing pretty well
@@taradetrick5264 I am doing well thanks for asking. I got very lucky and was able to do most things within a month of my accident while another lady I know who had an SAH due to a mva is no longer able to work again because of various side effects she experiences daily. so the degree to which people are affected by this injury varies so greatly. The brain is a complex thing. I hope your boyfriend makes it out of the ICU and makes a full recovery ❤️🩹
@@taradetrick5264 I hope your boyfriend is ok now or will be ok. I, too, suffered a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in a cycling accident landing on my face at 35 mph on asphalt. It killed me instantly and I was dead for a total of 15 minutes though was revived twice and stayed alive after my second revival. My brain was inactive and totally encased in blood. My doctors tell me the odds of me living from the impact and my face being torn off should have, alone, killed me (which it did). Still, add in the SAH and my odds were "less than zero" said one doctor. He was crying when he told me how lucky I am to be alive and that I shouldn't be alive; I told him, "Yes, I should be alive!" Again, Tara, I hope your boyfriend is alive and well.
I was I’m a coma if 6 weeks after a blunt injury. My family was told I had 4-24 hours of live. Since then I not only lived but I have suffered tremendous cognitive difficulties. I was able to graduate from community college. But my mental state, is unstable to say the least. I hope this information helps. PS I also lost 100% vision in one eye
Hope you're doing well even I'm suffering from traumatic brain injury which cause me depression and anxiety. .if you don't mind me asking what are your symptoms??
@@Nancy-ow9wy Hi, I take a sleep aid and just started taking a little something for anxiety. Lately I've been sleeping and feeling better. Don't know if it's the cool weather or what. I like tea but I stay away from caffeine. In the summer if I'm bothered I'll take a motorcycle ride somewhere with some twisties or take the canoe out. Reading with a cat purring on your lap is good too. Going through a divorce too.
On 14 December, 2014 I got a perforating wound to the left motor strip from a gunshot. Haven't had an MRI because the ballistic was still in the paracranium up until 8 February 2020. Fortunately, I was a dog walker before i got shot, so the muscle memory was strong enough to make me ambulatory after a few days of deliriously arguing with the nurses to let me out of bed.
In 2007, my friend, 29, was broadsided in her car. When she woke up in the ER, the doctor said she had a TBI, needed 60 stitches, lost her left eye and had a broken neck and back (but no paralysis). She’s learned to cope with her glass eye and broken back/neck, but her TBI as really altered her life. Her psychiatrist has said she’s schizophrenic and has early onset Alzheimer’s due to 15 years of a TBI. She expects to be in a nursing home by age 50.
I was hit by a car when I was 13 and had trauma to the back of my skull; I now experience deja vu every week. I immediately forget but remember every detail a year later. Even details of when I was as young as 1 years old. I never had an MRI/CT when I was hit, just an xray. Nothing was broken according to the x-ray, but the only brain imaging expert had his license pulled for extortion. I never did get any other medical imaging done since my accident. I am 49 now and am experiencing deja-vu weekly, monthly and sometimes will go two months without anything abnormal. I can read something and remember it immediately. I can read an article in the newspaper or a word in a book and forget it the next day. A year later, I can remember every detail of the newspaper and book and it's contents.
damn so the only price you have to pay is you forgot something for 2-12 months but you completely and normally remember it for like probsbly a lifetime, its like hyperthymesia but with a fair price although the hardest part is not remembering for the first 1 year
Examples of TBI's: Penetrating (gunshot, stab), blunt force (baseball bat), internal force (being shaken and your brain being knocked around inside the skull like in a car crash), and exterior force (sound wave from an explosion close by)
I suffered a TBI as the result of a violent bicycle accident in 1990. I went over the handlebars at 40 mph and landed on my right forehead, on pavement. I lost three teeth, suffered a right eye orbit fracture, inner ear concussions in each ear and the loss of much skin, and many stitches. I remember going for a bike ride that evening, then a vague memory of an ambulance and then being in the hospital, confused. My life was turned upside down. I went from being a successful Mechanical Engineer, to being unable to write my name. Yet my doctors told my wife I’d be fine in a few weeks. In addition, even though unable to drive, my employer forced me back to work much sooner than I should have. Personally changes, severe mental fatigue, confusion, memory loss, headaches, seizures and more all occurred within 3 months of the injury. I was emotionally crushed by the medical community as I was told by a neurologist; “I doubt if you even had an injury and if you did, it’s not near as serious as you say”. I was accused of faking it all, even though we had photos that showed severe facial damage, EMT reports and ER records. I struggled to work for years post injury until the daily head pain and mental fatigue made work impossible, along with serious suicide thoughts. Ironically I now like to write, where before I despised writing. 32 years later, almost no one in the medical community cares. I’m confused, crushed with daily head pain, severe mental fatigue and increasing memory issues. I am lost! 😢
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I have a TBI myself , lost half or a portion of my brain . I was on a high speed chase with my best friend and we crashed into a tractor and trailer going 90mph. Unfortunately I lost my best friend he died on impact . His side of the car the left side was completely under of the tractor and trailer . My side the right side did not go under so I survived. Doctors told my mom I was going to be a vegetables for life . I was never going to move from this bed . And boom woke up 12 days later . And I do everything I did back then just can’t drink . It’ll kill me ..... literally.
I have TBI I got hit by a car September 1st 2022 and had to go to a hospital that’s an hour away from me and I had to get put into an induced coma to start helping my brain I couldn’t walk it hurt but I can now but got lots of support and they help
Had it when I was 17 not long turned 18 but I got discharged early as the doctors said I’d be in hospital for 3 months I was only there for a month as got lots of help and my diet helped too as didn’t have much sugar at all in food and stuff that got put on my face to help scars I had
I was the victim of a robbery, then shooting. Due to my injury, I was left with proptosis. The doctor wasn't able to remove the projectile. But one thing I've noticed. I seem like a different person now. I just wanted to share. Thanks for your video.
I have a Chiari malformation & history of sport related concussion & whiplash. The amount a severe concussion can affect someone is mind blowing (literally lol) I struggle with migraines, sensitivity to light & noise, vertigo. The malformation never gave me issues untill this concussion, now I experience muscle nausea, muscle weakness, and pain in my neck. (I'm unsure if these occured due to location of injury & the malformation or the concussion) I genuinely almost forgot memory problems
I was a passenger in a horrific car accident in '04. I was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown out of the front windshield. The car then rolled on top of me and was there for an hour. I have a frontal lobe traumatic brain injury. I'm so lucky to be alive.
when i was 14 i had a severe traumatic brain injury. It was to my frontal lobe. I am now almost 20, and it still affects my everyday life. Im in college now. In high school I was able to get through classes and life, but college changed all of that. I have pretended that that part of my life never happened to be, so I never allowed myself to believe that I was disabled. But I am, I see that every day when imin class, and when everyone can keep up with the teacher. My mind has a rally hard time comprehending difficult topics, and so i need to go really slow. It makes me wonder if the injury triggered the mental health issues i have now too. The mind fascinated me, and i know that i will be a neurosurgeon. Since i was 14, it has been my one true calling.
Read "My Second Chance at Life" by Sarah Deberry. It's an amazing book that gives you some great perspective on what it's like to go through and live with a TBI. You can really get a feel for her personality in the writing too and it will make you laugh and cry. Highly recommended!
5 years ago at 19 and a week after my mother passed from cancer my friend was pulling me down a hill on his bike when I was on my skateboard. Lost balance fell backwards, back of head hit the floor boom. Cracked skull, loss of fluid and a brain swell. It’s hard but gets better guys. Thanks for this family in the comments.
I survived 3 brain injuries, Frontal lobe damage (minor), Parietal lobe damage, Temporal lobe damage (major). My life may not be long, but it has survived. My MRI scans are rad, from ages 8-14-21 years old 2 of which were during 14 years old and progress into more serious brain injuries as I aged now 26 not long left.
I prayed for you brother please pray snd repent and ask our father in heaven and his son Jesus Christ to heal you and help you and he will recieve you in his heavenly kingdom if you do pass on . May The father and Jesus bless you with his mercy
🌈✝️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏for you; Isaiah 53:5 KJV But he was wounded l for our transgressions, he was bruised m for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes, we are healed.
Thanks for that overview, it kind of tied things together. About 40 yrs ago I had a car accident and TBI and then surgery for an AVM and then to install a drain/shunt. Stressful. Took a year or two to recover and was told I wouldn't walk or work again. I was treated like a child (stupid child). Anyhow that motivated me and I built myself up then got employed (eventually) representing different companies traveling internationally working on their equipment. Presently work at a National Laboratory. Did fine till I got married fairly recently (mistake) and had a couple of seizures due to anxiety, sleeplessness, and after some alcohol consumption. Separated, no more alcohol, getting better. Lonely, nobody to share with. Kinda funny, years ago riding my dirt bike, hard, and went over a cliff and broke my pelvis but had on a very good helmet that took some damage (landed on rocks) but zero damage to head. Still wear a good helmet when I bike today. Anyhow, I could really use some camaraderie and support. Any way to connect to TBI support groups? Who's out there?
So sorry to hear about all your life challenges :( follow us on social media. We post and share advice type videos from TBI patients themselves, therapists, and specialists. You are not alone! You’re a warrior 💙🧠 never give up
hey Tim. what a story. its great to learn how you’ve adjusted in life, because its those changes I’m trying to implement now in my life. My TBI i got on 11/15/17 was made so much by me not wearing helmet. So i have been living with my own personality change that has lead to further trauma, and my new epilepsy diagnosis mingling with my depression making things difficult generally. If u want my gmail lmk ! I saved this video so if i find a TBI group soon ill message you about that. Again, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for this! I got hit by a motorcycle while on my bike this month and hit my head pretty bad. Didn't get checked cause of the COVID cases at the nearest hospital so this really sheds some light
Was pushing a sliding mini bus door and it unhinged and it me hard on my head. I didn't get concussed but the impact was harder than anything I've ever felt. Now, 2 months later, I'm getting brain zaps all the time, weird shocks in my frontal lobe area and migraines and headaches.
i lost a brother this week on 25th sep 2022... He was involved in a motorcycle accident which resulted to him having TBI,, unfortunately the first scans did not show the extent of the injury so no surgery was done because the docs were saying he has only a little clot which can be done with using meds.. the CT scan came back after he passed and it revealed he had severe traumatic brain injury... 😭 I feel if it had been seen on the 1st day maybe he would have survived... Shine on you way🕊️💔
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Running through the rice field got hit with a 50 mil explosive blew off my left leg partial took off my left arm broke ribs something ripped off my face and crushed my head. All pieces taken to Mash hospitol where I died 7 times in surgery. Got left side replaced and right leg is metal. Lost left sight, speach, equilibrium, and complete memory. Wheel chair 6 years mostly recovered in 35 except equilibrium and memory. Still Angry lost everything.
When I was 21 I was hit in the back of my head by a baseball bat. Broke my crushes my skill and the ground fractured it in the front. Drs said they couldn't believe I lived. But living was not a blessing, it's a struggle everyday. I don't have aim, but it messes up my mentality. I feel disconnected from everyone, I feel alone, I struggle being in public. Before my injury I was a football player for 14 years, wrestled voted prince and king high school days because I was. Outgoing energetic wperson who involved myself in everytjing. Now I cant do anything of the sort. I feel pushed away. I know how I use to be and get mad I can't get like that no matter how hard I try. I see people avoiding me now because of my mentality. This is a struggle I wouldn't wish on anyone. It's hard to find motivation to move forward.
Thank you for this video! I've suffered an External and Internal Brain Hemmorage from being hit by 2 cars as a kid(going 45MPH on foot at separate timelines). I live on Disability and I'm 32 years old. I stay with other people, can't get my own place and when I had jobs, I got fired because of this stupid Injury!
I was in a motorcycle accident, went over the handlebars. and landed on my chin, yes I had a full faced helmet on, landed on my chest, chin hit the concrete next. TBI sustained
Was in a single car roll over that flipped bumper to bumper six times. The first time the top of the car and a boulder went though my face with the car on top. When we flipped that ripped off half my face and my skull. Then we landed on another bolder on top of my head again with the car on top. Then we flipped again and the ground and car crushed my head again and knocked me out. Im told after that my body would fly out half way and right before we hit the ground I slipped back in. 18 years later I’m starting to have issues again with memory, speech, limbs give out, throwing up randomly, walking like I’m drunk and few other things. Im becoming scared. Oh I was also dead for about 45 mins.
Excellent video. I had a skull fracture before because of a cheap shot at a bar and hit my head on a sidewalk and I’m lucky I’m alive according to the doctors except I left AMA but went back to the hospital later that day for further help.
Wow, there are some bizarre stories in the comment section. I guess it's my turn to add to the list. My TBI was the result of my truck falling on my head. First, the axle fell on my head then the whole truck followed.
I am a direct impact survivor from a motor vehicle accident/MVA, of a pickup truck impacting my side of the vehicle at 53mph. My GCS score was 3. Mainly right side injury, with some fragments of or shards of skull placing themselves in the left side of my brain. My jaw was broken, all ribs broke, collapsed lungs, pseudoanurism of my aorta, and bilateral pelvic fractures/torn sciatic nerve on my right side. I have upper left spasticity, and H.O./heterotrophic ossification in my left shoulder, arm and hand. This occurred on 03/25/2006. Thankfully the ICU that treated me had a Licox tool/machine to help relieve intracranial pressure. I walk with a cane, and see a chiropractor twice a week, and workout (walking, stretching, body weight squats/deadlifts, planks, etc…). I’m currently employed with a nonprofit who has contracts with the government while employing the disabled population. Through the 8-months of rehab, (after I woke up from a 6-week coma, and transitioned through 3-different rehabs until my family found the best option), I’ve learned things about my TBI that are still held onto by me. This is one of those experiences that, I would like to recommend to anyone who has the opportunity, lol… in all seriousness, I feel that, through relearning all of the basics in life, after having lived for 31 years, (my 31st birthday happened while in coma), I have an understanding that is greater than what I believe I would have if I was not injured. It seems as though I have a more nuanced understanding than the majority of folks who I interact with. Then I remember that I have a head injury, and I accept. I accept that fact, and remain determined to live the best life that I am capable of. We’re all living a life that is so profound, that from my perspective, it appears that almost everyone else shows signs of trauma. The majority of the trauma that we inflict, is typically from internal choices/voices that we choose to hear, ignore, or listen very carefully to. This is what I believe is the root cause to the majority of our suffering. The meaning of life is to find enjoyment in all that we do. The best way to find enjoyment in the ‘mundane,’ is to reframe the situation, alter the perspective from which we are observing the outside world. The more ironic point of this, is that we all have the power to do this, by recognizing that it’s, “all in our heads.” Recognize as much as you can, with a trust in your subconscious mind to be able to communicate with our conscious mind when we need the information that the subconscious has figured out for us. Trust in the processing of the mind and human consciousness.
One of those huge club speakers fell on my head back in the 80’s. It was new and never secured to the shelf it was on. It vibrated off the shelf and fell right on top of me. Couldn’t write, read, or understand what people were saying to me. Headaches for at least a year. I always said that I was never the same afterward. I felt like I just wasn’t as smart after that injury
Yesterday something similar happened , immediately I dind feel any pain I am fine but I feel something off don't know whether it is anxiety or injury , please share your experience did you go for CT scan
I had a front lobe TBI at 19 yrs old, 3 brain bleeds, and a cracked skull that goes in kinda a oval shape. Afew concussions, I flat lined 3 times and till alive
@@ICUAdvantage Hello doctor, I am from Iraq. I hope you will answer my question. My brother had a concussion and loss of consciousness 8 days ago. X-rays were taken and nothing bad appeared, why did he not wake up yet?
I was driving home from work when someone tried to pass how much traffic there was and hit me and 2 other cars. I was knocked out before that happened, I don't remember any of it. An EMT also got hit and basically saved my life. I was taken to the hospital after that. I still can't walk but I feel like I'm getting close. I was 19 when that happened.
I have headaches almost every day so I was doing research on TBI 2 try & find out if my tbi injury from 1969 had anything 2 do with my headaches & came across ur video. When I was 3 yrs old, I stepped out from behind a large pile of leaves on the side of the road that i was hiding behind right in front of a moving car. There was no time 4 him 2 stop 2 keep from hitting me. The car hit me on the left side of my head behind my left ear. I died 3 times - once in my mama's arms otw 2 the hospital then twice @ the hospital. They got me back, but i was in a coma for 6 months.The doctors were telling my parents that i wasn't gonna live but if i did live, i'd be a vegetable for the rest of my life. Changing me, feeding me, wiping drool off my chin bc i couldn't swallow, & 4get about me gettin married or having kids. Well, HERE I AM!!!! 57 yr old grandmother of 2!!! Mother of 1 daughter. I went thru 11th grade in school. Got my GED in 1991. My daughter was born in 1988. So!! Back 2 my question..... Can the tbi i got in 1969 from being hit in the head by a car be causing me 2 have headaches? I am wheelchair-bound, cannot walk, can only use my left arm/hand, have feeling throughout my body & am very creative & poetic.
My father last week had a stroke and during the stroke fell and hit his head on the floor so hard he had a midline shift and blood coming from his ears. On top of that he has covid. We are currently back and forth from the ICU hoping he wake up.......edit. He didn't wake up and covid decided it was going to take him and did so. Slipped into a deeper coma....a glascow of 3 and covid shut his kidneys down. We had to let him go at some point as per his wishes on paper prior to all this but we definitely tried everything medically possible. RIP DAD
my father tried to kill me 4 times, hitting my head in the floor/wall I got migraines everyday, and other problems; also I hit myself in the head in a psychotic state a couple times, I just don't remember it
i was molested, sodomy, age 5 years old, grew up with a mean abusive farther and emotinally absent mother, atv accident, assault at wal mart, my head , he grabed my face smashed twisted it on his knee, then my head flew back hit the shelf, then hit the concrete floor i was knocked out cold, and couldint move my arms or stand up
I suffered a severe traumatic brain injury in 2007….. I’m a walking talking miracle…… sucks though having to live with this disability and have regressed 9 years later because I was messed with by my boss! Changed my life and brought out the mental side of my disability! GOD is good and I’m so very blessed
Hi. A really close person to me had a traumatic brain injury. He is in a medically induced coma right now. I've read that he will never be the same person again. Is that really true? I mean, do you think you are the same person? Do you remember details before the injury? 😊
Hello I have had a blow to my head on right side of my head 10 years ago , I was unconscious for 10 minutes and I had headache the whole day and for 30 days after getting up in the morning , I have not consulted doctor and not taken any treatment Now from last 3 years I am having symptoms of TBI Mental confusion, blurry vision in one eye , sensitivity to light and sound, I feel as if my right ear drum is broken, balance problem while driving please let me know whether the symptoms are serious and I need to get an MRI scan done.
Get an MRI Scan done at least to be sure for peace of mind, and if theres anything the doctors notice, hopefully you can link with neurologists that can work with you to set you a wellness plan. Im 22 on 11/15/17 i fell on my face bombing a hill skating and suffered a TBI as well as Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Right when i popped up my nose was broke and my face was covered in lacerations. I was staining my sweater it was disgusting. I never considered how many TBIs take people so soon after. I was lucky, even on 2/8/18 i had another more severe seizure that almost took me. I have personality change too. Best thing i could say brother is if you can afford an MRI with insurance, certainly get one at least for that peace of mind. Stay well !
I was punched 3 times in the face and had a small brain injury. It took a whole year to fully recover from it. I was always tired, forgetting things so easily, thinking so slow, etc. I can’t even grasp how people with a massive brain injury survive and go through with their lives.
Very informative and easy to understand. Thank you for putting this info out there. Subscribed. A large majority of my TBI related patients were IED related, and sport related. MACE Exams were routine.
Hello! Some mechanisms of injury that I have encountered in pediatric patient care include falling from a bunk bed and striking a dresser on the way down; head-to-head or other bodily impact to the head during sport; head impacting the ground from a fall or collision during sport.
In a car accident I went head first through the windshield at 60 mph. The car flipped over a guard rail. I was ejected (no seatbelt) I should be dead. 16 staples in my head but this was 25 years ago and my side effects get worse every year. The vision problems and dizzy spells are the worse but also a lot of mood issues among other things. The hospital was absolutely rude to me, slammed staples in my head and sent me home because they THOUGHT I was a drunk driving. Although I had drank I was not the driver. How sad, I didn't know they actually treated people badly while they were dying in the hospital but they do. I refuse all hospitals and doctors now, with good reason
I was involved in a motorcycle cycle accident july 26 2015 and recently diagnosed with TBI and bipolar 2 disorder. I had a high side crash and landed on ny my left rear lob nearest what is known as a calic and ever since have been fight a rollercoaster to stop moving. Still trying to get help but the stigma behind mental health is still here in Florida and medications used to treat are abused here and hard to be prescribed
Prescription meds are too synthetic anyway, I will always opt for natural remedies and prayer. I've always only had very bad side effects from prescription meds. Pray every day in Jesus' name and always obey God in your Tithing it's what I've learned over the years it is healing.
If you are ever wanting to see some effects of this, there is an interrogation video of a kid named Ryan Waller. It is an excellent demonstration of some of the symptoms. Takes the cop like an hour to figure out the poor kid is hurt
Id like to see that. Im a caretaker for someone w a TBI and many medifal issues. Some days the emotional spin coming from that person is abusive to the point Ive been shaking, almost felt like vomiting, and literally shocked.
My 1st head trauma happened at 8 years old. I tried to pickup the shovel by stepping on the scoop which came up fast and almost knocked me out... The handle hit me directly or square in my forehead... The second incident happened a few years later when I ran backwards into a large tree trying to catch a ball.. I hit the back of my head square in the middle backside which almost knocked me out... The 3rd incident happen a couple of years later being a teenager at that time... I was running backwards quickly when I tripped and fell backwards hitting my head on a manhole cover. I ended up sometime time later that day laying in my bed, not knowing home I returned back home??? I did have a concussion that day but, didn't receive any medical care. I am now 71cyears old and over the years the main loss of memory seems to be my only symptom...
I dont really know my real accident. But what Ive been told is that my moms ex boyfriend Josh Tubes was babysitting me and he either kicked me or did something. What he did caused me to have a tbi and my brain was bleeding out. And I dont really remember none of it because I was 3 and now Im 15. I had to be put in a coma and had to get a feeding tube because I didnt know how to eat. I had to go to rehab and learn everything because I couldnt do anything. It sucks having a tbi, but Im very thankful I made it! Very blessed as well!!!
whenever i feel i can't handle the situation i hit my head hard i don't know why but that's the only thing that come to my mind after that i feel so low feel headache all day
@@finneganflaherty2699 thanks finn for acknowledging this and yes i am working on myself to stay positive and to believe that nothing matters more than my body and my physical and mental health hurting myself is really a bad idea. meditation is the best way to learn self control ❤️🇮🇳
Ih yeah, I used to punch my self until I’d start crying. But I haven’t in about a month, that’s probably because my mom saw bruises and I didn’t like pretending that I had no idea why I had bruises on my face... So the moral of the story is not to punch yourself if you don’t like lying lol. (All jokes aside, this is a true story).
somya mishra I’d recommend meditation. I don’t know all of the stuff about it, but what I do know and mostly why I started meditating is because you can have lucid dreams easily and it is really healthy and stuff. lol I sound so uninformed but seriously, meditating is, as they say “that’s where it’s at”.
At 21, TBI caused immediate loss of ability to read and many other difficulties. I'm now 52. I do well in some ways, struggle in others. When i try to explain my self, I'm sometimes told I live in the past. But the past lives in me. 45 pounds of intracranial pressure changes a life entirely. Living my own dream riding a Ducati around the Great Lakes.
2018 I was involved in a motorcycle accident I got cut off and they slammed on their brakes I was writing a 950 lb Harley with nowhere to go I ended up clipping the right rear quarter panel and being thrown off my bike, as I was picking myself up off the freeway I happen to get run over by a truck I caught the tire with my head and I suffered damage to my frontal lobe my temporal lobe my occipital lobe and the back of my brain, they had to perform a craniectomy to allow for brain swelling bleeding and cerebral spinal fluid, I now have a plastic plate in my head, a VP shunt, partial paralysis in my left side, and I am now deemed legally blind because I have extremely low vision. But with that being said I am trying all that I can to get back to work and one of the biggest struggles I had to deal with was being intubated for 7 months with a trachea in my neck, they wouldn't give me physical therapy so I had to teach myself how to eat, how to drink, how to change my clothes, how to walk, how to shower, basically everything. The neurosurgeon and the neurologist said it would take at least six to nine years for me to get some semblance of my life back. But do shear Force and determination I did it in 9 months. Believe it or not I am currently working on getting back to work if that makes any sense, they didn't think I was going to live through the night and here I am working with the chop saw a drill and impact driver belt sander drill press wood lathe and not to mention since February of 2019 I have done 10 brake jobs on 10 different vehicles, I'm currently going through a divorce because when I was in my metaphorical deathbed my wife was in somebody else's bed with her ankles to her ear lobes and she conceived his child. In all honesty her doing that has given me hope and freedom. I have a lot of things that have happened since 2018 that have changed my life for the worst, but as long as there's air in my lungs and blood in my veins I have to make the best of what I have and I am going to make damn sure that I do. Thank you for making this video and giving me some clarity on my injury because when I was in the state that I was in I had no say in my medical proceedings and I was completely unaware of what was happening because of the medically induced, they had me in and all the opioids for the pain. So seeing videos like this are very good for somebody in my position so I have a better understanding of what I have to deal with and live with, sorry if there is any grammatical or punctual errors and what I wrote here, because of my vision I have to use talk to text.
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I've hit my head many times while being in the military. The ship isn't the most spacious thing, and I've always been concerned at how frequently I've struck specifically the back of my head. I know I definitely have memory issues, but I also wanted to know what other symptoms I should be aware of that I don't even notice. Wife, especially, is worried for me as I grow older
I just had friend who has severe brain damage from being jumped and his head being stomped on. He has trouble speaking now and has the mental awareness of like a 6 year old. He used to be a very intelligent guy. Extremely tragic.
Ive had many concussions, ive been hit in my head items thrown and hit my own head falling. I also had brain surgery. I dont feel the same I feel extremely disabled. I have seizures all of a sudden and memory issues plus more. Guess I'm wondering if all that trauma over the years caused TBI ?
When i was three years old i fell in a coma when i got in my grandmother purse and took her heart medication, was in a coma for 3 days and i remember when i was in the coma i was in the icu unit, and me a a little boy were playing tag, and i remember him and i running to the yellow light, a. The little boy ran in to it, but i was stopped by a boy angel, telling me its not my time , and he said Jesus wants you to wake up. I remember waking up and the mother of the little boy gave all the little kids in the icu unit stuffed animals, mine was a elephant
7 years ago today (12/5/16), a 14 year old boy passed away to a traumatic brain injury from a skateboarding accident 10 days prior. His sister was one of my classmates at the time.
I have a question : I like to skateboard and a lot of the time when I fail a trick i land from the air on my heels which makes the speed of my body stop very quickly can this cause TBI
@@ICUAdvantage theoretically i would agree but when it happens I feel big impact on my head not that it hurts or anything. Can it heal? (btw for some reason my lags only bend after the impact on my head :'(. )
Chloe I know how u feel.I had my head smashed in from a vicious assault! I went through hell for 2years, lucky to be alive. Someday it gets me down so much.stay strong chloe.
I’m an auto injury specialist, so I deal with auto accidents and the effects they have on the body. Most folks do not understand that it’s the rapid deceleration that causes injuries, airbags to deploy, & such. I’ve interviewed thousands of people over the years.
Wish I could see you..I was hit 5 times in 18 months..life is messed up for me now, still trying to get help, I believe they missed alot, said cervical strain. It's SO MUCH more...I know everything changed with the first one, and a rear end hit knocked me out for a bit..everything just got worse after that, now years later..I am definitely not the same.😢
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I had 3 brain bleeds from a terrible car wreck and 9 other surgeries. God wasn't done with me yet. I'm a miracle still walking.
Amazing to hear this Lisa! Sorry to hear you had to go through that, but keep up the good fight!
Me too
My BIL was hit by a hit and run driver while walking. He was hit July 2 and has not awakened yet. How long was it before you opened your eyes?
Awesome you are truly bless last april 23 I've crashed too motorcycle collision and diagnosed severe traumatic brain and can't walk on my own now
That's awesome you're walking God saved my life to! I don't if you're interested I can give you advice and information to aid you in you're recovery that has and is helping me recoverfrommy TBI. Feel free to contact me at jlend1992@gmail.com
Today is the 12th anniversary of my accident. When I was 17, I was hit by a van taxi while crossing the street on a green light. I suffered severe TBI, I stayed in a coma for 9 days and was in critical condition for 72hrs. The doctors were preparing my family for my passing because it was highly unlikely that I would survive however I did. I lost 50% of my eyesight and deal with migraines, back aches and confusion. I lived in hell for 8 years following the accident but I didn’t give up. The doctors told me I would never walk again and last year I did a handstand. Time heals all, miracles exist and the best part about being human is how resilient we are. Keep moving forward, you are more than what happened to you. You are enough.
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Mankind needs more guys like you .... U r an epitome of motivation ❤️
Thanks for telling you're story, and thanks for the encouragement
Inspiring
@@Mo34565 I agree
Went over a 4 to 7½ story cliff. Coma for 24 days. Brain bleed. When I awoke didn't know how to do anything physically but my long-term memory stayed intact so I could remember doing all of it. After I woke up I was discharged from the hospital in 29 days. No headache's ever before or after injury. Back to work and finished with outpatient therapy 9 months after discharge. No residual effects so far. Going on 34 years since accident.
Life went back to normal for me.
Recently, a really close person in my life experienced severe TBI. He’s 57 and he has been unconscious now for almost a week. He’s like a dad to me. Hope he wakes soon
Hoping for the best for you and your loved one. You'll be in my thoughts.
Its in doctor hand and god
God got you & him 👌🏻
How is he doing?
He is doing pretty good. Miraculously. He woke up after 2 weeks with some extreme confusion. For the first week, he was unsure of the year, he wasn’t able to identify he was in the hospital, and he had to do some extensive PT to regain his ability to walk. The six months he has been home have been quite the journey as well. He is so convinced of things being different before he go into his accident. He thinks his wife has another sister, another daughter, he thinks he has 4 cars she sold while he was in “jail”, and he genuinely believe some doctor cast a spell that made him lose vision in one eye. Other than that, he’s alive, and that’s all we asked for when we didn’t know if he’d wake.
Thank you for making this video, when I was 16 I hit my head and split it open and little did I know it was about to change the rest of my life. Its been 3 years since I hit my head and I still struggle to get through daily life with my TBI. Its a crazy feeling not knowing what's going on inside your body but after learning about TBI'S and the side affects it has, you start to relearn your body and learn how to deal with the constant Pain and dis comfort. For anyone dealing with a TBI out there, know your not alone!
100%!!! Thank you for sharing! It is absolutely a long, and sometimes life-long journey for those after TBI. Take care.
@@ICUAdvantage Thank you! You take care as well!
Me too going through my anxiety is unbearable sometimes
How are you now
Nice message thanks. Blessings to you. You are also not alone.
My childhood Bestfriend was in a car wreck with a semi and I’m hoping she wakes up 🥺 I’ve been researching like crazy to give me hope! I can’t loose her! Literally my friend for life!
So sorry to hear about your friend. I'm sure she's in the care of a great team doing everything they can for her and I'm hoping for a good recovery for her.
How is your friend now?
I'm an Occupational Therapy student deprived of lessons like these because of the lockdown/quarantine. I can't really find articles about TVI that are easy to understand, and your video was the solution. Thankyou for this! God bless!
Thank you so much. I'm glad that you enjoyed the lesson Mariah!
@@ICUAdvantage Hi, can I ask you what kind of pain can come from a TBI? thanks.
I mean I have pain in legs , crawling nerves down lower legs/calves . pain in upper middle back , behind head where skull meets neck , pain seems left side and rectum Oh and my upper legs/thigh area go numb .Last year an ER younger Lady Dr. told me I show signs of an Emergency spinal cord injury . First Dr. to tell me anything in 30 years .
I’m coming up on my 11th anniversary from surviving my TBI. I wasn’t wearing a helmet when going 35 mph on a longboard (long skateboard) and fell into a coma and had to have immediate emergency brain surgery (Shout out to Tufts Floating hospital for children in Boston) for my brain surgeon who came in at 2 in the morning to save my life. It’s been a looooong road and I’m thankful everyday for that man.
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Suffered a TBI when I was 5. Every now and then I like to try and learn as much about TBI as I can to help me understand it more. My mechanism of injury was a fall from a horse bucking when I was 5. Idk if it was blunt or penetrating. It's multiple small scarring of the brain which is complicated to know which kind.
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I've suffered many moderate TBIs right from my childhood. I suffer from slurry speech and brain fog most of the time. I sleep a lot too and can't concentrate at the tasks that I undertake. Short term memory loss is also an issue.
Even i sleep a lot
@@Nancy-pc6sf I sleep for 9 hours on a daily basis. Sometimes even 10.
@@AnonymousAlien2099 me too man me too always tried and sleepy even now I'm lying down.....🤣🤣🤣
@@Nancy-pc6sf hi how are you???
@@faisalbi1330 not good wbu??
When I was 5, a 5 pound weight fell off the top of my dad's garage shelves - not sure how high they were, but it fell a few feet, at least. It also came from the top of a box, so probably more like 4 feet. I think I actually remember the moment just before it landed on my head. The next thing I remember is being in my neighbor's van, and someone putting a towel on my head, which immediately turned blood red. The last thing I remember from that day was waking up while getting stitched up, and then passing out again. I had an extremely dysfunctional family, and have had a number of mild TBIs, too. I have had a lot of social and mental health issues throughout my life, and I've really worked on them, but it has always felt like a war I can't win. I didn't think the could be related to my head injuries until I was 35. When I told my PCP and them, she just said, "Yep, that makes sense."
It's been really rough, too. In grad school, I wrote a paper about how something about me changed when I was a kid. Everyone loved me one day, and the next I couldn't do anything right. Even after examining what I went through as a kid, I still didn't connect the dots back to my first TBI. I'm pretty sure that my parents just pretended that there wasn't anything wrong so I wouldn't feel different, and I just assumed that the weight that landed right where my frontal lobe is didn't have any affect on my brain. I wish I could go back and get the help that 5 year old me needed to grow up without the problems I'm just now starting to understand.
Wow sad, a serious injury and doesn't sound like you got what you needed. They're always learning about new stuff with the brain so maybe they didn't know. I had a concussion when I was little, not sure exactly age. Then at 14 had a seizure and diagnosed with Epilepsy . Had many seizures until I got better about taking my medication, fell at some of those times and may have hit head again? Also car accidents. Then in mid to late 20's was strangled until loss of consciousness and a seizure, because why not add that into the fun? I'm just recently beginning to believe I may have autism which can be linked to Epilepsy. It affects every area of life, daily decisions, plans, executive function
@@recoveringsoul755 At this point, I just blame everything on the head injuries. I've been through a lot of other traumatic experiences, but the head injury just seems to amplify everything else. To your health, friend
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Awesome! 😊
@@ICUAdvantage could you get fever after hitting head?
This video is so full of great knowledge I love it so much, I actually was hit by a truck on New Year’s Eve 2019 going into 2020 and the truck was going 50mph and I suffered a Severe diffuse axnol brain injury tbi and I’m now what I consider fully healed but my doctor told me that everything is going to change by the end of the year and I cannot wait till I’ll be completely healed!!!!
Thank you Devan and wish you a speedy recovery!
From my injury and surgery it took me 2 to 3 years to heal, no thanks to the medical so-called professionals.
So do all you can to heal. Treat your brain like it's a muscle and exercise it. Patience will pay off. Do all you can to learn about your condition.
How are you feeling now?
jed villanueva I’m doing really good, I don’t really suffer from any permanent damage. They said where I was so young that’s the best thing that could’ve came out of my accident and helped me was my age and the young body, I have a limp and I get dizzy a lot from the accident but I got dizzy 24/7 before I stayed lightheaded🤷🏼♂️
@@devanjarrell3603 Hi. Do you think you're the same person that you were before that happened
About a week ago I hit my head severely, I keep on having headaches, blurry in one eye! And so much more! So now I think I have a mild head injury... thank you so much for this video!!!
Have you recovered?
based nerd no I have bad headaches from time to time and symptoms of pain
based nerd thank you 😊 for concerning
@@Grapesforbananas how are you now?
@@heatherm8736 aww thank you for the concern, I'm doing a little better, but headaches from time to time. My memory isn't the best, but who's memory is lol. I still have pressure on my head and dizzy, but other than that, I'm doing much better. Thank you, again :) How are you doing??
I have TBI and shrinking brain, my whole life I have been an active male, I live in Canada so hockey (I was a goal so pucks to the head) and lacrosse, very physical. I did search and rescue and have been in the military and seen combat. I wasn't diagnosed with TBI till this year. In the past I have had issues with my temperament, but for the most I believe I wasn't to bad. A year ago I had a kidney transplant, there was some issues during my surgery and was under for 12 hrs. About 6 months after the transplant I started to notice having a hard time concertation, forgetfulness, shakes and my moods started getting worse. At first they thought it was the meds but had to get testing done just incase it was early Alzheimer. Went it all came back it was TBI. They believe I've had TBI for awhile but the surgery activated it to the state I am now. Your video has answered a lot of questions for me cause I am on a waiting list to get into proper treatment. What do you think of stem cell therapy?
Bless all who are afflicted with TBIs. I had severe tbi brain hemorrhage last Autumn, from car accident. I was knocked unconcious for two days And had internal injuries, and banged up externally. Couldn't walk for a mont. My mental health has worsened post TBI, neuropathy, sickening constant migraines , intense exhausting emotional roller coaster all the time, and so tired all the time-but sleep is a luxury now.. It really does change a person, I isolated myself for this entire year because I felt hope was lost and depression/anxiety/paranoia rules my life with a fist of cold steel. Repressed memories have also been triggered out of nowhere and they are waking nightmares that invade my mind. For the past two weeks I'm on the path of getting help from several resources, I hope to have full neurological exam done and other vital treatment soon.
Same how are you doing nowadays?
@2 steps from hell hello how are u now ? Do you struggle to remember what you did yesterday?
Getting rear ended by an 18 wheeler at 30mph with no brakes has changed my life forever. Double vision, loss of continence, loss of balance, constant tinnitus. After cervical surgery for the compression, what I thought was a whiplash has become daily misery.
So sorry, hope you heal in all ways! ❤️
@Self Care I did something dumb trying to clean and organize a room. Severe radiculopathy with loss of feeling in my left arm and hand. Restarted PT and will see my neurosurgeon tomorrow morning. Can’t work with only one hand. But I’m sitting with a precious granddaughter who just had a tonsillectomy. These horrible modern cartoons drown out the tinnitus! 😂
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Years ago I was a caregiver provider for a 30 year old male with "extreme" TBI. He had been in a car accident, as a passenger, on New Years Eve...the only person injured and spent over 6 years comatose. When he woke, his left side was pretty well shot. Left arm and hand crippled, left leg weak twisted, mute, eyes weak. memory long term was in and out, memory short term needed to be refreshed on a regular basis. He communicated with a box that had a keyboard, a screen, emited a tape out the end and a voice. a handy way of getting things done. We'd go to a sandwich shop and he'd hit on the waitresses with the box. He didn't let this slow him down. He said that he'd spent too much time "asleep". Had things to do. He started corresponding with a woman on the west coast and got her to fly hm out there. This was in New Hampshire. I wrote a couple of letters for him, his sister the rest. 'm writing a novel, now, with someone similar as the main character. The problem is that I need more to make"technical" information to make him credible. Any ideas?
I was riding my 10 speed bike down hill when I was 14 years old in 1974. My pocketbook got caught in the spokes, and I was propelled over the handle bars into my face down the sidewalk! I was unconscious for a time. Simply got stiches in my chin! They obviously didn't know about TBI back then!
Anyway, about 4 years later I started to suffer seizures! My ability to recall information, and make conversation is also greatly affected! But praise GOD, I've been able to support myself and raise children with this disability! I still have difficulty with recall at will, and sometimes I cannot recall at all! Although, praise God, I haven't had seizures since 1998.
God bless you all on your journey towards healing! 💜🙏💜
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When I was 17 I had a severe TBI when my pickup fell on my head. I'm doing pretty well today considering how bad things really could have been.
How many ct scans have you had sir in this process sir
@@michaeljohns6222 how many ct scans head sir total for you
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Glad
@@PraveenKumar-ng1ss I believe two or three
I hit my head entering a vehicle. I hit so hard it caused a sub dural hematoma. I struggle with memory issues every day. I'm glad to be alive but it has altered my life and as a result my self confidence went as well.
Holy fuck you’re kidding me? How can you hit your head that hard getting into a car ?! Life is so crazy man I hope you get better each day. much love
Me too
@@Nancy-pc6sf how are you now
@@ii-vc4bz not good everyday is a struggle wbu??
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Yesterday i was riding bikes with my brother he fell smacked his head on the ground and it came off and he just roled and he was out for a min or two and came two and i saw his eyes they were were crossed but like the other way rn hes in the hospital with a shunt please pray for him and i love him i just want him to be fine
@Clayton Reutter thanks mind me asking waht happened?
Praying he made it through alright
@@Simpson_5.9 thanks he did hes making great recovery its been 1 and a half months and hes talking great and starting to walk on his own its been a rough time though
I was in a car accident 5 years ago today that changed my life forever. I had blunt force trauma that left me with bleeding in 3 parts of my brain that wasn’t caught until almost a year later. Thank you for breaking this down!
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I didn’t know that could go on for a year!I had blood from my ear and flashing lights after a knock to the head but the ambulance said it was concussion and said I needn’t go to hospital!Did you have headaches?Head injuries are horrible, I hope you are doing well.
I suffered an SAH due to impact. Im glad I made a near full recovery but there are things that have changed me/my life forever
Sometimes sounds give me shivers down my whole body, my personality changed a bit I get annoyed with people and I don’t know why, hard to concentrate long times, trouble remembering and headaches
I’m sorry to hear this, my brother:(
Thanks for sharing, my boyfriend is in the icu with SAH after mva and im having trouble finding information on this because most talk about strokes and not traumatic bleeding. Im glad to hear you are doing pretty well
@@taradetrick5264 I am doing well thanks for asking.
I got very lucky and was able to do most things within a month of my accident while another lady I know who had an SAH due to a mva is no longer able to work again because of various side effects she experiences daily. so the degree to which people are affected by this injury varies so greatly. The brain is a complex thing.
I hope your boyfriend makes it out of the ICU and makes a full recovery ❤️🩹
@@taradetrick5264 I hope your boyfriend is ok now or will be ok. I, too, suffered a traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in a cycling accident landing on my face at 35 mph on asphalt. It killed me instantly and I was dead for a total of 15 minutes though was revived twice and stayed alive after my second revival. My brain was inactive and totally encased in blood. My doctors tell me the odds of me living from the impact and my face being torn off should have, alone, killed me (which it did). Still, add in the SAH and my odds were "less than zero" said one doctor. He was crying when he told me how lucky I am to be alive and that I shouldn't be alive; I told him, "Yes, I should be alive!" Again, Tara, I hope your boyfriend is alive and well.
@@kylemorley5025 How are you now? 😊
I was I’m a coma if 6 weeks after a blunt injury. My family was told I had 4-24 hours of live. Since then I not only lived but I have suffered tremendous cognitive difficulties. I was able to graduate from community college. But my mental state, is unstable to say the least. I hope this information helps. PS I also lost 100% vision in one eye
Hope you're doing well even I'm suffering from traumatic brain injury which cause me depression and anxiety. .if you don't mind me asking what are your symptoms??
@@Nancy-ow9wy Yeah, depression and anxiety myself. The only bright spot is my workplace. Must get motivated. Any hints?
@@timjohnson1199 sleep ,drink tea are you taking meds??
@@Nancy-ow9wy Hi, I take a sleep aid and just started taking a little something for anxiety. Lately I've been sleeping and feeling better. Don't know if it's the cool weather or what.
I like tea but I stay away from caffeine. In the summer if I'm bothered I'll take a motorcycle ride somewhere with some twisties or take the canoe out. Reading with a cat purring on your lap is good too. Going through a divorce too.
@@timjohnson1199 that's good I'm sorry for your divorce hope everything will turn out well best wishes even I'm on medication tbh
On 14 December, 2014 I got a perforating wound to the left motor strip from a gunshot. Haven't had an MRI because the ballistic was still in the paracranium up until 8 February 2020. Fortunately, I was a dog walker before i got shot, so the muscle memory was strong enough to make me ambulatory after a few days of deliriously arguing with the nurses to let me out of bed.
Hey, February 8th is my birthday! That aside, I hope you're recovering well. :)
Where you by any chance walking lady Gaga's dog??
You're not the first to ask that. I wouldn't have been catching hell to be treated if I could tap into that sweet, sweet Bad Romance money.
In 2007, my friend, 29, was broadsided in her car. When she woke up in the ER, the doctor said she had a TBI, needed 60 stitches, lost her left eye and had a broken neck and back (but no paralysis). She’s learned to cope with her glass eye and broken back/neck, but her TBI as really altered her life. Her psychiatrist has said she’s schizophrenic and has early onset Alzheimer’s due to 15 years of a TBI. She expects to be in a nursing home by age 50.
I was hit by a car when I was 13 and had trauma to the back of my skull; I now experience deja vu every week. I immediately forget but remember every detail a year later. Even details of when I was as young as 1 years old. I never had an MRI/CT when I was hit, just an xray. Nothing was broken according to the x-ray, but the only brain imaging expert had his license pulled for extortion. I never did get any other medical imaging done since my accident. I am 49 now and am experiencing deja-vu weekly, monthly and sometimes will go two months without anything abnormal. I can read something and remember it immediately. I can read an article in the newspaper or a word in a book and forget it the next day. A year later, I can remember every detail of the newspaper and book and it's contents.
Honestly sometimes
I do have deja vu too
It felt like i've been here before
The exact place
It's normal man
Sounds like a complex partial seizure.
omg me tooo!!!
damn so the only price you have to pay is you forgot something for 2-12 months but you completely and normally remember it for like probsbly a lifetime, its like hyperthymesia but with a fair price although the hardest part is not remembering for the first 1 year
This is excellent information about TBIs. Extremely thorough yet understandable!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting.
Examples of TBI's: Penetrating (gunshot, stab), blunt force (baseball bat), internal force (being shaken and your brain being knocked around inside the skull like in a car crash), and exterior force (sound wave from an explosion close by)
As an OT working in brain injury- this was EXCELLENT!!!!! a must watch!!!
Wow thank you so much for that!
I experienced a TBI in early April of 2021. I'm not the same person anymore. May never be again. This has been no joke.
I suffered a TBI as the result of a violent bicycle accident in 1990. I went over the handlebars at 40 mph and landed on my right forehead, on pavement. I lost three teeth, suffered a right eye orbit fracture, inner ear concussions in each ear and the loss of much skin, and many stitches. I remember going for a bike ride that evening, then a vague memory of an ambulance and then being in the hospital, confused.
My life was turned upside down. I went from being a successful Mechanical Engineer, to being unable to write my name. Yet my doctors told my wife I’d be fine in a few weeks. In addition, even though unable to drive, my employer forced me back to work much sooner than I should have.
Personally changes, severe mental fatigue, confusion, memory loss, headaches, seizures and more all occurred within 3 months of the injury.
I was emotionally crushed by the medical community as I was told by a neurologist; “I doubt if you even had an injury and if you did, it’s not near as serious as you say”. I was accused of faking it all, even though we had photos that showed severe facial damage, EMT reports and ER records.
I struggled to work for years post injury until the daily head pain and mental fatigue made work impossible, along with serious suicide thoughts. Ironically I now like to write, where before I despised writing.
32 years later, almost no one in the medical community cares. I’m confused, crushed with daily head pain, severe mental fatigue and increasing memory issues. I am lost! 😢
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I have a TBI myself , lost half or a portion of my brain . I was on a high speed chase with my best friend and we crashed into a tractor and trailer going 90mph. Unfortunately I lost my best friend he died on impact . His side of the car the left side was completely under of the tractor and trailer . My side the right side did not go under so I survived. Doctors told my mom I was going to be a vegetables for life . I was never going to move from this bed . And boom woke up 12 days later . And I do everything I did back then just can’t drink . It’ll kill me ..... literally.
damn that’s crazy you killed your best friend and you don’t even care
How are you know
Wow
I have TBI I got hit by a car September 1st 2022 and had to go to a hospital that’s an hour away from me and I had to get put into an induced coma to start helping my brain I couldn’t walk it hurt but I can now but got lots of support and they help
Had it when I was 17 not long turned 18 but I got discharged early as the doctors said I’d be in hospital for 3 months I was only there for a month as got lots of help and my diet helped too as didn’t have much sugar at all in food and stuff that got put on my face to help scars I had
I was the victim of a robbery, then shooting. Due to my injury, I was left with proptosis. The doctor wasn't able to remove the projectile. But one thing I've noticed. I seem like a different person now. I just wanted to share. Thanks for your video.
I have a Chiari malformation & history of sport related concussion & whiplash. The amount a severe concussion can affect someone is mind blowing (literally lol)
I struggle with migraines, sensitivity to light & noise, vertigo. The malformation never gave me issues untill this concussion, now I experience muscle nausea, muscle weakness, and pain in my neck. (I'm unsure if these occured due to location of injury & the malformation or the concussion) I genuinely almost forgot memory problems
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Such a difficult patient population from a Respiratory Therapist standpoint. Thanks for this great resource. Sharing now!!!!
Thanks Joe! And yeah, overall very difficult patients on many different fronts. Such complex patients sometimes! Thanks for the comment and share!
I was a passenger in a horrific car accident in '04. I was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown out of the front windshield. The car then rolled on top of me and was there for an hour. I have a frontal lobe traumatic brain injury. I'm so lucky to be alive.
when i was 14 i had a severe traumatic brain injury. It was to my frontal lobe. I am now almost 20, and it still affects my everyday life. Im in college now. In high school I was able to get through classes and life, but college changed all of that. I have pretended that that part of my life never happened to be, so I never allowed myself to believe that I was disabled. But I am, I see that every day when imin class, and when everyone can keep up with the teacher. My mind has a rally hard time comprehending difficult topics, and so i need to go really slow. It makes me wonder if the injury triggered the mental health issues i have now too. The mind fascinated me, and i know that i will be a neurosurgeon. Since i was 14, it has been my one true calling.
Read "My Second Chance at Life" by Sarah Deberry. It's an amazing book that gives you some great perspective on what it's like to go through and live with a TBI. You can really get a feel for her personality in the writing too and it will make you laugh and cry. Highly recommended!
Never heard of the book but will find & read it!!!
Thank you sir! It was nice explanation 👍🏻 you made TBI so easy and sir looking forward to the management of Traumatic Brain Injury 😊
Awesome to hear Subrata!
5 years ago at 19 and a week after my mother passed from cancer my friend was pulling me down a hill on his bike when I was on my skateboard. Lost balance fell backwards, back of head hit the floor boom. Cracked skull, loss of fluid and a brain swell. It’s hard but gets better guys. Thanks for this family in the comments.
I survived 3 brain injuries, Frontal lobe damage (minor), Parietal lobe damage,
Temporal lobe damage (major). My life may not be long, but it has survived. My MRI scans are rad, from ages 8-14-21 years old 2 of which were during 14 years old and progress into more serious brain injuries as I aged now 26 not long left.
I prayed for you brother please pray snd repent and ask our father in heaven and his son Jesus Christ to heal you and help you and he will recieve you in his heavenly kingdom if you do pass on . May The father and Jesus bless you with his mercy
🌈✝️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏for you; Isaiah 53:5 KJV
But he was wounded l for our transgressions, he was bruised m for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes, we are healed.
Yo mris don’t show a thing for actual brain injury. Pure trash you could literally save someone’s life.
How many ct scans have you had sir in this process sir
And what is your age at present
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Thanks for that overview, it kind of tied things together. About 40 yrs ago I had a car accident and TBI and then surgery for an AVM and then to install a drain/shunt. Stressful. Took a year or two to recover and was told I wouldn't walk or work again. I was treated like a child (stupid child). Anyhow that motivated me and I built myself up then got employed (eventually) representing different companies traveling internationally working on their equipment. Presently work at a National Laboratory. Did fine till I got married fairly recently (mistake) and had a couple of seizures due to anxiety, sleeplessness, and after some alcohol consumption. Separated, no more alcohol, getting better. Lonely, nobody to share with.
Kinda funny, years ago riding my dirt bike, hard, and went over a cliff and broke my pelvis but had on a very good helmet that took some damage (landed on rocks) but zero damage to head. Still wear a good helmet when I bike today.
Anyhow, I could really use some camaraderie and support. Any way to connect to TBI support groups? Who's out there?
So sorry to hear about all your life challenges :( follow us on social media. We post and share advice type videos from TBI patients themselves, therapists, and specialists. You are not alone! You’re a warrior 💙🧠 never give up
@Goedde Yep. The "ringing" sucks. I used to like the quiet. Let me know when you find a fix.
hey Tim. what a story. its great to learn how you’ve adjusted in life, because its those changes I’m trying to implement now in my life. My TBI i got on 11/15/17 was made so much by me not wearing helmet. So i have been living with my own personality change that has lead to further trauma, and my new epilepsy diagnosis mingling with my depression making things difficult generally. If u want my gmail lmk ! I saved this video so if i find a TBI group soon ill message you about that. Again, thanks for sharing.
tim johnson binaural frequencies and ASMR for me have had a good therapeutic affects on my brian. Sometimes after a frequency it feels like I cracked a joint in my head and lost the pressure. Check out the YT page- “Prometheus Nueropathing”
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Thanks for this! I got hit by a motorcycle while on my bike this month and hit my head pretty bad. Didn't get checked cause of the COVID cases at the nearest hospital so this really sheds some light
We've experience the same page
hoping that ur okay. keep safe!
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Was pushing a sliding mini bus door and it unhinged and it me hard on my head. I didn't get concussed but the impact was harder than anything I've ever felt. Now, 2 months later, I'm getting brain zaps all the time, weird shocks in my frontal lobe area and migraines and headaches.
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i lost a brother this week on 25th sep 2022... He was involved in a motorcycle accident which resulted to him having TBI,, unfortunately the first scans did not show the extent of the injury so no surgery was done because the docs were saying he has only a little clot which can be done with using meds.. the CT scan came back after he passed and it revealed he had severe traumatic brain injury... 😭 I feel if it had been seen on the 1st day maybe he would have survived... Shine on you way🕊️💔
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You made such a great channel that u made me fall in love all over again in being a doctor, thanks alot,keep doing this
Are you a doctor?
What about the nursing fam
Running through the rice field got hit with a 50 mil explosive blew off my left leg partial took off my left arm broke ribs something ripped off my face and crushed my head. All pieces taken to Mash hospitol where I died 7 times in surgery. Got left side replaced and right leg is metal. Lost left sight, speach, equilibrium, and complete memory. Wheel chair 6 years mostly recovered in 35 except equilibrium and memory. Still Angry lost everything.
could be a vegetable
🙏🙏🙏
When I was 21 I was hit in the back of my head by a baseball bat. Broke my crushes my skill and the ground fractured it in the front. Drs said they couldn't believe I lived. But living was not a blessing, it's a struggle everyday. I don't have aim, but it messes up my mentality. I feel disconnected from everyone, I feel alone, I struggle being in public. Before my injury I was a football player for 14 years, wrestled voted prince and king high school days because I was. Outgoing energetic wperson who involved myself in everytjing. Now I cant do anything of the sort. I feel pushed away. I know how I use to be and get mad I can't get like that no matter how hard I try. I see people avoiding me now because of my mentality. This is a struggle I wouldn't wish on anyone. It's hard to find motivation to move forward.
Thank you for this video! I've suffered an External and Internal Brain Hemmorage from being hit by 2 cars as a kid(going 45MPH on foot at separate timelines). I live on Disability and I'm 32 years old. I stay with other people, can't get my own place and when I had jobs, I got fired because of this stupid Injury!
The frontal lobe control I’ve lost is priceless
I was in a motorcycle accident, went over the handlebars. and landed on my chin, yes I had a full faced helmet on, landed on my chest, chin hit the concrete next. TBI sustained
Me too !!
It happened with terrible drivers in my city. I was KO
Did you recover
Was in a single car roll over that flipped bumper to bumper six times. The first time the top of the car and a boulder went though my face with the car on top. When we flipped that ripped off half my face and my skull. Then we landed on another bolder on top of my head again with the car on top. Then we flipped again and the ground and car crushed my head again and knocked me out. Im told after that my body would fly out half way and right before we hit the ground I slipped back in. 18 years later I’m starting to have issues again with memory, speech, limbs give out, throwing up randomly, walking like I’m drunk and few other things. Im becoming scared. Oh I was also dead for about 45 mins.
Never-ending headaches and a world that lies to me. It's an awesome thing to have, this tbi thing.
Excellent video. I had a skull fracture before because of a cheap shot at a bar and hit my head on a sidewalk and I’m lucky I’m alive according to the doctors except I left AMA but went back to the hospital later that day for further help.
Glad you are doing ok Andrew!
How you going today Andrew?
Wow, there are some bizarre stories in the comment section. I guess it's my turn to add to the list. My TBI was the result of my truck falling on my head. First, the axle fell on my head then the whole truck followed.
Stay strong buddy 🤜🏻 🤛🏻✨
Don't let negative thoughts work on you.
@Cool Dude God spared me and gave me another chance.
I am a direct impact survivor from a motor vehicle accident/MVA, of a pickup truck impacting my side of the vehicle at 53mph. My GCS score was 3. Mainly right side injury, with some fragments of or shards of skull placing themselves in the left side of my brain. My jaw was broken, all ribs broke, collapsed lungs, pseudoanurism of my aorta, and bilateral pelvic fractures/torn sciatic nerve on my right side. I have upper left spasticity, and H.O./heterotrophic ossification in my left shoulder, arm and hand. This occurred on 03/25/2006. Thankfully the ICU that treated me had a Licox tool/machine to help relieve intracranial pressure. I walk with a cane, and see a chiropractor twice a week, and workout (walking, stretching, body weight squats/deadlifts, planks, etc…). I’m currently employed with a nonprofit who has contracts with the government while employing the disabled population. Through the 8-months of rehab, (after I woke up from a 6-week coma, and transitioned through 3-different rehabs until my family found the best option), I’ve learned things about my TBI that are still held onto by me.
This is one of those experiences that, I would like to recommend to anyone who has the opportunity, lol… in all seriousness, I feel that, through relearning all of the basics in life, after having lived for 31 years, (my 31st birthday happened while in coma), I have an understanding that is greater than what I believe I would have if I was not injured. It seems as though I have a more nuanced understanding than the majority of folks who I interact with. Then I remember that I have a head injury, and I accept. I accept that fact, and remain determined to live the best life that I am capable of.
We’re all living a life that is so profound, that from my perspective, it appears that almost everyone else shows signs of trauma. The majority of the trauma that we inflict, is typically from internal choices/voices that we choose to hear, ignore, or listen very carefully to. This is what I believe is the root cause to the majority of our suffering. The meaning of life is to find enjoyment in all that we do. The best way to find enjoyment in the ‘mundane,’ is to reframe the situation, alter the perspective from which we are observing the outside world. The more ironic point of this, is that we all have the power to do this, by recognizing that it’s, “all in our heads.” Recognize as much as you can, with a trust in your subconscious mind to be able to communicate with our conscious mind when we need the information that the subconscious has figured out for us. Trust in the processing of the mind and human consciousness.
One of those huge club speakers fell on my head back in the 80’s. It was new and never secured to the shelf it was on. It vibrated off the shelf and fell right on top of me. Couldn’t write, read, or understand what people were saying to me. Headaches for at least a year. I always said that I was never the same afterward. I felt like I just wasn’t as smart after that injury
Yesterday something similar happened , immediately I dind feel any pain I am fine but I feel something off don't know whether it is anxiety or injury , please share your experience did you go for CT scan
I fell off a bar stool when i was 20 months old and broke my neck and have TBI from that.
Did u have any problem later due to that tbi
I had a front lobe TBI at 19 yrs old, 3 brain bleeds, and a cracked skull that goes in kinda a oval shape. Afew concussions, I flat lined 3 times and till alive
Wow, thank you for sharing and so glad to hear that you survived and are still here!
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@@ICUAdvantage Hello doctor, I am from Iraq. I hope you will answer my question. My brother had a concussion and loss of consciousness 8 days ago. X-rays were taken and nothing bad appeared, why did he not wake up yet?
How many head ct scans have you had
And what is your age now
I was driving home from work when someone tried to pass how much traffic there was and hit me and 2 other cars. I was knocked out before that happened, I don't remember any of it. An EMT also got hit and basically saved my life. I was taken to the hospital after that. I still can't walk but I feel like I'm getting close. I was 19 when that happened.
I have headaches almost every day so I was doing research on TBI 2 try & find out if my tbi injury from 1969 had anything 2 do with my headaches & came across ur video. When I was 3 yrs old, I stepped out from behind a large pile of leaves on the side of the road that i was hiding behind right in front of a moving car. There was no time 4 him 2 stop 2 keep from hitting me. The car hit me on the left side of my head behind my left ear. I died 3 times - once in my mama's arms otw 2 the hospital then twice @ the hospital. They got me back, but i was in a coma for 6 months.The doctors were telling my parents that i wasn't gonna live but if i did live, i'd be a vegetable for the rest of my life. Changing me, feeding me, wiping drool off my chin bc i couldn't swallow, & 4get about me gettin married or having kids. Well, HERE I AM!!!! 57 yr old grandmother of 2!!! Mother of 1 daughter. I went thru 11th grade in school. Got my GED in 1991. My daughter was born in 1988. So!! Back 2 my question..... Can the tbi i got in 1969 from being hit in the head by a car be causing me 2 have headaches? I am wheelchair-bound, cannot walk, can only use my left arm/hand, have feeling throughout my body & am very creative & poetic.
Miracle ❤you are.
My father last week had a stroke and during the stroke fell and hit his head on the floor so hard he had a midline shift and blood coming from his ears. On top of that he has covid. We are currently back and forth from the ICU hoping he wake up.......edit. He didn't wake up and covid decided it was going to take him and did so. Slipped into a deeper coma....a glascow of 3 and covid shut his kidneys down. We had to let him go at some point as per his wishes on paper prior to all this but we definitely tried everything medically possible. RIP DAD
Rip to him
my father tried to kill me 4 times, hitting my head in the floor/wall
I got migraines everyday, and other problems; also I hit myself in the head in a psychotic state a couple times, I just don't remember it
So sorry to hear this 😢
Know that is not ok or normal parenting! please call 911 if this happens again no one should be treated like that. It breaks my heart to hear this.
i was molested, sodomy, age 5 years old, grew up with a mean abusive farther and emotinally absent mother, atv accident, assault at wal mart, my head , he grabed my face smashed twisted it on his knee, then my head flew back hit the shelf, then hit the concrete floor i was knocked out cold, and couldint move my arms or stand up
In Brazil, there's no much that I can do
I'm urging for a better life (22 already), but it's way too hard
@@atvman1014 that's rough, man
I understand how hard must be for you
I suffered a severe traumatic brain injury in 2007….. I’m a walking talking miracle…… sucks though having to live with this disability and have regressed 9 years later because I was messed with by my boss! Changed my life and brought out the mental side of my disability! GOD is good and I’m so very blessed
Hi. A really close person to me had a traumatic brain injury. He is in a medically induced coma right now. I've read that he will never be the same person again. Is that really true? I mean, do you think you are the same person? Do you remember details before the injury? 😊
Amen
Thanks for great content Eddie! This is near and dear to my heart too
You are very welcome and glad you enjoyed it!
I’m a new icu nurse and we have a lot of that in my hospital
It's a pretty common thing across all ICUs for sure.
That’s not your hospital
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Hello I have had a blow to my head on right side of my head 10 years ago , I was unconscious for 10 minutes and I had headache the whole day and for 30 days after getting up in the morning , I have not consulted doctor and not taken any treatment
Now from last 3 years I am having symptoms of TBI
Mental confusion, blurry vision in one eye , sensitivity to light and sound, I feel as if my right ear drum is broken, balance problem while driving please let me know whether the symptoms are serious and I need to get an MRI scan done.
Get an MRI Scan done at least to be sure for peace of mind, and if theres anything the doctors notice, hopefully you can link with neurologists that can work with you to set you a wellness plan. Im 22 on 11/15/17 i fell on my face bombing a hill skating and suffered a TBI as well as Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Right when i popped up my nose was broke and my face was covered in lacerations. I was staining my sweater it was disgusting. I never considered how many TBIs take people so soon after. I was lucky, even on 2/8/18 i had another more severe seizure that almost took me. I have personality change too. Best thing i could say brother is if you can afford an MRI with insurance, certainly get one at least for that peace of mind. Stay well !
Me to !!! Plz help😭
When i go to school to noone gangs around me anymore after the blow to my head 11 years ago and my parents say no ur fine and ik im not
My daughter suffered a TBI when she was 3. An old TV fell on her. She is 14 now. It's been challenging but we've also been able to grow through this.
I was punched 3 times in the face and had a small brain injury. It took a whole year to fully recover from it. I was always tired, forgetting things so easily, thinking so slow, etc. I can’t even grasp how people with a massive brain injury survive and go through with their lives.
Very informative and easy to understand. Thank you for putting this info out there. Subscribed. A large majority of my TBI related patients were IED related, and sport related. MACE Exams were routine.
Thank you and welcome aboard!
Subscribed !! I'm a new Paramedic intern and this made it clear and to the point ! Thank you
Awesome! Welcome aboard! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video!
Hello! Some mechanisms of injury that I have encountered in pediatric patient care include falling from a bunk bed and striking a dresser on the way down; head-to-head or other bodily impact to the head during sport; head impacting the ground from a fall or collision during sport.
Thank you for sharing Megan! Sounds like a lot of acceleration and deceleration injuries!
In a car accident I went head first through the windshield at 60 mph. The car flipped over a guard rail. I was ejected (no seatbelt) I should be dead. 16 staples in my head but this was 25 years ago and my side effects get worse every year. The vision problems and dizzy spells are the worse but also a lot of mood issues among other things. The hospital was absolutely rude to me, slammed staples in my head and sent me home because they THOUGHT I was a drunk driving. Although I had drank I was not the driver. How sad, I didn't know they actually treated people badly while they were dying in the hospital but they do. I refuse all hospitals and doctors now, with good reason
man that's sad god bless u
I was involved in a motorcycle cycle accident july 26 2015 and recently diagnosed with TBI and bipolar 2 disorder. I had a high side crash and landed on ny my left rear lob nearest what is known as a calic and ever since have been fight a rollercoaster to stop moving. Still trying to get help but the stigma behind mental health is still here in Florida and medications used to treat are abused here and hard to be prescribed
How are you now
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Prescription meds are too synthetic anyway, I will always opt for natural remedies and prayer. I've always only had very bad side effects from prescription meds. Pray every day in Jesus' name and always obey God in your Tithing it's what I've learned over the years it is healing.
If you are ever wanting to see some effects of this, there is an interrogation video of a kid named Ryan Waller. It is an excellent demonstration of some of the symptoms. Takes the cop like an hour to figure out the poor kid is hurt
Id like to see that. Im a caretaker for someone w a TBI and many medifal issues. Some days the emotional spin coming from that person is abusive to the point Ive been shaking, almost felt like vomiting, and literally shocked.
My 1st head trauma happened at 8 years old. I tried to pickup the shovel by stepping on the scoop which came up fast and almost knocked me out... The handle hit me directly or square in my forehead...
The second incident happened a few years later when I ran backwards into a large tree trying to catch a ball.. I hit the back of my head square in the middle backside which almost knocked me out... The 3rd incident happen a couple of years later being a teenager at that time... I was running backwards quickly when I tripped and fell backwards hitting my head on a manhole cover. I ended up sometime time later that day laying in my bed, not knowing home I returned back home??? I did have a concussion that day but, didn't receive any medical care. I am now 71cyears old and over the years the main loss of memory seems to be my only symptom...
I dont really know my real accident. But what Ive been told is that my moms ex boyfriend Josh Tubes was babysitting me and he either kicked me or did something. What he did caused me to have a tbi and my brain was bleeding out. And I dont really remember none of it because I was 3 and now Im 15. I had to be put in a coma and had to get a feeding tube because I didnt know how to eat. I had to go to rehab and learn everything because I couldnt do anything. It sucks having a tbi, but Im very thankful I made it! Very blessed as well!!!
whenever i feel i can't handle the situation i hit my head hard i don't know why but that's the only thing that come to my mind after that i feel so low feel headache all day
Hey, it sounds a lot like that's self-harm and it's not really good for you. If you have someone you trust, you may want to talk to them about this
@@finneganflaherty2699 thanks finn for acknowledging this and yes i am working on myself to stay positive and to believe that nothing matters more than my body and my physical and mental health hurting myself is really a bad idea. meditation is the best way to learn self control ❤️🇮🇳
Ih yeah, I used to punch my self until I’d start crying. But I haven’t in about a month, that’s probably because my mom saw bruises and I didn’t like pretending that I had no idea why I had bruises on my face... So the moral of the story is not to punch yourself if you don’t like lying lol. (All jokes aside, this is a true story).
somya mishra I’d recommend meditation. I don’t know all of the stuff about it, but what I do know and mostly why I started meditating is because you can have lucid dreams easily and it is really healthy and stuff. lol I sound so uninformed but seriously, meditating is, as they say “that’s where it’s at”.
Don’t listen to these jokes people are making. Depression is real. Talk to a friend or someone else that might understand
Can you speak on the results of multiple concussions?
At 21, TBI caused immediate loss of ability to read and many other difficulties. I'm now 52. I do well in some ways, struggle in others. When i try to explain my self, I'm sometimes told I live in the past. But the past lives in me. 45 pounds of intracranial pressure changes a life entirely. Living my own dream riding a Ducati around the Great Lakes.
2018 I was involved in a motorcycle accident I got cut off and they slammed on their brakes I was writing a 950 lb Harley with nowhere to go I ended up clipping the right rear quarter panel and being thrown off my bike, as I was picking myself up off the freeway I happen to get run over by a truck I caught the tire with my head and I suffered damage to my frontal lobe my temporal lobe my occipital lobe and the back of my brain, they had to perform a craniectomy to allow for brain swelling bleeding and cerebral spinal fluid, I now have a plastic plate in my head, a VP shunt, partial paralysis in my left side, and I am now deemed legally blind because I have extremely low vision. But with that being said I am trying all that I can to get back to work and one of the biggest struggles I had to deal with was being intubated for 7 months with a trachea in my neck, they wouldn't give me physical therapy so I had to teach myself how to eat, how to drink, how to change my clothes, how to walk, how to shower, basically everything. The neurosurgeon and the neurologist said it would take at least six to nine years for me to get some semblance of my life back. But do shear Force and determination I did it in 9 months. Believe it or not I am currently working on getting back to work if that makes any sense, they didn't think I was going to live through the night and here I am working with the chop saw a drill and impact driver belt sander drill press wood lathe and not to mention since February of 2019 I have done 10 brake jobs on 10 different vehicles, I'm currently going through a divorce because when I was in my metaphorical deathbed my wife was in somebody else's bed with her ankles to her ear lobes and she conceived his child. In all honesty her doing that has given me hope and freedom. I have a lot of things that have happened since 2018 that have changed my life for the worst, but as long as there's air in my lungs and blood in my veins I have to make the best of what I have and I am going to make damn sure that I do. Thank you for making this video and giving me some clarity on my injury because when I was in the state that I was in I had no say in my medical proceedings and I was completely unaware of what was happening because of the medically induced, they had me in and all the opioids for the pain. So seeing videos like this are very good for somebody in my position so I have a better understanding of what I have to deal with and live with, sorry if there is any grammatical or punctual errors and what I wrote here, because of my vision I have to use talk to text.
stay strong
@@1181darkfire thank you!
Thank you for this video. It was quite helpful. Could you explain what neurostorming is?
I just had one, from a motor scooter accident, 8 days ago.
Please have a look at my new channel. It’s my vlog from my sever brain damage caused by a 5m fall from a roof at work. I want to help as many people as I can as I have a great rehabilitation manager so I can pass on helpful skills and tips for family rehab ua-cam.com/channels/YcKtCZJj9kxwkE9hEBGt-w.html
I've hit my head many times while being in the military. The ship isn't the most spacious thing, and I've always been concerned at how frequently I've struck specifically the back of my head. I know I definitely have memory issues, but I also wanted to know what other symptoms I should be aware of that I don't even notice. Wife, especially, is worried for me as I grow older
I just had friend who has severe brain damage from being jumped and his head being stomped on. He has trouble speaking now and has the mental awareness of like a 6 year old. He used to be a very intelligent guy. Extremely tragic.
This is great thank you for this knowledge!!
My pleasure! Glad you liked it!
Ive had many concussions, ive been hit in my head items thrown and hit my own head falling. I also had brain surgery. I dont feel the same I feel extremely disabled. I have seizures all of a sudden and memory issues plus more. Guess I'm wondering if all that trauma over the years caused TBI
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@Psalmist thank you so much
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When i was three years old i fell in a coma when i got in my grandmother purse and took her heart medication, was in a coma for 3 days and i remember when i was in the coma i was in the icu unit, and me a a little boy were playing tag, and i remember him and i running to the yellow light, a. The little boy ran in to it, but i was stopped by a boy angel, telling me its not my time , and he said Jesus wants you to wake up. I remember waking up and the mother of the little boy gave all the little kids in the icu unit stuffed animals, mine was a elephant
Completed my neurosurgery round last week. Seen almost all these cases in real life.
Yikes, sounds busy then!
@@ICUAdvantage definitely :)
I'm not mowing my lawn anymore. Now I have the perfect excuse.
Can surgery be worse than the original trauma?
I fell off my bike as a kid, hit my head on the curb, was concussed and knocked unconscious for 24 hrs. Blunt deceleration.
Ouch
7 years ago today (12/5/16), a 14 year old boy passed away to a traumatic brain injury from a skateboarding accident 10 days prior. His sister was one of my classmates at the time.
I have a question : I like to skateboard and a lot of the time when I fail a trick i land from the air on my heels which makes the speed of my body stop very quickly can this cause TBI
I wouldn't think so as you have cushion and shock absorption in your body to keep your head from stopping too quickly.
@@ICUAdvantage theoretically i would agree but when it happens I feel big impact on my head not that it hurts or anything. Can it heal? (btw for some reason my lags only bend after the impact on my head :'(. )
I was in a coma for months " traumatic brain injury " ...everyone always ask me why I feel so "sad"...ugh I just feel so useless
The fuck
Ris3Up85 shut tf up nerd
Chloe Saito you are a keyboard warrior silly brain trauma head ass nigga insulting me and not responding lmao
Chloe I know how u feel.I had my head smashed in from a vicious assault! I went through hell for 2years, lucky to be alive. Someday it gets me down so much.stay strong chloe.
@@keithdouglas9848 thank you so much!
I’m an auto injury specialist, so I deal with auto accidents and the effects they have on the body. Most folks do not understand that it’s the rapid deceleration that causes injuries, airbags to deploy, & such. I’ve interviewed thousands of people over the years.
Wish I could see you..I was hit 5 times in 18 months..life is messed up for me now, still trying to get help, I believe they missed alot, said cervical strain. It's SO MUCH more...I know everything changed with the first one, and a rear end hit knocked me out for a bit..everything just got worse after that, now years later..I am definitely not the same.😢