Category Archives: brain injury

Facing it head on: what does a traumatic brain injury feel like?

Posted on May 11, 2016 by

Each year across Britain some 350,000 people are admitted to hospital with an acquired brain injury. The results can be life changing with 500,000 people in the UK currently suffering long term disabilities as a result. Four years ago the … Continue reading →

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Living with Long-Term Brain (Head) Injury

Posted on March 2, 2016 by

https://headbraininjury.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/living-with-long-term-brain-head-injury-4/ https://headbraininjury.wordpress.com/tag/brain/ and https://livingwithheadinjury.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/some-cognitive-effects-of-head-brain-injury/ “When a brain has been damaged, new neural pathways can be formed, learnt, strengthened and developed over time …with habit-forming, focus and practice.” “With focus, dedication, persistence and especially patience, support and love, a brain, any brain can be rewired to follow … Continue reading →

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Traumatic Brain Injury Is …

Posted on December 28, 2015 by

    * “A LARGE PUZZLE where a number of those pieces are broken.” * “A puzzle … all the pieces are there… but in the wrong order.” (“The pieces don’t quite fit, mesh together. but only you can find … Continue reading →

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Some Cognitive Effects of Head (Brain) Injury

Posted on June 10, 2015 by

SOME COGNITIVE EFFECTS OF HEAD INJURY: by Craig Lock “Compare it (your head) to a jelly in a bowl. The bowl is the skull – a strong, protective container – and the jelly (the brain) is nestled within. The skull … Continue reading →

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Aging , Fatigue and Brain Injury

Posted on February 3, 2015 by

1st edition (Kindle e-book) has just been published at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00T45PLPG and the paperback version Click on http://www.amazon.com/Aging-Fatigue-Brain-Injury-Living/dp/1507837372 to the singing of the Beatles at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkyqRP8S93Y “We share what we know, so that we all may grow.” PPS “Together, one mind, one … Continue reading →

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Aging and Fatigue following Brain Injury

Posted on January 30, 2015 by

The Title of a new book I’m starting today! Here’s the opening paragraph… At age 15 I was in a serious accident in Cape Town, South Africa and was in a coma, unconscious or semi-conscious for between 3 weeks and … Continue reading →

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The Nurse: Living with Head (Brain) Injury

Posted on January 7, 2015 by

http://www.amazon.com/Nurse-Living-Injury-Dropped-Godzone-ebook/dp/B00RPWTYEE The paperback version is also available at

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Two years after a brain injury left him introverted and aggressive, James Cracknell and his wife Bev tell how it nearly tore them apart

Posted on September 26, 2014 by

http://headbraininjury.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/two-years-after-a-brain-injury-left-him-introverted-and-aggressive-james-cracknell-and-his-wife-bev-tell-how-it-nearly-tore-them-apart/ “We share what we know, so that we all may grow.” “Together, one mind, one life (one small step at a time), let’s see how many people (and lives) we can encourage, impact, empower, support, enrich, uplift and perhaps … Continue reading →

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Learning to Live with Brain Injury

Posted on September 8, 2014 by

Learning to Live with Brain Injury James Piercy calls it the “hidden disability”. Every year in his homeland, the United Kingdom, 135,000 people are admitted to hospital as a consequence of it. And each day in New Zealand, about 90 … Continue reading →

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The Lasting Effects from Blows to the Head (Concussion)

Posted on September 3, 2014 by

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