WELCOME BACK SIMON!!! Our final Wednesday of each month co-host has been MIA for quite some time due to both older revisited, and new challenges. Hallelujah, he has final risen and is back among us! As we wind down Brain Injury Awareness Month, we can’t stress the importance of Peer to Peer Support enough. Be it podcasts, books, support groups, Tedx Talks or any number of survivor driven resources. Hearing from others who have walked a similar path and faced like challenges, is a key ingredient in letting others know they are not alone. The path of healing can sometimes come in seemingly odd ways, but few things happen by mistake.
Impact of Fatigue on TBI with Dr. Maria
Our regular contributor Dr. Maria Romanas is back to discuss “The Impact of Fatigue on Executive Function in TBI”. As we proceed through Brain Injury Awarness Month, knowledge is power. Many report that fatigue is their most challenging symptom after brain injury. Reasons for the fatigue are not well understood but may include endocrine abnormalities, the need for the brain to work harder to compensate for brain injury deficits (in other words, inefficiency), or changes to brain structures. Cognitive fatigue is often characterized by feeling mentally drained, apathy, and difficulty concentrating. Other symptoms include: Being easily distracted. Problems with working memory. Sound familiar? You are not alone.
TBI Awareness with Kim and Caren
Join Kim and Caren for Matters of the Brain this Awareness Month – Callers welcome!
SPECIAL EDITION
Sundays at 5:30 pm. Brain Injury Radio airs live 36 countries across the world. It is always archived in the Blog Talk Radio and Brain Injury Radio databases for future listening.
Learning to Live After Brain Injury
Jeffrey Sebell is a forty year survivor, promoting our abilities, focusing on our strengths through his book “Learning to Live with Yourself After Brain Injury”, blogging, writing for a variety of publications, acting as a Keynote Speaker, and service. See more at his website: TBIsurvivor.com Jeffrey experienced a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in 1975, when, as the result of a car accident, he was in a coma for a month with frontal lobe and brain stem injuries. His goal now is to provide meaningful support to those who have experienced a brain injury by helping them find the means within themselves to live a fulfilled life. Since his TBI, he has had several jobs, but have most always found the time to spend on writing and speaking, and I was on the founding board of directors of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Head Injury Foundation. Jeffrey is currently an author and speaker, living in Maine. He doesn’t focus so much on re-telling his own experiences, as on what it takes for those of us who have had a Traumatic Brain Injury to live a fulfilled life.