Kim’s Radio Shows

My guest tonight is Shubie Gomez, a multiple brain aneurysm survivor, 5yrs out. As I recognize the anniversary this week of my own rupture, I’m happy to be having her join me. We want to help listeners better grasp this little understood example brain trauma. Think the topic doesn’t apply to you? One in 50 people in the U.S. have unruptured aneurysms, of which many are not yet aware. Every 18 minutes an aneurysm ruptures, killing 40% almost instantly and leaving over 60% of survivors with life long neurological deficits. A rupture is sometime also referred to as a Subarachnoid Hemorrhage or Hemorrhagic Stroke. Listen in so you’ll better understand a condition that affects more people than you’d imagined. Be Aware!

Feeling full of energy as you enter the New Year, or perhaps feeling like you drug yourself to the finish line and hit the wall? If that last option resembles you, the likely culprit is NeuroFatigue. A Dutch company recently released an excellent article (https://www.braininjury-explanation.com/consequences/neurofatigue) that describes this common element of brain trauma. Based on how I’m feeling, thought this might be a good time for a review and YOUR input. Join me!

Join us for the online New Year’s Party! All the fun, without leaving the house and taking the risks of the fray outside. 🙂

How was 2016 for you? What were your joys, your disappointments, your challenges? What aspirations would you like to see for 2017? Are you a planner, or a “wait and see” kind of person?

Let’s spend this last night of 2016 together, and follow the road where it leads. Bring your party hats & noise makers as well roll in The New Year in several time zones! Come and stay, or pass on through .. Just join us to close out 2016.

In 1982 on his way home from a library near Norfolk Virginia, Marty Salo was struck by a car. He was the number 6 passenger “hot load” on the nightingale Aeromedical transport/ambulance service. “That illustrated the true effectiveness of the golden hour for treatment”, he’s since heard from several physicians. He spent around 10-13 days as a 1-1-1 on the Glascow Coma Scale. By day 49, he was still not resolved, but was far enough along that his parents brought him home. His Mom and many of her friends are nurses, who treated him at home along the way. Marty had tutoring by a 5th grade Catholic School Teacher, and eventually matriculated. Now working at a local hospital, he has been declared a miracle for professionals who hear his story. Marty sees it as being a testament to the power of perseverance and continuing forward on the journey.

Montel Williams earned his media celebrity status as an inspirational Emmy Award winning television personality whom Americans invited into their homes for years. He is a decorated former naval officer, inspirational speaker, author, entrepreneur and advocate for patients worldwide. Shortly after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 1999, Williams established the Montel Williams MS Foundation to further the scientific study of MS, raise national awareness, and educate the public. Montel has been involved with many initiatives that are focused on improving the lives of people living with various brain impairments and injuries. He has personally participated in studies and trials surrounding non-invasive brain stimulation therapy with phenomenal results. He continues to work with researchers and the U.S. Army to further develop their findings with the hopes of helping civilians as well as soldiers who have experienced traumatic brain injuries.

Susan Connors served as president and chief executive officer of the Brain Injury Association of America in 2005. She was executive director of the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators and BIAA’s national director of state affairs. Susan has served in advisory capacities and on expert panels for several federal agencies, universities, nonprofit organizations and has authored numerous publications, position statements and articles.

Pam is a professional speaker, video podcaster, life navigation coach and author of the book, Behind the Post, her first in a series about life’s moments and lessons inspired by social media posts. SEE pamhaysinspires.com

She is the President/Founder of The Arms Forces, a nonprofit that assists veterans and military members who have a traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress. Pam is also a severe traumatic brain injury survivor.

She believes she is destined to make a difference and her passion for helping others is evident in her life and in the lives of those who know her.

Dr. Lewis is a renowned expert on brain health, particularly the use of omega-3 fatty acids for the prevention, management, and rehabilitation of concussions and traumatic brain injury. He founded the Brain Health Education and Research Institute in late 2011 when he retired as a Colonel after a distinguished 31-year career in the U.S. Army. His pioneering work has helped countless thousands of people around the world and recognized by the American College of Nutrition with their prestigious 2015 Humanitarian Award. See brainhealtheducation.org for more on Dr Lewis, and the release of his new book When Brains Collide: What Every Athlete and Parent Should Know About the Prevention and Treatment of Concussions and Head Injuries.

Dr. Adrian Harel (Finland) has served as CEO, owner or founder of more than nine life sciences and biotech companies. He holds more than 12 patents, and is a frequent contributor in scientific publications.

His current company Medicortex designed an entire pipeline of neuroprotective drugs and biomarkers for brain injury. They are currently developing a rapid diagnostic kit for the detection of TBI, multifunctional drug molecules for the treatment of TBI and halting the cellular deterioration initiated by TBI. See medicortex.fi for more.

For 29 years, author Cyndy Feasel was married to former NFL player Grant Feasel, an offensive lineman who toiled in the trenches, battering his body with every snap of the ball.

In her newbook, After the Cheering Stops: An NFL Wife’s Story of Concussions, Loss and the Faith That Saw Her Through, Cyndy Feasel shares how the repeated hits taken during her husband’s ten-year career in the NFL and the unknown effects of a degenerative brain disease (CTE) turned her life upside down and ultimately killed the man she loved.

Most people don’t know or understand how CTE, and the repetitive collisions most football players and athletes take day after day, affect the athletes and their families. She wants to show a human side—and share a female perspective—of what happens off the field. See site: afterthecheeringstops.com

We honor Veteran’s Day and welcome our new President-elect!