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Simple tips for brain and spinal cord injury, illness, injury, aging, children, adults, everyone … Questions to ask your healthcare professionals

07 Jun

When you come across health issues there are a number of questions you and your advocate need to ask.  It’s difficult to know what questions to ask when your world is turned upside down and you are not familiar with healthcare systems. Either the patient or the advocate, or both should ask these questions.

The best outcome to all health issues is dependent on the educated patients and advocates. Asking the following questions will help you take control, eliminate some stress and struggles with healthcare and focus on ones optimal level of functioning.  This is a comprehensive but not all inclusive list of questions to ask your healthcare provider. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on June 7, 2013 in ADHD, Aging, Brain Injury, Chronic illness, Dementia, Disabled Veterans, Education, Elderly, Health, Healthcare, Injury, Medications, Memory, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Nurses, Nurses and Nursing, Pain, Parents, Patients, Rehabilitation, Support, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans

 

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Is sleep a problem

22 Jan

Sleep is a common problem. Most people dealing with traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, ADD-ADHD, chronic medical conditions and injuries and more, have difficulty with sleep. I recommend  clicking on the highlighted red link to Sleep Struggles and Disorders for a comprehensive and quick list and easy to navigate.

This site has an extensive list of all types of sleep problems. Additions and deletions of articles will be maintained. Go to the bottom of the page and click and read the links you are interested.

English: Diagram illustrating the influence of...

English: Diagram illustrating the influence of dark-light rythms on circadian rythms and related physiology and behavior. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

These Links about Sleep, Sleep Struggles & Disorders, ADD, Spectrum & Sleep, Circadian Rhythms, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), Apnea, Insomnia, Narcolepsy, Rarer Sleep Disorders, Other elements impacting sleep, Light, vision, and sleep … and more.

Please leave comments as you explore these links. What is helpful and what is not? How do these sleep disorders apply to your life and situation?

 

 

 
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Posted by on January 22, 2013 in ADD, ADHD, Aging, Alzheimer's, Brain Injury, Chronic illness, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Dementia, Disabled American Veterans, Disabled Veterans, Education, Elderly, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Health, Healthcare, Injury, Medications, Memory, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Nurses, Nurses and Nursing, Pain, Rehabilitation, Support, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury, Veterans

 

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Simple tips understanding injuries are very different … Part 2 of 2

30 Nov

Following the minor accident she sustained many symptoms.  Some of the problems she recalls are: memory problems, an inability to focus, poor judgement, poor financial decisions, unable to balance a checkbook, unable to compensate, unable to sleep, increase in pain, extreme fatigue, irritability, unable to be independent because of level of fatigue, required assistance to accomplish activities of daily living, profound confusion, and finally an inability to work at career that was her passion.

Most importantly, she was unable to care for herself and struggled to parent her daughters. She did not qualify for rehabilitation. Now she wonders why her brain didn’t qualify for rehabilitation, but her amputation was covered daily for several months!  Was her leg considered more valuable than

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Posted by on November 30, 2012 in Brain Injury, Disabled American Veterans, Education, Exhaustion, Gratitude, Health, Help, Injury, Medications, Memory, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Nurses, Nurses and Nursing, Pain, Rehabilitation, Simple Tips for Brain Injury Self Rehabilitation (BISR), TBI

 

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Simple tips understanding injuries are very different … Part 1 of 2

23 Nov

How many have been compared to someone who have a visible injury? “Look how much someone can accomplish after they have lost limbs or have some other visible physical injuries.”  Is the frustration with brain injury Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on November 23, 2012 in Brain Injury, Disabled American Veterans, Education, Exhaustion, Fatigue, Health, Injury, Memory, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Nurses, Nurses and Nursing, Pain, Rehabilitation, Support, TBI, Traumatic Brain Injury

 

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Simple and basic tips for toileting, bathroom use, and restrooms after traumatic brain injury and illness

20 Jul

Have you ever been with someone who simply continues going to the bathroom?  Or may never get to the bathroom in time?  These are basic functions that nearly everyone takes for granted from a young age, usually around the age of 2.  Routine bodily functions are often lost and need to be relearned following a traumatic brain injury and many other illnesses and injuries.  Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on July 20, 2012 in Brain Injury, Chronic illness, Rehabilitation, Simple Tips for Brain Injury Self Rehabilitation (BISR), Traumatic Brain Injury

 

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What’s the monetary value of this injury?

25 Jun

Nearly everyone believes that if they are injured at work their employer will help them.  Most people believe this because they are excellent employees and should be backed by their employers.  I just had a hearing to process my recent claims of significant physical injuries for the medical findings. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on June 25, 2012 in Chronic illness, From Tragedy to Triumph following TBI, Nurses and Nursing, Nurses and Workplace Violence, Personal Triumph following TBI, Worker's Compensation

 

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Tips to take control of your health and healthcare needs

16 Mar

You are the most important person on your healthcare team.  I have read countless books over the past 20 years from “How to Get Out of the Hospital Alive”, and YOU The Smart Patient.  All of them have powerful messages.  Everyone could use the simple tips to keep you healthy.  I recommend that everyone retrieve a copy of the Handbook or Guide Book for “YOU” The Smart Patient as An Insider’s Handbook for Getting the Best Treatment. In addition, to keep track of the details that you need in your lifetime of medical care there are electronic flash drive medical bracelets. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on March 16, 2012 in Brain Injury, Chronic illness, Health, Healthcare, Nurses, Nurses and Nursing, Patients, Simple Tips for Brain Injury Self Rehabilitation (BISR), Traumatic Brain Injury

 

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