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06-12-2014, 07:29 PM | #51 | |||
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By regulating temperature, do you just mean feeling hot and/or cold - or do you mean your actual measured body temperature is fluctuating? |
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06-12-2014, 07:37 PM | #52 | |||
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Feeling HOT... sweating buckets...normal body temp...
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The Start: MVA, t-boned, on 1-12-14 (my sons 5th birthday) and did not think anything of it.. my back hurt on site but everything else seemed ok. Lost about 10-12 hours from about 3 hours after the accident to the next day...Experienced terrible brain fog for over a month, plus intense headaches, nausea, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, disorientation, no short term memory, depression and just an overall hangover feeling daily. Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well. Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off) Therapy- Osteopath, Vestibular and balance therapy, fuzion/soft tissue massage, acupuncture Drs- ER (no help), GP, Chiropractor, Neurologist and Osteopath |
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06-12-2014, 07:52 PM | #53 | ||
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Sounds like hormone imbalances to me.
I was having the worst hot flashes before the HRT and I'm unusually very sensitive to hot and cold and even temperature changes since the accident I was in... |
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08-25-2014, 02:45 PM | #54 | ||
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The brain does have stem cells and it does regenerate. Yours is a long-outdated view. Google "neurogenesis". ;-)
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08-25-2014, 03:35 PM | #55 | ||
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brain cells are generated extremely slowly in adulthood and only for certain functions. That is why a liver can regrow so much. The brain has very limited capacity to create new cells or I think perhaps a number of us wouldn't need o be on this board anymore
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08-25-2014, 04:47 PM | #56 | ||
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Is it all in our heads? Nope!! Well, our brains are in our heads but you know what I mean.
When I look back I can see I was severely impaired yet my Dr was dismissing it, I was in trouble, the way my brain was working or rather not working properly was huge. I would even say to another Dr I was "okay" when clearly I wasn't, that just came out as I realize now I couldn't get the right words out. People said I looked like a deer in a headlight, I'm amazed some light eventually came through considering the awful "care" I was getting. Hockey: Thank God you survived that terrible accident, a true miracle |
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Hockey (08-25-2014), music-in-me (08-25-2014) |
08-25-2014, 06:06 PM | #57 | |||
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Yep, and only in the olfactory bulb and hippocampus according the latest research I've seen. Neurogenesis in the hippocampus may give hope for improved memory, but as you point out this happens slowly.
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What Happened: On November 29, 2010, I was walking across the street and was hit by a light rail commuter train. Result was a severe traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures (skull, pelvis, ribs). Total hospital stay was two months, one in ICU followed by an additional month in neuro-rehab. Upon hospital discharge, neurological testing revealed deficits in short term memory, executive functioning, and spatial recognition. Today: Neuropsychological examination five months post-accident indicated a return to normal cognitive functioning, and I returned to work approximately 6 months after the accident. I am grateful to be alive and am looking forward to enjoying the rest of my life. |
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08-25-2014, 06:41 PM | #58 | ||
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And for a function like sleep, wouldn't the different brain parts have to learn how to communicate with each other correctly? I guess that's why some say to focus on dealing with the symptoms if you're an old timer. New timers still have time to be great again. |
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08-26-2014, 10:46 AM | #59 | |||
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Is there any stem cell research going on?
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The Start: MVA, t-boned, on 1-12-14 (my sons 5th birthday) and did not think anything of it.. my back hurt on site but everything else seemed ok. Lost about 10-12 hours from about 3 hours after the accident to the next day...Experienced terrible brain fog for over a month, plus intense headaches, nausea, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, disorientation, no short term memory, depression and just an overall hangover feeling daily. Current Situation: I'm about 7 months in and my local neurologist has waived her white flag and therefore I am headed to Dallas to be seen (I have family there). The headaches are still daily. I have nausea, dizziness as well. Drugs I have been on- Vicodin (off), Naproxen (off), proanolol (off), topamax (off), cataflam (off), Midrin (off), Flexeril (off) and now Namenda XR (off), Nortrptylin (off), Verapamil (off) Therapy- Osteopath, Vestibular and balance therapy, fuzion/soft tissue massage, acupuncture Drs- ER (no help), GP, Chiropractor, Neurologist and Osteopath |
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08-26-2014, 10:49 AM | #60 | |||
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Some interesting discussions and fascinating case studies are in the book "The Brain that Changes Itself" by Norman Doidge, M.D.
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What Happened: On November 29, 2010, I was walking across the street and was hit by a light rail commuter train. Result was a severe traumatic brain injury and multiple fractures (skull, pelvis, ribs). Total hospital stay was two months, one in ICU followed by an additional month in neuro-rehab. Upon hospital discharge, neurological testing revealed deficits in short term memory, executive functioning, and spatial recognition. Today: Neuropsychological examination five months post-accident indicated a return to normal cognitive functioning, and I returned to work approximately 6 months after the accident. I am grateful to be alive and am looking forward to enjoying the rest of my life. |
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