Re: an E4/E4 brain CAN recover
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2016 10:42 am
You're a gift to all of us.
I admire your spunk. Giving up is always, always the last resort.
I admire your spunk. Giving up is always, always the last resort.
Marty the neurologists were adamant that recovery wasn't possible and the global damage was permanent. This was 11ish years ago. The only initial intervention was exercise and an awful lot of world of warcraft. I had to lie about the latter because the concussion team was adamant it was harmful. Multi-sensory input - horrors!! Evil!!marty wrote:You're a gift to all of us.
I admire your spunk. Giving up is always, always the last resort.
As a young pup in training at the University of Michigan, my senior mentor had a collage of cards and photos on the wall behind his desk from about 40 years in his practice of pediatric neurology. They were from the parents of kids he thought would never have meaningful cognitive abilities. The cards and pictures were of them graduating from high school or college or at their weddings.Stavia wrote: Marty the neurologists were adamant that recovery wasn't possible and the global damage was permanent. This was 11ish years ago. The only initial intervention was exercise and an awful lot of world of warcraft. I had to lie about the latter because the concussion team was adamant it was harmful. Multi-sensory input - horrors!! Evil!!
So....the science, body of evidence and the experts a decade ago were completely wrong in my case and I was just lucky enough to stumble blindly into neuroplasticity before it was a thing. This is one reason I'm not fixated on any one current AD or even CVD theory that is presently popular. Yes I have to work every day within the current paradigms and do so, but I believe many of them are possibility completely wrong.
I've just reread this thread.Stavia wrote:Russ, I have tried ketosis as an experiment for the past month, didn't notice any cognitive difference but I'm almost completely recovered now. About to experiment either with James or Gilgameshs regimes.
And thanks guys for your comments
ZenGinner - its been a huge adjustment for all of us. I completely understand.ZenGinner wrote:You are amazing! And quite the success story.
As you know, this has been an adjustment for me.
My 4/4-status-discovery-funk was further enhanced by finding out about the "secret" dementia in my grandparents. Arg.
Add that to the fact that I have had 3 concussions, 1 with 48-72 hours of amnesia, I was worried.
Now, I feel self-pitying. LOL
Thanks for sharing.
Zen, I understand and please don't beat yourself up for your feelings. Self Pity is normal, just dont move into its house.ZenGinner wrote:You are amazing! And quite the success story.
As you know, this has been an adjustment for me.
My 4/4-status-discovery-funk was further enhanced by finding out about the "secret" dementia in my grandparents. Arg.
Add that to the fact that I have had 3 concussions, 1 with 48-72 hours of amnesia, I was worried.
Now, I feel self-pitying. LOL
Thanks for sharing.