how many months or years of recovery from brain injurys
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Your question is a very difficult one to answer because there are a lot of variables.  Age, area of brain injured, severity of injury are just a few of the variables that would impact recovery.  Some individuals never fully recover while others have a miraculous recovery.  There is no clear cut answer to your question.
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about 12-20 days at the most or less
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This is strictly a decision made by the physician in charge. I have seen recovery after 40 minutes, but most do not go beyond 20-30 minutes with a straight line.
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Contact Attorney Gordon Johnson at http://www.tbilaw.com.  He specializes in brain injury law and will be able to help not only with legal issues but finding the patient proper care.
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Funny you should ask.  I have been answering a lot of questions here, but two years ago I was in exactly the same situation as you are now.  My wife (28 at the time) was in a car accident and ended up with TBI.  I was desperate to hear some stories, since I knew the neurosurgeons would never commit to any prognosis.  My wife stayed in a coma for 9 days and then slowly started waking up.  Initially, she had difficult talking, concentrating, walking etc, but over the course of six weeks, her physical therapists got her back to a great shape.  She continued her recovery and today the accident is just a memory. She is back to herself 100% and we just had a baby boy.  So I want to give you some hope.  The thing with TBI is that it is very unpredictible.  Her MRI looked quite bad apparently (she had the dreaded diffuse axonal injury) and yet she recovered fully.  I'd say she was back to 90% at six months and has been at 100% since then.  In retrospect, there were two important things.  She had excellent neurosurgical care that made sure the intracranial pressure never got too high.  I don't know how recent your daughter's accident was, but if it is days, that is absolutely the key thing.  Inquire about those pressures if you can.  The second thing was a comprehensive physical, speech and occupational therapy program.  Make sure your daughter gets the best.  \n\nAll the best to you and your daughter and never loose any hope!
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you can go back to limited activity within 3 to 5 days.\nyou can go back to full activity within one week.\nthis answer is conditional with no other problem coming along the way after the operation,cause any problem delays recovery.
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It depends on the State and what type of crime you were a victim of.  For example - if you were  victim of sexual assault - you may have more time - but if it was a simple assault - you may only have one year.  In your example above - they most likely have a year - but a prosecuter is going to wonder why if they wait long to report it.  May only have a civil case after too long
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I don't know how long it would take to recover physically, but I do know that right now, mentally, you are way past the able to recover stage.
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5 years\nNo\nNo\nYes.
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it all depends on how you have treated it,drugs,alcohol.brain damage
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Stem cells have been found in the brain. These can become nerve cells and reconnect the same as the missing cell. Also, the brain/mind is flexible in that other parts can be used to replace the parts that aren't working. I think with memory it can also be missing Nitrous Oxide.\nAcetylcoline and seratonin are chemical messingers. They must be made all the time. \nI have heard the first 6 months are the most beneficial recovery. After that the recover is less apt and slower. Don't take this too seriously. Talk to the doctor, neurolgist for real information.
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22 years if you count when he was a kid.\n\nCoach
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left -side vs. right-side brain damage caused by stroke will have different symptoms. aphasia-the ability to speak,understand speech,and put words together that make sense ,can happen in various degrees depending on the damage ,but the most severe forms will be produced after the left side of the brain our main speech center is damaged ,but not all language is lost because the are different speech centers in our brain,brocas and wernickes are the main ones,if your left side of the brain is affected then you will experience left sided weakness or paralysis,and if the rightside of your brain is affected you will have left sideded weakness or paralysis,sometimes no residual physical deficits remain-weakness in right or leftside and doctors can use your physical complaints as indicators then they can see the area affected on a ct scan or pet scan a neurlolgist can read eeg waves to see areas with decreased brain activity as he or she stimulates certain areas of the brain and elicits or fails to elicit an expected response measured in the eeg which looks similar to the line of an ekg which shows your pqrst waves but an eeg has different waves the results are pages and pages long,there is also a nuerological assessment,the doctor does starting by asking questions to see if you are oriented to person,place,time,event,and he tests reflexes ,hand grips,pupils for reflexes like dolls eyes ,these things indicate if the cranial nerves are damaged or intact and which nerve is damaged,different nerves have specific reflexes to be assessed,
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The changes in him will depend on the area of damage & severity of it. I am a victim of such an accident & it changed me totally, but I survived it. As soon as possible u need to get counselling to prepare for the changes as it will place great strain on yr relationship with him. There are a lot of things that wont be obvious until he recovers some & the extent of injury is known. He will have amnesia but again how bad depends on the area of damage. If you want more info please email me privately as some things are private & shouldnt be public. I am happy to hook up on msn or yahoo with you
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you can get return of function and sensation for more than a year
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Three months for a complete recovery.
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Mine is waking up after months in a coma.  Not having any memory of anything except my kids and husband.  I was then told I was no longer married and then I begged to speak to my Mom and I was told my Mom died 1 year earlier.  I wasn't even in the State where I had gotten ill.  Now, I still have amnesia and my short term memory is barely there.  I write a lot of things down.  I then was told I married again and I do not remember getting married again (after the West Nile Encephalitis).  The man took advantage of me and my very serious condition.  I am still trying to find a lawyer to get it annulled.  My life has been hell ever since I woke up. Sometimes I wish I never woke up.  And I also had to be brought back to life 2 times, I do not recall anything.  I do believe this is a good thing in the long run.  But I had to teach myself how to write, add, subtract, type, etc. again.  I did not get any help from anyone until about 9 months ago.  The rehab program is wonderful and I am not the same person, but I know that I just have to survive differently.  Your Dad was a very lucky man.  He didn't get any brain damage from that incident.  He would have been in the same situation as I am now.\nI'm glad he is okay and you didn't have to endure a great loss.