Snellings Law PLLC Attorneys are Personal Injury Trial Lawyers
Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers
Relationships After Brain Injuries
SCOTT, I AM AT MY WIT’S END.
This is one of the most common phrases uttered by our traumatic brain injury clients and/or their spouses. The dialogue below is also, unfortunately, all too common. If you are living with someone who has suffered a traumatic brain injury, or you have suffered one, the following may sound familiar:
I have tried everything. I feel like I am living with my grandfather when we first started to worry about him having Alzheimer’s. Look, this is him calling right now. How much do you want to bet he is asking what time Ryan’s baseball practice ends?
“Hey sweetie, what’s going on? Ten-Thirty. It is on your phone calendar and remind me app. Alright, I will see you in a little while.”
Here is what I really don’t get, he still remembers things I don’t. He can tell you where he saw me the first time and what I was wearing. We will hear a song, and he can tell you a story about he and his friends when that song was on in the background. He even remembers every kid’s name in the high school football photo from his yearbook. But if I ask him to go grab something from the store, I know there is a better than 50% chance I will be getting a phone call asking me what it was that I needed again.
I feel like I now have one and a half kids and a half of a husband. Don’t get me wrong, I love him with all of my heart and will love him until the day I die. I just need to vent to someone who understands. It has been over two years. Our friends tell me I am crazy, but they don’t see what I do on a daily basis. His friends at work laugh at him and tell him he has a crummy memory, but they don’t think much of it. He has gotten to where he hides it so well. I don’t know if it is just because I am around him all the time or if I have just become so sensitive to it, but I can tell he is just not the same person as before the brain injury.
And the headaches…my gosh the headaches. They are so unpredictable at times. When he is at home and they start to come on, he can take his medicine and that usually helps them from becoming too bad. When he is at work though, he has to just fight through it. The medicine makes him tired and numbs his mind.
I get so frustrated. He gets so frustrated. We had our fights before the crash, but now I feel like we fight a lot more and about completely different stuff. Thankfully, he understands what is going on and doesn’t hold my frustrations against me. Some days, he will just apologize to me and tell me how hard he knows this is for me. I see the tears in his eyes, and it just breaks my heart.
TBI Questions
All of the therapy has helped a lot, but the doctors have said that he will always have memory issues. You know him, Scott. You know what a guy’s guy he is and how he loves our family. Before the crash, he was so proud to be able to get to the point where he could work full-time and let me stay at home to take care of the kids. He had that growing up and it was always so important for him to be able to provide that for our kids. He is scared to death that he is going to lose his job because of this.
- How much longer is the boss going to look the other way when a task doesn’t get done because he didn’t write it down?
- When will his supervisors get tired of having to explain things to him multiple times?
- When will he lose an account because he cannot recall something important the customer told him?
Anyway, I just thought I would drop by this paperwork since I was close to your office. Thanks again for listening to me, and I will be sure and have him here next Tuesday for the deposition prep session. I just really hope the other side doesn’t try to embarrass him. He has been through so much, the thought of him having to sit there while some attorney tries to trick him and make him feel stupid just makes my blood boil.
Brain Injury Stories
Unfortunately, we hear stories like this regularly from our brain injury clients and their loved ones. Traumatic brain injuries are very real and, many times, not overtly noticeable to those who do not know the injured individual closely.
That is what makes these very difficult cases to develop and prepare for trial. Our next several blogs will focus on defining a traumatic brain injury, describing what it entails, the symptoms, and the treatments available.
If you would like to speak to a personal injury attorney about a potential brain injury claim, please feel free to call Snellings Law PC for a free consultation at 214.387.0387.
See other Brain Injury Blogs Here:
Life Redefined: Charting Your Path After Spinal Cord Injury
A spinal cord injury (SCI) can abruptly alter the course of one’s life. In a split second, injury victims are left grappling with the long-term physical, emotional, and financial aftermath of these catastrophic injuries. With ever-multiplying construction zones and growing numbers of distracted and irresponsible drivers, North Texans are at risk of spinal cord injuries every time they get on the road.
Beyond the Crash: The Long-Term Effects of Auto Accidents and Traumatic Brain Injuries
The brain is arguably the most critical organ in our bodies. Who we are, how we move, what we feel—everything about us is defined by that bundle of nerves in our skulls. So, when there is damage to a person’s brain after an auto accident, it can alter their life moving forward.
Basic Brain Anatomy and How TBI Can Affect It
I have always found the brain to be an incredibly complex, wonderful, scary, and amazing organ. Because of this, a huge part of our practice focuses on learning how to help those who have suffered injuries to their brains.
Traumatic Brain Injuries and Motorcycle Wrecks
Snellings Law PLLC Attorneys are Personal Injury Trial Lawyers Motorcycle Wrecks & Traumatic Brain injuries Home There’s A Risk I recently had a friend get
Brain Injury and Your Future
Snellings Law PLLC Attorneys are Personal Injury Trial Attorneys Brain Injury Lawyers Home What Does A Head Injury Mean For The Future? What is the
TBI Symptoms
Traumatic brain injury cases are some of the hardest to work-up and present to an insurance adjuster or a jury. Unless our client was found by EMS unconscious at the scene, has a positive CT scan or MRI, and “looks” like he has suffered a brain injury, then the auto insurance adjuster will push back as to the severity of the traumatic brain injury and even whether the victim suffered one at all.
Free Strategy Session Reveals How To Avoid the Traps Insurance Companies Set for Victims to Destroy Claims.
If you prefer to call us click the button to call now!
How it works:
- Call us now or give us your basic information in the Free Strategy Session box
- If your case is something we cannot help you with, we will do our best to get you the information of someone who can.
- If we can potentially help you, we will schedule a Free Strategy Session
There is zero obligation. We want all injury victims to understand their rights and the process.
After your Free Strategy Session, you will understand where insurance companies can set traps for you and what needs to be done to avoid these traps. You will also understand the personal injury process as well as how we can help, or if you need the help of an attorney. The strategy session typically will have one of three outcomes. You:
- Decide to move forward with our law firm.
- Decide to think about it, and we will be available to answer your questions.
- Say, “I’ve got this,” and decide you do not need an attorney.
Again, there is zero obligation and you will be informed and understand your rights and the process. We want to arm you with knowledge to avoid the traps insurance companies set to harm your claim.