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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

MY MIRACLES AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGY

In March, April and June of last year I posted about what I believe the miracles that I received for my TBI.
I've said here plenty times already that a miracle is simply what no science can explain (yet) but I feel it important to list them here anyway, to save the search of those posts:
  1. as I came out of my 2 months long coma I told to both my father (Saint Gianfranco) and best work friend (Pat) that I was still alive for having made an agreement with Jesus Christ to remain alive - no matter the pain - for my love for my children/treasures
  2. my mother cannot stop telling to me that the fact that I could fluently speak both Italian and English, just like before my accident is a true miracle
  3. none of the Cottage hospitals neurologists ever understood the reason why the  hemiparesis on my left body side hasn't taken away any epidermal sensation , to the point that for several months I had a nurse come in my room in the middle of the night to touch my left foot/leg and ask me where I was being touched, if fingers were being used to touch me, or the entire hand and how it felt to me
What I can only call a damnation (opposite of miracle) is that the unique way my brain is injured resulted in a very unreal assessment of the use of my brain's abilities in the use (management) of my money, my logic and ability to think of business issues through the constant relationship with both former important sales operations and my former employees (who still contact me with business related questions they have in their working activities) By making a very simple Google search on this topic, I put here below - as usual - few links to websites that talk about the helpfulness and potential harm that can result from neuropsychological assessment.



  1.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16327357
  2. http://www.brainline.org/content/2011/10/a-guide-to-neuropsychological-testing.html
  3. http://brain-docs.com/neuropsychology.htm
  4. http://www.thehelpgroup.org/program/neuropsychological-assessments/
  5. http://www.webmd.com/brain/neuropsychological-tests
  6. http://www.apa.org/helpcenter/concussions.aspx
  7. http://forums.phoenixrising.me/index.php?threads/question-about-neurocognitive-neuropsychological-testing.21533/
  8. https://lindanee.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/whats-the-deal-with-neuropsychological-tests-by-linda-nee/
  9. http://www.pubfacts.com/detail/16327357/Neuropsychological-testing:-helpful-or-harmful

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