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"On Broadway" was a collaboration between the familiar songwriting team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and the also-successful team of Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. As such, it represents an especially distilled example of the "Brill Building sound." However, as Leiber and Stoller, and even such music scholars as
Al Kooper
and Ken Emerson, are hasty to remind us, the "Brill Building sound" actually came from 1650 Broadway as much as it did from 1619 Broadway (the address of the actual Brill Building). Weil and Mann worked out of 1650; Leiber and Stoller at 1619.
Pay attention to the instrumentals and vocals here. The Drifters were a cross-over from doo-wop to R&B, with the vocals striking a balance here. The music has a hint of soul with a large production number, and that intrusive guitar kicking in towards the end gives a nod to rockabilly. At this time, Motown was just firing up with its new soul sound, and Mike Stoller reports in
Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller Autobiography
, "Some say Sam Cooke invented soul music in the fifties, and some say Ray Charles. Some say soul didn't come about until later, in the sixties, with the advent of Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin. Others have told us that our productions for the Drifters began it all. Who can say?"
It's no surprise, then, that Berry Gordy came to see Jerry Leiber at his Brill Building office right before this song came out. Explaining that he wanted to make R&B more appealing to whites by softening the sound, he played some demo tapes for Leiber. Gordy then offered him a partnership. But Leiber turned him down, telling him, "You don't need me. You have everything you need. Just go back to Detroit and do it."
Phil Spector was an apprentice to Leiber and Stoller at the time, and he played the guitar solo on this. Spector learned many of his production techniques watching Leiber and Stoller produce The Drifters.
This was one of the last Drifters songs featuring lead singer Rudy Lewis, who replaced Ben E. King in 1961. Lewis died of a heart attack in 1964.
According to Cynthia Weil, this was written with a girl group in mind (the original version, in fact, was first recorded by The Crystals in 1962). She told NPR's
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
: "It was about a girl coming to New York and dreaming of Broadway and stardom. It was much more kind of escape from a small town and I'm going to make it. When we met with Jerry and Mike and played this for them, they said, you know, we're doing The Drifters, so it would need a whole other perspective. You can go home and do it yourself, or you can write it with us. And these guys were our idols. We thought they were great and it would be a fantastic opportunity to work with them. So we ended up reworking the song together."
George Benson's cover version was a #7 US hit in 1978;
Gary Numan
did a synthesizer-driven cover in 1979. Other artists to cover the song include Neil Young, Frank Sinatra,
Tom Jones
, Bobby Darin and Sly & the Family Stone.
This song was used in TV commercials for Radio Free Europe in the early '60s.
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Loved the guitar solo and that deep reverby sound on this song.
Jennifur Sun - Ramona
A great hit for The Drifters in 1963. I learned about The Drifters hits & other R&B hits of the Sixties when I inherited my late brother's extensive singles collection in 2011. I wasn't born until 1994. Such great harmonic music as compared to the current rock & R&B music.
Babbling Babette - Tulsa Ok
On December 20th 1880, Broadway in New York City was lighted by electricity for the first time; thus earning its nickname, 'The Great White Way'...
And eighty-three years later on March 17th, 1963 the Drifters' "On Broadway" entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #83; five weeks later on April 21st it would peak at #9 {for 2 weeks} and it stayed on the chart for 10 weeks...
It reached #7 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
Between 1954 and 1966 the super group had thirty-six Top 100 records; five made the Top 10 and one reaching #1, "Save the Last Dance for Me" for 3 non-consecutive* weeks on October 11th, 1960...
* Between "Save the Last Dance for Me"'s 1st and 2nd week at #1, "I Want to Be Wanted" by Brenda Lee, was in the top spot.
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
When "On Broadway" was riding high on the charts in '63, my oldest brother had this 45 rpm single in his collection. I loved hearing it & envisioning life on Broadway in New York City. Then some of my younger brothers kidded me & told me that Broadway was full of sin & hookers. Still, I've loved the song & The Drifters all these years. I recently got a Drifters' Greatest Hits CD compilation and this hit wasn't included, but I had to have the CD anyway. This hit, "Under The Boardwalk," and "Up On The Roof" are my favorites from The Drifters. Ooooooooo!!
Moanin' Lisa - Chillicothe Mo.
The Cystals did release it on a album in 1962. Cookies version eventually released on CD Complete Cookies in 1994.
Roy Clough - Uk
On March 5th 1978, "On Broadway" by George Benson entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #82; and on June 4th it peaked at #7 (for 1 week) and spent 17 weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #2 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart...
Between 1976 and 1985 he had fifteen records on the Top 100; with five making the Top 10, and "Give Me The Night" was his biggest hit, it reached #4 in 1980...
Mr. Benson will celebrate his 71st birthday in seventeen days on March 22nd (2014).
Barry - Sauquoit, Ny
Neil Young does a nice cover of this song on Freedom.
Wayne - Crockett, Tx
Ben E. King does NOT sing on Genesis' "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway." Peter Gabriel sings the quote from "On Broadway."
Peter - Los Angeles, Ca
Phil Spector was surely a very good apprentice; Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller are a very talented
songwriting and producing team but I consider Phil Spector the best.
Teresa - Mechelen, Belgium
IMHO, the best version of this song was recorded by the Dave Clark Five (I believe it appeared on the LP, "The Dave Clark Five Return"). Incidentally, the value of my opinions recently has increased to the point that, if I add an extra U.S.$2.00 to them, I can get a ride on the NY Subway System. Not bad, huh?
John - Jersey City, Nj
When jazz guitarist George Benson would sing this song in concert, the audience would almost always cheer loudly after the line "'Cause I can play this here guitar".
Ken - Louisville, Ky
A Note From Barry Mann / Cynthia Weil site (http://www.mann-weil.com/songstories.html) :
On Broadway
We originally wrote "ON BROADWAY" for a group called The Cookies. Our friends Carole King and Gerry Goffin were writing for them and Gerry was producing and they were short one song. Barry had this concept of writing a "Gershwinesque" pop song and I, being a Broadway fanatic wanted to write a lyric about my favorite street and all it stood for. The ideas seemed to mesh so we wrote the first version of "ON BROADWAY". The Cookies and later The Crystals cut it but neither record was released. Then our publisher told us that Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller were looking for songs for The Drifters. We played them our song and they thought we needed to make some changes for their group. They said we could go home and work on it or rewrite it with them. We idolized them and jumped at the chance to team up. Using the basic melody that Barry had written and my opening lines all we created the "ON BROADWAY" that went on to be a hit by The Drifters and George Benson.
Cengiz - Istanbul, Turkey
With refernce to my contribution, the source documentary I quote should be "HITMAKERS: THE TEENS WHO STOLE POP MUSIC". - See it if you can, if not I'll send you a copy.
The 1 hour plus documentary includes extensive interviews with Mike Lieber, Jerry Stoller and many others.
It takes an in-depth and unprecedented look at a group of ambitious teenagers who became lasting legends. They were all Jewish, almost all from New York, and they all got their start or reached their peak in the Brill Building.
It tracks the transition from Tin Pan Alley to Teen Pan Alley. A creative revolution led by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller with Doc Pomus, Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Burt Bacharach, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and others. A movement that weathered the British Invasion, Vietnam, Motown, Dylan, divorce, drugs, disillusionment, and still resulted in hundreds of classic pop songs.
You'll hear stories from over three dozen interviewees. Legendary Atlantic Records producer Jerry Wexler and engineer and producer Tom Dowd talk about the "kids" who used to come by after school, peddling demos for the R&B acts of the day. Don Kirshner tells of the humble beginnings of Aldon Music, where the careers of those "kids" - Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and many others-were launched. And the kids themselves talk about Aldon's family atmosphere, until changing times and corporate interests forced them to, in Gerry Goffin's words, "grow up."
You'll also hear the songs, over 40 of them, with rare and classic performance clips of the The Coasters, Righteous Brothers, the Ronettes, the Shangri-La's, the Shirelles, and plenty more. Never before seen home movies present a poignant look at both the personal and professional lives of the musicians and the songwriters.
Hilton - St. Albans, England
'On Broadway' was actually written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil who unsuccesfully tried to record it with a variety of girl-groups. They eventually took it to Mike and Jerry who made a few changes to the lyrics and music and recorded it with 'The Drifters'
(Source: Documentary - "The Kids who Stole Rock 'n' Roll')
Hilton - St. Albans, England
George Benson's version of this song is simply electrifying...and its inclusion in the opening of "All That Jazz" is brilliant. This song, no matter who performs it, never seems to get old.
Justin - Felts Mills, Ny
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when Kent police became aware of an unusual stirring in Plum Creek Park.
Officers responded to reports of two women and a man cutting down an evergreen tree near the railroad tracks at the park, which is located near the intersection of Cherry Street and Mogadore Road, at about 5:30 p.m. Monday.
When they arrived on the scene, they found tire tracks and the stump of a freshly cut tree. Officers were told to be on the lookout for a white Mercury Sable, the car the suspects reportedly were driving.
Minutes after the tree heist, Brimfield police officer Russell Diehl, who had heard radio traffic about the tree, noticed a white Mercury Sable with an evergreen tree strapped to its roof parked in the Brimfield Plaza parking lot. He detained the car's occupants in the lot, which is located near the intersection of S.R. 43 and Tallmadge Road, and alerted Kent police to his discovery.
"(Diehl) was very aware," Brimfield police Chief David Oliver said. "I think it probably jogged his memory a little bit when he pulled into the plaza and saw the (car) with the Christmas tree attached to it."
Kent police charged Shannon Moran, 41, of 1848 Second St. in Cuyahoga Falls, Tabitha Bradley, 29, of 415 Phlox Place in Barberton and Vincent Nelson, 34, of 10039 S.R. 700 in Freedom, with criminal trespassing and receiving stolen property -- all misdemeanors.
Kent police Lt. James Prusha said the group denied stealing the tree, claiming they cut it down from a yard near the border of Brimfield and Kent.
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Nelson, who was wanted by Akron police for possession of narcotics equipment, was arrested at the scene. Police issued summonses in lieu of arrest to Bradley and Moran, allowing them to leave the scene with two children under the age of 10 who were in the vehicle when the group was stopped.
Although tree theft is an unusual crime, Prusha said it happens occasionally. He said while working a night shift a few years back, he caught a man attempting to steal a tree on Gougler Avenue in Kent.
Oliver said he had never encountered a similar crime in his law enforcement career.
He said the accused showed a "wanton disregard for public property," adding that he questioned their decision-making.
"I think not only are they poor at planning where they select their tree, but they waited a little late in the season to grab it," Oliver said.
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Many years ago I had someone steal one of my trees out of my yard. They cut down and took it away one night when I was not home. I had a good idea who did it and I knew that the father was a drunk and his kids needed a fathers guidance. I felt that they needed the tree more than I did so I did not report it. I watched after Christmas and sure enough they threw it out to be picked up by the trash man. I knew it was my tree because it had to lean a little at one time and I had to stake it to straighten it back up.
Years later, I met one of the boys again, but I never said anything. He was trying to survive and seemed to be going straight. The other boy however, has been arrested for making meth. Neither of the two boys know that I knew they took the tree.


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As for these shootings stabbings and car crashes, do the people who have done these things been checked for past or present mental health issues? high strung?
As for these shootings stabbings and car crashes, do the people who have done these things been checked for past or present mental health issues? high strung?
Sometimes they are sent for psychiatric evaluation to determine whether they are fit to stand trial, however the privacy act limits the information that can be released which is why the news will just state they were or were not found fit to stand trial. Occasionally you may hear of a diagnosis but this is very rare.
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Thank you. high strung.
I understand if anyone hurts someone else, (there must be some reason). I know there is a privacy act concerning the patience, but if a life was involved, then the public should be told. I do not understand certain people hurting others with a gun or any weapon except, that it could be a mental illness issue.
Ever body needs a second chance to recover from the incident regardless of the circumstances. I have not heard of any of those of late who has caused a crisis, what their reason was, like a shooting, terror, car harm etc.
I'm for mental health to help all who needs it, regardless of the crime, to a point. Am I going overboard with this thread? high strung
You may be surprised when you read this Medscape article: Are Terrorists, By Definition, Psychotic?
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The gist of the article:
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Interesting..... Thanks, Daniel!
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Shen Jungle has a win rate 56.88% for Platinum+ players whilst the very best Shen's are earning a win rate of 55.77% with the average rank of these top players being in Diamond III.
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HTC patents an HTC Scribe tablet device trademark
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On December 26th HTC has filed for the trademark name HTC Scribe, and has described it as a "handheld wireless device, namely a tablet computer."...
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HTC have always been a major competition to Apple and in my opinion the strongest one so. If they are going to create a table they will have to create an out of the box software with nice 3D rendering and lots of animations simply to tease the people. At the same time they will have to keep it user friendly.
It will be a huge competition to Apple but I don't know how they will take this challenge on, Microsoft have shown their out-of-the-box thinking through WP7. I think it's great since I have it. :)
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ESPN is reporting that Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is interested in trading for WR Joe Horn of the Atlanta Falcons. Dallas is currently in the midst of a contract dispute with WR Terry Glenn and wants a bona fide number two receiver to pair with Terrell Owens. I'm not sure, though, if Horn is really even a bona fide number three right now.
Anyway, the 'Boys have already traded for Adam "Don't Call Me Pacman" Jones, even though he is still suspended. Jerry Jones continues his tradition of bringing in high character guys with that move. Dallas has also been linked to Detroit receiver Roy Williams, Arizona's Anquan Boldin and the perpetual "mouth" Chad Johnson.
I guess it's the same in baseball, where anyone who could be traded might end up with the Yankees, because of their history of acquiring big names and their financial power. The same can be said for the Cowboys.
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Londoners could be drinking recycled toilet water under plans being considered by Thames Water to tackle a looming water shortage in the capital.
The company is asking residents their views on the idea of drinking sewage water which has been treated, put back in the Thames or another river and then retreated.
MPs, including Europe minister David Lidington, are encouraging local people to respond to the consultation.
Key to whether the proposal goes ahead is whether Londoners are happy with such a water supply - or revolted by knowing where it has come from, even with reassurances from scientists about its quality and safety.
London is facing a growing water shortage as the population grows towards ten million.
Unless action is taken, the deficit will be two per cent, or 125 million litres a day by 2020, according to Thames Water's draft long-term strategy 2015-2040, rising to 16 per cent by 2040 - or 367 million litres per day which is the need of 2.2 million customers.
Thames Water is now investigating recyling waste water including from dishwashers, washing machines, baths and toilets to turn into drinking water.
"Although a common practice in some other parts of the world, planned wastewater recycling is relatively untried in the UK," says the strategy document.
"It involves putting treated effluent from a sewage works through a further process which allows the effluent to be returned to a river at a higher than usual quality and pumped out again downstream for treatment to drinking water quality standards and supply to customers.
"We need to undertake further research on this approach over the next five years."
The company already has a test plant at Deephams in Enfield, north London, carrying out experiments of this recyling method which is already used in parts of America and Australia, though some schemes were ditched after public opposition.
A myth has abounded in London that water drunk in the capital has gone through the human body seven to ten times
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I've been hearing about bleeding in the brain after a TBI. Can you explain how this happens and why it's so dangerous? What exactly is a subdural hematoma?
Let's start with the basics. A hematoma is a tumor-like collection of blood, usually clotted, located outside a blood vessel. The subdural space is located between the dura mater (the outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes covering the brain and spinal cord) and the arachnoid membrane (the middle of these three membranes). The epidural space is located on or outside the dura mater.
Now, to answer your question, a subdural hematoma is basically bleeding into the space between the brain cover (dura mater) and the brain itself. More specifically, there are blood vessels running through the brain and in the spaces between the outside of the brain and the inside of the skull. During a brain injury, any of these vessels can tear and bleed. Ruptured vessels running in the subdural space — typically veins — cause subdural hematomas. Ruptured vessels running through the epidural space — typically arteries — cause epidural hematomas. Both types of bleeding take up space in the skull and in so doing squeeze down on the brain. Because arteries are under pressure, epidural hematomas leak quickly and compress the brain rapidly while subdural hematomas leak much more slowly.
Because the brain is enclosed within the rigid skull, it gets compressed by this leaking blood. With enough bleeding, the brain gets compressed so much that oxygen-rich blood is prevented from flowing into the brain tissue. This lack of oxygen causes additional brain swelling. This brain swelling, added to the blood leaking from the torn vessel, forces the brain down through the small hole at the base of the skull called the foramen magnum. The parts of the brain that come in direct contact with the bone around this opening get so compressed that they stop working. Because these brain areas control breathing and heart rate, death can result.
Getting to the hospital quickly is the best way to diagnose and treat this bleeding, which usually requires surgery to remove the blood and relieve the pressure on the brain.
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My son's Dad & I have been together for 20 years. He had a stroke while driving and had a head on collision into a phone pole. He suffered a brain bleed & frontal lobe damage. Hospitalized for a month - he contracted bacterial dbl pneumonia, then C diff from meds. Induced coma. When he woke, he was different. Before discharge his facial color looked awful. He couldn't breathe easily. He suffered pulmonary embolism (4 clots in the lungs). That was 6 years ago. He still suffers from memory loss, short and long. He forgets from minute to minute. His days can be good - our beloved dog ' Jack ' plays the most important role in his life. People learn to adjust because we have to. I've learned to be respectful and tolerant to his needs. He did not receive inpatient rehab. An occupational therapist came to us 2X week, they did word searches and crossword puzzles. Time, love and emotional support for him are still ongoing. He did come home to us, he is different but we have him. This is an ongoing journey and has changed all our lives.
my boyfriend is currently in ICU after getting stabbed in the head to the point where it reached his brain and caused it to bleed. The bleeding has stopped but the swelling is still there. From those that have experienced something like this with someone or themselves do you think he will be back to normal? when he talks hes doesn't make sense and he barely remembers anything.
My husband complained of neck pain and was vomiting. I took him to ER. He told the doctor he also had severe headache. CT scan showed blood on the brain. They did cerebral angiogram looking for aneurysm or cause of bleed. They found nothing that could cause a bleed. Doctor sent him home and he is scheduled for repeat CT scan in two weeks. He is still complaining of neck and head pain. He has never had high blood pressure. The doctor said the bleed is not active at this time.
My mom's friend fell backwards down the stairs yesterday night, luckily her kids noticed and called an ambulance, the she was taken to the hospital. They did a CT of her head and noticed her brain was bleeding down by the spine. As of now, the doctors have said the she won't live through tomorrow. I hope that she doesn't die, but if she does, I hope it's in her sleep. Rest in Piece, to one of the nicest people I know.
My moms brain was bleeding and by the time she got to the hospital she went put her self into a coma and the doctors said that there was nothing they could have done? Does anyone know if that's true? They said something about her mid brain?
My father is in hospital now (3 days) with a tube to come out now because it has drained all it can from his bleed to his brain from a fall 3 days ago. He is still in a what the Dr. call a slight coma, (not induced), because he kicks and twists, but will not or CAN NOT open his eyes. Now, Dr are moving him out of ICU or CC because they can do nothing more. I don't know what to feel about this, like all hope is gone.
My father was involved in an accident and had bleeding in his brain.He was on ventilator for 22 days.The doctors told me indirectly that his chances were very low. I remember myself feeling extremely afraid, I felt sick and vomited and did not sleep for first 2 days even though I am a 22 year old guy and I thought I was pretty tough.
Its very hard to go through this experience. When he woke up he was very aggressive and used to kick and punch everyone who came close and had to be restrained. We were blessed that he made a great recovery and although he can't work anymore but I am really glad that he is with us.
When the patient recovers from an injury like this he can never be his previous self but can still be 40-70% of his former self.
My Father went to the hospital on January 13, 2017 with this same issue. He was in and out of it, he had good and bad days. Doctors said healing time will depend on him. He passed away January 25, 2017. (Tear Drops) I LOVE YOU DADDY ALWAYS & FOREVER XOXO
I had a bleed on the left side of my brain a couple of weeks before Christmas. Had bad headaches which my GP first thought was due to some new medication, then sinus infection. Eventually went for an MRI and they found blood on my brain. Was admitted to hospital that day and transferred to a neurologic unit. Had surgery the next day. When I woke I could not speak and had forgotten things like bank PIN.
All came back over the following 3 weeks and feel fine now other than occasional light head.
Was told that bleed due to taking Warfarin.
My sister fell down stairs and went to hospital. They said she had a 2mm brain bleed. This was January 6th 2017. They said it would take a couple months to heal and sent her home. She passed away January 19, 2017 in her sleep
Hope your brother pulls thru! Mine wasn't so lucky....
My brother was hit in a freak accident. He hit his head on the concrete and it led to a brain bleed. He got hit June 6, 2016, and was put in a medically induced coma. The brain bleeding did not stop and a pressure tube was inverted in his brain and part of his skull was removed. They did ct scans every other day but the bleeding did not stop and eventually this led to his brain stem separating from the brain. He did wake up out of the coma and had to have restraints put on him to keep him from pulling out the iv's. When he woke up he would shout for help and say fuck! He would also try and climb out of bed but could not comprehend any questions or answer any commands. This happened with him while I was in the room with him, and he didn't recognize that I was even talking to him, like his comprehension skills were gone. He did yell out for an uncle who had passed on 25 years earlier, and also yelled Mom, like he needed her guidance but still couldn't recognize that she was there. The separation of the brain stem is what led to his death, 8 days later, the ventilator was removed from him and he had a DNR. I don't think I'll ever get over this freak death accident. He and our mother and I were very close, especially him and mom. He was an organ donor though and my ex- husband was a perfect match for his kidney, so he got to get off of dialysis. It's sad though that one had to die such a tragic death in order to save others, but God bless his soul for being such a blessing in disguise. He was only 40 by 3 months. I'm still trying to cope with his passing. I hope our story benefits someone else in a positive way. Thank you for letting me vent my brothers story of his death in remembrance. His passing was June 14, 2016. Chad Sanstra you will never be forsaken or forgotten! I love you till the ends of the earth and into infinity brother, forever and always!
my brother is still in icu but now they have installed a monitor in his brain by drilling through the skull. Ever since they did that the pressure in his brain has dropped excessively, which is a positive step.
My brother had an aneurysm that was bleeding from both ends, a coil was added only to one end of the leakage, was this done right?
My mum died from a bleed on the brain which was a direct result of warfarin
We recently lost our Aunt who was 86 due to a brain bleed. She was on a blood thinner at the time. The hospital said she wasn't going to make it and moved her into a nursing home. She passed 1 month after. 1 week ago we lost our mom to due the same thing. My mom was taking warfrin also and from the time she complained of a terrible headache to being in a coma in the ER was under 1 hr. Mom's was much worse. The scan showed the whole left hemisphere of her brain bleeding. There was swelling and they said it was inoperable. Sitting there watching her sister suffer she determined that she wanted DNR and to go as peacefully as possible if we ever had to make the decision. We didn't have to because she passed peacefully and pain-free 48 hrs after making it to the hospital. Within 2 1/2 months they were gone, both sisters. Mom was 71. The Drs have told us the the blood thinner combined with age was a contributing factor to my moms.
I just lost my husband 9/29/16 age 42 due to this. They also told me that if he woke up he would only know that I'm in the room with him and would be paralyzed. I sure miss the man I've been with for over 20 years seeing him lying in that bed for 5 days unable to breathe on his own has broken my heart. Having a massive stroke after 7 heart attacks and one stroke before this with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and so many pills a day with pain .
My 69 year old brother fell off his bed while sleeping. He has been a diabetic since 1995. His two legs were amputated, he is on dialysis and has a lot of other serious issues.The day he fell he went about his buisness as if nothing happened, but then toward the early evening his wife noticed a bump on his forehead so he was taken to the hospital. They did a scan and found out he was bleeding so he is now in a hospital in ICU. Today he looks a bit better but he is unable to talk. Most of the comments I read don't mention this symptom. Is this natural to loose the ability to talk. Today is Saturday and the doctor has told his wife that on Monday they will do another scan and depending on the results he might do surgery on his brain.
I had brain surgery 3 years ago- I was 35 yrs. old. I had overgrown blood vessels which formed to the size of an eyeball and was leaking blood in my brain. That was causing a type of seizure which would suddenly put me thru a sudden blank stare, nonresponsive and loss of memory during that period of time. they kept increasing and lasted anywhere from a few minutes to the most was an hour, 7-10 times daily. I would walk into traffic. The tumor was right over my right temple which controls fear. I had become very gullible and since the surgery Im the complete opposite. I am not easily intimidated and have developed a very defensive attitude not to where i cause any trouble, but it throws people off. I mix up people's names all the damn time and I have a very hard time recognizing faces. My spelling is off at times, so I feel the need to Google a word for the correct spelling and sometimes meanings. I cant remember movies, so I have quite a few "new" movies to watch and a few I apparently loved lol. I too was experiencing the numbing of my hands and hard time making a fist as I would awake every morning. All my joints hurt and had a very hard time going up and down stairs. well, i was on Keppra and my doctor switched away from it and I don't feel that way anymore. Im a paralegal. i kinda have to think a lot, so I have tons of notes. I'm very easily distracted and have a hard time concentrating. I dont remember things, but as people remind me of something it slooooowly starts coming to me, then I remember with great details! It's strange. I remember things from my childhood. I'll remember first and last names...selective memory selects the weirdest thing at times. I struggle with too much info at once with too many details...my memory can't hold it for long and I'll need for it to be reiterated or summarized lol. I mean, I laugh at myself at times and I deal with it that way to where I dont feel sorry for myself and instead I'm open and talk about it to where it's ok to joke about things. For instance, my friends call me "Dory" from Finding Nemo since she was a fishy with bad memory, but i dont remember her lol. My memory is improving.... I'll remember things I try to remind myself about and now I find people asking me to remind them of things! and i do! so my memory has gotten much better, just don't invite me to the show to see a movie I'd like to see because most likely I already saw it lol I won't drive. My judgment is off. my walking judgment around a crowd of people is off and I'll cause a weird sudden stop or something...so yeah, cant do that behind the wheel. I tell people that I've be damned if I survive brain surgery then kill myself in a car accident lol. It's not easy, but its how you deal with it. You just gotta go with it and make the best of it. It gets better it just takes longer for some of us, but im just glad I'm alive and I didnt end up blind or handicap and i can still be independent and work and keep up with my house. stay positive. Sorry for blabbing away :o)
My mom had bleeding on the brain and recently died
I'm 60 yrs old female recently had a brain bleed going for scan in 2 weeks I'm worried that this is not soon enough should I be concerned?
I have mechanical valve in my heart had T.I.A couple times over the years
I slipped and fell on an icy drive way on my 27th birthday, I hit the back of my head causing the frontal left lobe to bleed, my swelling reached its max and was completely back down within 3 days. I was kickboxing at that time so I was in good shape. I was told that I healed well due to my low heart rate. I had 0 patience for about a month after, I wasn't so happy either (although I had nothing to be happy about really, considering the setbacks I was dealing with due to my injury) and I guess it was the effect it had on my personality, I didn't have any problem solving issues or anything with motor skills etc.
Can you die from a brain bleed?!
My son has a concussion (hockey), his third, and is 7 months post now, still having terrible symptoms of headache and light sensitivity, fatigue. He is in grade 10 and feeling life slip by. Been in bed last 4 weeks straight since trying to step him up gradually to more normal activity. Can we be sure he doesn't have a bleed or do we need an image?
Hello, it's been a year now.. my boyfriend has brain cancer and he's 27 yrs old (he'll be 28 by July 11) Today he's in the hospital coz his nose is bleeding and now he is unconscious. What does this mean? Please help me, i want to know everything about his condition. Thank you.
Hi my father is 60 years old and he had a brain hemorrhage before 4 years and after some treatment he was felt good. But recently he got another stroke and now he forget sometimes and even he cant recognize people for a moment. So what is reason behind it?
Hi, I have just had a cat scan that showed bleeding on the brain, because the initial symptoms i had that led me to get the scan (severe dizziness, numbness in legs, problems with vision) have cleared they have said its nothing to worry about. they said it was due to high blood pressure, which i have never had and usually test with lower than normal blood pressure) Should i be worried?? Should i get further tests??
Long story made short. My son 22 year of age, hit in head with metal baseball bat. Being told small bleeding in the brain. CT Scan show increase after each one. On day 3 and still slight increase. Trying to get him transferred Shands UF. In a little hospital now. Dr. declines to do another CT. Says no reason to. Trauma Dr. disagrees. My question is He is still experiencing lost words here and there. Has to think for a moment to complete a sentence. But eyes and etc are looking good. Head is in severe pain, feels like lots of pressure he( my son) explains. They are speaking of discharging him. I have concerns. As well as past 2 night heart rate dropping to 32 while at rest. When awaken it rises. Could heart rate dropping have anything to do with Bleed in brain. So my questions are: how long confusion or lost for words last usually? And heart rate dropping at rest, could this be from head injury.
~~About four month ago, I complained to my doctor of a loud noise in my left side of my skull for a long time, I insist in having a CT scan and finally she order to a CT be made, and the results shows that I have a blood clot of about a width of 11.4 millimeters and a length of about 5 inches, immediately she refer me to a neuro surgeon, and he told me that this hematoma will eventually disappear. I already had have three CT scans, and the clot still the same as when was discover, other than the noise I don't have any symptoms, do I am in any risk? Can this clot be operated safely with no eminent risks?
I have a friend who is is the Army. His daughter lives in South Africa with her Grandmother and just had a bad fall and now has some bleeding in the brain. She is needing a surgery, but they do not have enough money for the surgery at the moment. Are there any places that help in these circumstances?
I feel your pain my mom suffered a brain hemorhage the hospital refused to operate or relieve the pressure they asked us do we want to keep her on life support or hospice I said operate and will keep her on life support they refused so left us no choice I feel like I killed her putting her in hospice they don't feed you or give you liquids do how is this natural
My father was taking couminden 'a blood thinner' at the time of his fall. He was a moderately healthy 83 year old. He fell in his back yard and hit his head (left side above his eye) on a metal tool box. He was immediately taken to the hospital emergency councious the intire time. CT scan showed a brain hemerage. Apromxetely 10 hours lator he slipped into a coma. After hearing the Drs diagnosis the family opted for him to go naterally. I found it quite odd that they didn't even have him on a saline drip, For his breathing and heart were fine til the end. Dad was a fighter, a U.S. Marine, I often wonder if the right decision was made. A week later hospis administered the potient concoction that took him from us. I say do all you can do. I Miss you Dad!😇
So sorry to hear about your brother. Life is so delicate....too many times we don't realise this. I hope your family are coming to terms with this terrible loss. My thoughts are with you xx
Yesterday Monday, October 13, 2015 I had to bring my father in this hospital. Dr. told us that he has a big blood clot inside his left side brain and getting bigger reaching for the right side of the brain. He just fell asleep with loud snoring and could not open his eyes or move his right leg and hand. Could not answer using any words but tried to shake his head. Currently under life support, what they call ventilator. His breathing rate is improving but still has no sense. And now in the icu I found my father's both legs are moving sometimes. But they are telling me that the signal to move his legs is not coming from his brain. Its just muscle movement. They refused to go any further even to think about a surgery. May be because of his age is over 70 now. And when I tried to force them to do something, they told me to pray for him and thats all what we can do... Another surgeon told me that even if they took a chance, probability of his recovery is less than 20%... Feeling ice-cold heart inside just to imagine watching him die... Anyone can suggest anything?
My nephew fell whilst out drunk in the early hours of Saturday morning, he was rushed to Hope Hospital and has had a CT scan which has shown a bleed in his brain!!! Can this bleed rectify itself or will they have to operate?? He is really suffering with headaches which are causing him tremendous pain...... Any advice will be welcome
My sister had a shunt fitted which worked too well, it removed all the fluid from around her brain. This caused her to have a large bleed. They have operated and drained the bleed but a CT scan shows the bleed has not stopped. She is also on Warfarin to stop blood clots. They have had to lower the dose until the bleed stops. What will they do next to stop the bleed?
my wife had a aneurysm and is in a coma for about a month.
she opens her eyes and responds or commands to close her eyes .
she squeezed my hands sometimes on command. How do I get her out of this
coma. I feel depressed and helpless about her condition .
My brother fell last Tuesday and hit the back of his head. Complained later of a headache and there was some vomiting but would not get it checked out. Thursday morning, still vomiting and had terrible headache. Seizures started at 9am, ambulance was called. He was was unresponsive and put on a respirator. He died at 12:25pm. MRI showed significant brain bleed which caused his heart to stop.
I would like to ask for an opinion. A mature man was punched several times in the head and had been to hospital.Simple exam were done and released home. Had swallowing and bruising around right hand side eye and face. He had headaches and was talking strange. Couple weeks later he had big headache, admitted to hospital and they found bleeding on the brain. The bleeding was on the same side he was punched. Genetic test were done twice, not linked with bleed. Gentlemen does not have any medical problems nor any facts for that. I had mix opinions from the doctors so if some one can tell me is this from assault or what Thank you
My cousin died on thursday due to having bleeding on the brain he was in a bit of a fight 5 weeks before and got knocked to the floor he started having headaches just over a week later we told him to go to the doctors but he shook it of and said he was fine do you think this could be related to him being knocked to the floor? Please i need peoples advice
Hello my husband had an accident 6 months ago he had surgey remove blood clot. SAH contision of his front lob temprol lob also diffuse axonal injury
My brother in law has fallen 3 times resulting in ER visits, all with brain bleeds. However, this last fall was a direct hit to the back of the head, causing bleeding to the sides and the front of the brain. A drain was placed in his skull to drain the bleeding. He is in a medical induced coma. The CT scans show no change. Drs. indicate the need to wait 72 hrs. before determining brain function, etc. Could he have permanent brain damage? He has been an addict a huge part of his life. The first 2 falls were attributed to alcohol. However, this 3rd one, has no explanation. Please share your expertise and knowledge. Thank you kindly. MJB
My Dad is 88-yrs old and has dementia right now he's in a care home .He has to be 24/7 watched .He has fallen a lot in the last 6 to 7 yrs. The doctors have given him CT scan and there's bleeding on his brain. The plan on doing other one to see how much the bleeding is spreading or if there's more. This is really hard I'm the only who has to make all the decisions for him.
Just Pray from bottom of your heart. This is the only Medi.
My father recently passed away, he went into hospital because he was forgetful and ended up being diagnosed with delirium... After weeks in hospital with slight improvement every day he ended up having a clot in his lungs which they say was due to staying in the bed for too long. After 5 weeks he ended up having a brain bleed from the thinners used for the clot and this left him in a vegative state. His food and water were taken out and was left to die...he died after 9 days...devastated... He was such a strong man, I still don't understand how this all happened and really didn't get many answers from Dr's. Heartbreaking to see my father slowly die from what??.... Dehydration??!!!
Do little bleeds need surgery?
Not all brain bleeds end in severe mental illnesses or death. When I was born I had a brain bleed behind my eye. I had to receive a special treatment that opened my pupil so that they could see behind my eye. I am now 12 years old. I'm fine.
My cousin just passed away he was only 12 years old boy He had an accident with head injures and internal injures He died because bleeding in the brain he had the accident on friday n died on wednesday which is very sad
my friend had a brain bleed and I am worried because he is aware of people and sometimes tries to speak one word at a time, but he brother wants to stop feeding him and just let him die, it has only been three weeks and he is getting better everyday, I cannot understand how a hospital can allow this, since the man is getting better each day and he does not have a DNR. everyone is praying for him and today he asked for water and prayers. How can one allow this, he is even moving his legs and hands. everyone who knows him is upset. please pray. for all persons in this situation. How can a doctor and a brother make such a decision when the patient is getting better daily??? very upset in California
i was admitted to the icu for 21 days with a tbi, they had to drill holes into my skull to drain the bleeding in my head...
My nephew had a spinal tap for Meningitis and is now blacking out and has seizures and pain shooting down his left arm. The hospital released him stating was due to an event, but no major events. He is 6'6 and the doctor missed the first time. Please help my 19 year old nephew. He was fine till this happened.
Hi, I got hit by a cleaning brush stick by my sister when playing with her 2 days ago and i have been feeling some pain inside my head since midnight. Please can you tell me what is happening.
Well a teacher got hurt in a car accident and she wad. In the car with her husband and some one threw a rock over the bridge and it went threw the window and hit the lady in the head and some of her brain feld out and she went threw a lot I realy dont get what happened and I cant even picture it I realy want to know?
My father died today. still cant believe it
Well my father died from a bleeding stroke a month ago i encourage anybody with dis problem to seek help fast it can kill u..
my boyfriend had a brain surgery three weeks ago to remove the tumor he had in his brain..he was fine during these three weeks..there were no problems at all..all his scans were well..he took the plane the day before to come back to the country and the moment he landed he started to feel dizzy..the doctors told him to rest..the following day he started throwing up and fell unconscious and the doctors said he started losing blood in his brain..he has been rushed to India to get treatment but the doctors said he might not make it..Are there chances he can make it?He has been unconscious for almost two days now...and has already got to the hospital
I crashed while riding my bike in late July 2014. Hit my head in the crash but fortunately was wearing a helmet else injury would have been worse. Initially sought no medical help post crash but began suffering severe headaches about two weeks later. My conditioned worsened to the point that I was suffering from stroke-like symptoms. Three weeks post crash My wife forced me to go to the ER of a nearby hospital. A CT scan revealed a subdural hematoma. Was transferred by ambulance to another hospital for neurosurgery. Had two burr holes drilled through my skull to drain the blood from the SH. For 36 hours post-op I was flat on my back in a hospital room with a tube coming out of each burr hole so more bold from the hematoma could be drained. Surgery on Friday evening and released on Monday afternoon (Labor Day), feeling a lot better. Returned to work the day after release (I'm a teacher so work is not physically strenuous). Felt progressively better each day thereafter. Cannot ride a bike for four months but I can walk and hike and ride stationary bike for exercise. There is a lot of hope for subdural hematoma sufferers.
My sister now had a stroke and when she fell from the stroke she hit her head and now on that side of the brain she is bleeding from the fall, so now she had another stroke while in the hospital because they said they can't treat her stroke because of the bleeding on the other side. My question is there anything else they can do?
My uncle has this, but he won't be going through surgery. Any reason why. He was given meds.
Ask about nuycenta er, its a time released pain killer.
Hello, I feel sorry for every human being , that suffers from any type of pains. my son had an accident on June 8 and had brain surgery on his right back next to the ear. Can someone tell me what doctor can help us to minimize his headaches, all body is in pain. They give him norco 20 mg and neurontin which doesnt help. Please we leave in LA, if someone can help me with advise.
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I will pray for everyone and wish you quick recovery
Does this explanation apply to Cerebral Palsy?
My step dad and I were home alone I was 5. He went to shovel to roof fell off and came in the house with blood coming out of his ears, nose and mouth, i think i went to the neighbors house and they called the hospital and they had him their quickly but he passed. All this time latter i know have seizures due to epilepsy and sometimes fall, it is scary, some times i don't even have my head checked out, oh well
My sister had an aneurisn on Father's Day of 2013. She is a miracle in all of her family's eyes. I cried cause she is so strong and such a survivor too. She also lost her husband to cancer shortly thereafter. I am just so proud of her, she recently got her license. She was soo thrilled. I was wondering if the headaches that she has will ever go away or is it going to stay with her for the rest of her life??
Does a patient w negative CT scan and LP results showed xanthochromia, erthocytes and high protien and shows bilateral drop foot (hours after lp) likely have hemotoma or traumatic tap?
Could u live when your brain bleeds
I slipped and fell a month ago getting in my truck. I hit the back of my head on the corner of the truck cab. I sat there and watched the car next to me go from gray to almost black. Since then I am have trouble with dizzyness. If I stay in one position for very long and move I get dizzy to the point I have to hold on to some or fall.
I dont get why some people survive and some die frome a bleed in there brain
My 26 year old little brother was attacked and beaten badly, a CT scan has shown a 7mm bleed to the left side of the brain by the left ear, the hospital have said they won't operate as it hasn't ruptured, but if it ruptures I fear he won't survive to tell the tale.
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY-A CAREGIVER'S STORY I brought a child into this world. I loved and nurtured this child. I taught her right from wrong. I strongly influenced her morals and values. I guided her as I watched her grow. She grew to be a beautiful young lady with a kind, caring heart and a beautiful soul. I loved her dearly. I prayed that she had learned what I gave up my life to teach her. I allowed her to shine as I took a step back with love and pride knowing I raised her well. Then tragedy strikes and in one moment in time it is taken all away from me. They call it traumatic brain injury. She lays lifeless in a coma, hooked up to machines that are giving her life. The doctors have saved her life but can give me no answers as to what the future will be for my child, the child that I have loved so dearly and watched her grow to be the beautiful young lady that she was, with a kind, caring heart and a beautiful soul, the young lady that has been taken from me who lays lifeless in a coma. The doctors and nurses took me down a road, the rebirth of my daughter. I have watched the rebirth of this child from the moment the fingers on her left hand started to wiggle and then her left eye started to open. I didn't know it then but she was being reborn before my eyes. It now is the second time I am watching my child grow. But this time it is different from the first time as she grew from an infant. This time the unknowing and the unexpected, the hours and hours of research involved to gain knowledge and strength so I can be the best mother I can be to help my daughter on her journey. It is hard to tell you the deep feeling of love I have for this child. It is an unexplainable feeling. A feeling that unless you go through it, it would be unexpectable to feel or know. There is an overpowering feeling of love and total devotion, so much stronger now then the first time I watched her grow from birth. It is a love that circumferences every fiber of my being; a feeling of pride that can bring me to tears. Like when I heard her say ma-ma for the first time after 4 months of silence. Or when she turned her head or moved her arm or leg for the first time, or even when she learned how to swallow a bit of Italian ice for the first time. Or when she asked me with such innocence and wonderment, what is a pretzel or ma-ma what is a pear? The bewilderment I felt as she ate it having to accept that she honestly didn't know what it was. I just took for granted that she knew but she didn't know. She didn't know anything. She lived in the moment, no past, and no thoughts of the future. I needed to reteach her all about life and how her life experiences made her the person she was today. As her memory came back she was astonished about how she knew certain things about life and herself. She wonders if I am her mommy and is amazed at the miracle of life and that she was born. It is now coming up on the second anniversary of that moment in time when my daughter was reborn; watching her grow a second time brings such a fulfillment of hope and pride. It is with this overpowering feeling that I know with all the sacrifices I have made along the way to devote myself and my life to the rebirth of my daughter; being her eyes and ears when she could not speak or hear, learning how to be a great caregiver to her, and instinctively, strongly advocating for her, finding the resources that are out there to help my daughter, putting her therapies in place and watching her conquer, achieve and advance to new levels and climbing those mountains with unexplainable strength, courage and determination to overcome her deficits to the best of her abilities. I know that this is the greatest accomplishment of my life and worth every sacrifice I have made along the way and will go on making as I help my daughter continue to be the heroine of her life and not the victim. Excerpt from my journal, written September 29, 2008
I was with my brother when he passed away from a glioblastoma two years ago. He was breathing but when I turned the light on I saw blood from his nose onto his pillow and grey lines on his face. The ambulance workers worked on him for over an hour/ Can you tell me what probably happened to have him still breathing, the blood on the pillow and the lines on his face. Had he passed away when I found him or was he still alive??
My mum was admitted to icu, she thought she had a headache from dehydration within a few hours started vomiting. My dad took her to the hospital thinking that she may have heat stroke from walking around in the sun all day. On arrival to the hospital they gave her a ct scan they diagnosed her with a subdural haematoma "no accident, no fall, no bumps of the head" not one doctor can explain how or why? and we have been through the last few wks to figure out if she may have had a accident, mum is a spring chicken and very active and fit. Can someone explain how, why? Frustrated and worried daughter
my nephew had an accident on 29th may 2013, by bike colliding with bike coming from other side. when police brought him hospital and informed me of accident, he was already unconscious. after doing CT scan found bleeds in right side of brain. we rushed to guwahati GNRC hospital for surgery which took us around 9 hours to reach. after reaching he was given ventilation and operation done within 1 hour. its already been 1 month he is still unconscious,but we were given assurance that he will recover and we also hoping that he will open eye either today or tomorrow..my pray to GOD...
My niece had a stroke in her sleep and never woke up. when they got her to the hospital we were told she had blood on her brain in found out it was ITP. Its been a week and she is still comatose. She had to have two brain surgery done not to mention in the midst of all of it she had 3 stroke, 3 seizures, 3anersym had to have over 20+ blood transfusion, her lungs collapse and there now saying she have a flu. They said she wasn\'t going to make it and if she do she will be partially brain dead. Although she haven\'t woken up, We witness legs movement from both legs,(tighten up to like she trying to stretch)flinch when the doctor pinch her foot & mouth movement (cough)& murmur her mouth(like she trying to talk), eye movement,(shed tears)and when the nurses turned lights on her eyes tighten up as if its to bright. Sunday she halfway open her right eye, and we told the doctor the next day in he said No, she didn\'t when I and some of the nurses witness it just as well. She is on the ventilator however it show her breathe a little on the monitor. The doctor said its all reflex but I believe in God report in I believe he bringing her out of it. Miracle Child
My 25 year old son suffered a severe brain injury four years ago. After being in a coma for three weeks he emerged as a vegetable and didn't talk or walk for six months. That was the most difficult time in our lives. Four years later he is living independently although doesn't have a job or a relationship but things do improve. You have to remain hopeful and take each day at a time.
Have there ever been any studies done on babies born with hematomas? My oldest daughter had two fair sized ones on opposing sides of the skull, we experienced a lot of behavioural issues with her for years and years until she was dx'd with four concomittant disorders. Would the hematomas have contributed to this dx?
My heart goes out to everyone with a loved one who is in ICU, it's a dreadful time for the family. You must understand every brain injury is different, no two are the same. Talk to the consultant in charge of the person, they will be honest and straight with you. But don't loose heart! The brain takes a very long time to recover, if it can. Therapy, patience and endless love and work is required. Bless you all.
My sister was at a skate park with a friend. Her friend dared her to do down a concrete ramp on top of a wheelie bin.. So she did and she fell off. They airlifted her to a hospital hours away and they found she has a broken neck and bleeding on the brain.. But yesterday they found a second bleed! She hasn't woken up and I'm soo worried and scared :'( I don't know what to do.. Will she make it?
I was in a car accident and i was not concious when taken to the hospital. I had no physical injuries and the hospital could not understand why i would not wake up. It took three MRI"s before they spotted a drop of blood from my brain. I am now suffering with numbness on my left hand and cold feet and thighs and slurring in my speech with memory loss. It seems like it is not getting any better. Does this problem worsen as you age? The accident was 5 1/2 years ago.What happens on the long run?
If you was shoved and hit inthe eye and got a blackeye and fell on sofa and head hit wall in back and was supposely had blleding on brain or brain injury can you be released within 30hrs of occurrance and at hospital playing on cellphone and wat not? How true do you think this really is?
Yes, my poor brain has been through so much. I have three subdural hematomas and on the right side of my head. The first is located on the top of my head, the next is located in the middle and the last hematoma is located on the bottom of my skull, and I am really worried. My head feels like a presure cooker and my head really hurts and feels like it is just going to burst. I was in tears last night just wondering what am I going to do about this problem. I do have a TBI from an old tramatic injury that I had when I was a kid and really scary!
can you die from it?
My friend Ben seems to have bleeding ear lobes and hair folicles is this due to brain bleeding (could this be due the rest of his friends being incredibly irritating, excluding me of course?) This is causing him also to slur words when speaking and causing inflamitary pain to everyone around him! no one seems to be able to give any medical attention! please reply!!
Hi there Dr. Bazarian. My 20yr old step son was in a horrible accident. He was hit at a dead stop by another car from behind at about 70mph. He has "several bleeds" is what we are told. He is semi conscensious... a lot of swelling in his face, lips, neck... he did have an emergancy surgery to remove his spleen the night of the accident... he has been inICU ever since... He is NOT on a breathing tube... just a feeding tube and oxygen.. When will things seem to be getting better... or, how long until we are out of the clear with these brain bleeds and the swelling??? The doctors at the hospital just don't seem to have the answers right now and it's frustrating thats all. He isn't speaking very well when he is able to answer A question... he is not able to move very well... Im just trying to understand just how serious this is
hiya,. colin here. could you please explain. what happerns . when you? that is me? has a carotid artiory dissection??? thank you for your time. as this condition is unnusuall??
one of mah friend's head got injured approx 3 months ago. These days he was having sever pain in half of his head. Doctor says one of his vein is bleeding and he'll have to go through an operation. what kind of operation he'll have? n how long he'll take to recover from that operation? is their any kinda probability of complexions? plz help me out!
hi my partner was in a bad car crash and when he arrived at the hosptail they said he had bleeding on the brain, how badly can this affect his personality.
my Dad suffers from acute stroke and brain bleeding interventricular from increase blood pressure. how can we know the bleeding stop, can any thing stop it? firstname.lastname@example.com
My uncle was rushed to a hospital yesterday for an intracranial hemorrhage. He had bilateral pulmonary emboli so was put on coumadin and they said one of the clots broke loose and traveled to his brain causing it to bleed. His heart is beating, he is breathing on his own, but outlook doesnt look good. is this something that happens often? i am guessing there was so much bleeding because of being on the coumadin and blood thinners.
why does,nt neuron regenerate
I MEt with accident on Apr 2006 after that I have been taking Valporic Acid Tablets when in between I stopped tablets I Fainted and once it was just like epileptic attack but then I Recovered MRI,Brain analysis (Psylogical tests)were normal but for how long I have be on these medicines (Encorate Chrono). Please reply on firstname.lastname@example.com , I am looking for case studies and not any medical advice
I sustained a brain injury from a assault. Why was blood coming out of my left ear and nose? Does that mean my brain was bleeding?
Thank you for the great explanation. Ahhh, my poor brain. It bled with no place to go...


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"But baking was always a love of mine."
She first went public in the sixth grade at Field Elementary School in Clairemont when she showed up one day with oatmeal-raisin bars baked with chocolate. They were a hit with her classmates, and though she did not know it, her future had just unfolded before her.
"My parents were strict," she recalled, "and I was very shy and self-conscious. Baking was my way, I guess…" she said, trailing off. One of the bakers had run out to tell Rebecca that her scones were ready. She excused herself.
My table was set on a raised platform at the front of the building. From this vantage point I could see youngsters jumping out of Volvos and SUVs and hurrying inside with instructions from their mothers, who waited behind the wheel. A couple of runners, damp with sweat, had ended their run here. The outside tables were a free zone for smokers, who were reading the newspaper and having their first cup of coffee and cigarette. Customers leashing their dogs to the trees found bowls of water for the dogs to drink; and inside, Rebecca had baked dog biscuits that she gave away. Most of these dogs were big — models built along the lines of a golden retriever — but while Albert Boost's eight-year-old shih tzu, Panda, was tiny by comparison, what she lacked in size she more than made up for in attitude. Dogs approaching for an introductory sniff were sent reeling backward. The chip on Panda's shoulder may have had to do with the ribbons in her hair.
"She got them yesterday," explained Boost. "Whenever she visits Susie's Pet Clipet on Park Boulevard, she gets ribbons."
Information of this sort, remarkable mostly for its being shared, feels right at Rebecca's. Boost, a widower who lives in nearby Burlingame with his daughter, likes to include a coffee stop at Rebecca's as part of his morning constitutional. Here conversation is easy and I learned that the widower, now in his 80s, worked after World War II as a geological engineer for the California Water Project, which brought water down from the northern portion of the state.
"And with more water there came more people. So after that I worked for Caltrans and that meant more people could get here easier." He laughed and gathered up Panda. "You can blame me for California being so crowded."
Rebecca returned and explained that she bakes raspberry and apricot muffins and chocolate chip, molasses, and ginger cookies, but scones remain most popular. "I can't bake enough of them."
As we sat in the morning sun and talked, Rebecca mentioned that a year ago she almost died.
"I had been hemorrhaging for months," she said. When she finally underwent the hysterectomy and the surgeons removed her uterus, they washed it and showed it to her. "It weighed 13H pounds and was red and shiny like a balloon and looked to be full of golf balls. Those were the fibroid tumors." She blushed and said it was a strange thing to be talking about. And it did seem strange on this beautiful morning.
While her doctor did not want to put odds on her surviving, miracles have come in multiples for Rebecca. She told me how, after her partner left, a customer overheard her speaking of money worries and loaned her the money to pay her bills. "Whoever heard of that?" she asked. But perhaps the story of how she got her home is the most amazing. She did not have the $10,000 required for a down payment, but again, a customer got wind of her trouble and offered to loan her the money. He was ill with aids, she said, and so they agreed that if he died, she would repay the loan to his caretaker. The man did indeed die and she repaid the loan. "But isn't that unbelievable, I mean, people just appeared to make things happen…"
Rebecca's is located on the edge of South Park and has both a large gay community as well as a growing number of men and women in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse. Rebecca likes to give jobs to people down on their luck.
"This is a place for everyone, that's what's so wonderful about it," she said, and then offered a comparison with what she knows well, her scones. "At first I promised myself that I'd just bake the traditional scones, but people ask, and so I tried new things. Rebecca's is like that, trying new things."
Her English mother taught her how to bake scones. I asked what her most popular offering is. "Walnut scones," she said. Is there, I asked, any secret to baking scones? "You have to learn not to touch them too much," she said. "You have to learn to just let them alone."
"The ghost appeared one evening."
It was Sunday and the remark came as the sun was sinking into the Pacific, somewhere behind Coronado, the sky over our heads a lemon shade deepening into gold. I was in the backyard of Canyon House, a bed-and-breakfast and the oldest building on Olive Street. Painted in woodsy greens, the handsome two-story structure sits high on its foundation, on a slight crest, so that it helps to define the horizon line.
"Ruth, my daughter, saw the ghost," said Carole Brown who, with her husband, owns Canyon House. Paul Brown grew up in North Park and graduated from Saint Augustine High School on nearby Nutmeg Street. They married, each for the second time, in 1986, and bought Canyon House two years later.
Paul Brown, at 54, has something of the poet that clings to him. For the last 26 years he has worked as an electronic digital control mechanic at the Naval Aviation Depot in North Island. Carole Brown, three years older than her husband ("And am I embarrassed about my age? No! I've earned every one of my years!"), has green eyes, flaxen hair, and a creamy complexion. She runs Canyon House because it gives her a chance to meet people, she says. Husband and wife have an easygoing attitude about their bed-and-breakfast endeavor. It is for them a fun hobby. But Carole Brown is one of those people who go about their hobbies in a big way. Take the garden where we were standing.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ---- UAB men's basketball head coach Jerod Haaseand his staff will hold another summer camp the week of June 24-27 at Bartow Arena.
The camp days run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and are for ages 8-18. The price of the four-day camp session is $225. Cost includes a basketball, t-shirt and lunch buffet.
Coach Haase and his staff will direct the camp and will be assisted by local high school and college coaches along with current UAB basketball players.
Last week in the first session of the Jerod HaaseBasketball Camp, former North Carolina All-American and current Indiana Pacer Tyler Hansbrough (who played for Coach Haase at UNC) stopped by the camp to visit with the campers.
To register for the Jerod Haase Basketball Camp click HERE or visit www.uabsports.com/camps.