I"m an Australian born in 1957, in March 1979, I was assulted and left on the side of the road with my car. An off duty nurse saved me and the Redcliffe Hospital couldn't handle this type of injury at the time. I was taken to Royal Brisbane Hospital travelling slowly because I was so unstable police escort. I was eight days in deep coma with 3 on coma scale, for this time. A further 15 days that I don't remember, PTO and medically induced coma. I don't remember much of that night or how they got me to stop the car? The way they treated me then was to live in denial but I know now this was so wrong. Over the time post injury I have lost all my old friends, I have behaviour cognitive problems, headaches, I can't handle stress very well and this adds to forgetting things and this affected me when I was working. I hit my head hard early in 1994 and I think it may of done futher damage or it was the stress. Doctors basiclly stopped me from working after five operations from over doing things. My family really has little to sdo with me except when they need me, they don't even notice this nor have they really understood the troubles I have. After 1994 when I found the truth about my TBI and understood the repair time was over. I have a good number of troubles like other survivors have, plus now I have diabetes I had my thyriod removed the pills one hour before breakfast are rough sometimes. I looked at my life and where I can go from here, I do get frustrated with noise as this has been a building troubled issue for me. The place has got veru noisy, traffic, noisy exhaust and sound system with to much bass really get my behaviour problems boiling. I have letter in the State Government being read about Noise Polutition. I have never received rehab, in April 2007 I will be seeing a phyic' doc for the first time I really hope he can help me with some of my problems. We are trying to start an Australian Online TBI Support Group and a Local STEPS program for other survivors in Logan City, so if anybody reads this and is interested please send me an e-mail and I can forward the details. I know how isolated and lonely it can be, Support each other and make it better for us all.

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