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scannon157 karma

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm a lawyer who works with TBI survivors a lot. I'm always amazed at their perseverance despite the obstacles. I'm also surprised by the variety of ways a TBI can affect people. I've never seen two injuries that look the same.

Here are a couple of questions though:

1) What symptoms do you have and which do you find the hardest to deal with?

2) What therapies help you the most?

Thanks in advance for answering.

scannon152 karma

Thanks for reporting on this. I really appreciate Vice's willingness to throw themselves into the middle of emerging stories. Everyone used to say that the internet could never replace true investigative journalism, but you all are proving them wrong. Anyway, enough praise, I have two questions:

Do you get the feeling that these protests are part of a split in the Ukrainian population between those that want a closer relationship to Europe and those that want a closer relationship to Russia?

Are there counter protests, or is the population generally in support of the protesters?

Thanks again!

scannon25 karma

Personal injury mostly. That can involve some other things in this context like setting up special needs trusts, etc. But it's mostly getting insurance companies to recognize the severity of the injury and persuading them to pay fair compensation.

scannon18 karma

Thanks!

scannon17 karma

Yep, I'm a personal injury lawyer. It's a good gig. People hate that we exist until one of their family members has to make an injury claim against an insurance company. Then they get it pretty quick.

Good job on going into law for the right reasons. Don't let law school grind that out of you. All my friends who like their jobs as lawyers help human beings. The ones who work for corporations generally either hate it or turn into assholes. Criminal defense is a good choice. Tough system to deal with though. The conveyer belt of "justice" really grinds on people after a while. The civil justice system is far from fair to humans. But it's not as bad as the criminal side. Let me know if you have any questions. Probably by DM though, I don't want to hijack OP's thread.