That's what I thought too lol. To think they saw Dr after Dr and no one helped, that she could have been like this for a very long time, to see all it took was 2 weeks of specified intensive brain training is amazing!
Otto von Bismarck That has zero relation to anything here, what is wrong with you? Go to the political videos if you want to discuss politics. It's that simple.
@Otto von Bismarck exactly. People HATE the truth cause it hurts their feelings. All this crap is political unfortunately but I learn that, sure it's immoral but it's a fact
Otto von Bismarck while I agree that the peace prize has been controversial, there different Nobel prizes for different categories. You’re talking about the peace prize but there’s also a Nobel prize in Physiology and Medicine.
It literally is. He scanned her brain and found out there was damage. she needed cognitive therapy which is what they are giving her now and this is the fix that you get taught in low grade healthcare education
I think the main problem is just the lack of information being passed around, we know that the doctors in Utah knew/found out what the problem was because they specialize in brain damage and stuff but the other doctors obviously didn’t have as much knowledge most likely because they don’t specialize or work in that type of thing.
a roast that's entirely justified. all the other doctors they saw had access to the same equipment , knew the same diagnostics, and could have determined exactly what was going on.
My daughter suffered trauma to her brain, she would reset every few minutes. After 2 weeks she slowly started regaining her memories. It was the scariest 2 weeks of my life. I feel for this story.
@David Christian They are high school kids, she was a junior and didn't finish the year. Her friends would have and gone one to grade 12, and getting ready for life after. So what would they talk about, she doesn't know them, or what they did together, she has no memory of them. They couldn't even go out for ice cream, because if her memory resets, then what, she wouldn't know them and could walk away, that's kind of risky. It would be a hard enough situation for adults to handle, a teenager? As for her boyfriend, same thing, not much of a relationship there, no memories, and they are only kids...
Doctors: it’s completely idiopathic, so we put a bandaid on, we’re hoping for a full recovery. Utah Doctor: the brain scan revealed that after the concussion, areas of her brain weren’t working, but through our therapy we can fix it.
One of my best childhood friends had an IQ of 148. Destined for great things. Being stuck upside down with his head under water in a car for 15-25 minutes changed all that. Traumatic Brain Injury. His short term memory resets every 5-15 minutes. If you mention my name he knows who that is but he no longer recognizes me as that person as we've aged. His injury was more severe. Mobility and motor control issues, seizures and he only speaks when prompted and with difficulty. I'm very happy for this young girls progress.
@@PROTAGONIST_48 No offense, but I think if that were the cure, they'd have figured it out already. This person had a real brain injury. Coming back from that isn't always an option.
@@yul4206 this is fox news being paid by the same mountains of money that Utah uses to cover up countless child sex allegations . UTAH IS THE #5 STATE for child abuse and #1 state with the most child sex abuse cases... its jist creepy af their silent hill shit
GreGgaeRasta Fari Omg really? That’s really scary considering I’ve seen an increasing number of missing children cases here. I wonder why it’s so alive and rampant here
@@ourbulwarkisjesuschrist9435 I have the number for the Intermountain Neurosciences Institute in my contacts as In Case of Sever Head Injury... Now I can't forget, unless I lose my phone at the same time as the head injury.. I need another backup plan...
Notcho Business I can vouch for that. I basically quit university in British Columbia because taking Liberal Studies is a requirement to get a diploma/degree now, and it’s literally just a class to make you support Liberalism, LGBT, 20+ genders and all that stuff. People who don’t believe in that (and have every right to) literally get punished and scolded by the teacher for slander and prejudism, or end up with a failed grade altogether. University no longer gets you a good job; it’s used to politically control the masses.
ToxicatedMemes As of now, I’m living comfortably on $35 an hour teaching piano to students - and only have a high school diploma from back when nobody tried to push cancel culture into schools. I’m not surprised if universities start to lose their credibility in the next decade
As with other medical issues, it is much easier to endure when there is visible progress. I hope that she continues to see improvement in her situation and feels that she can live the life that she wants alongside of those difficulties.
Some people can’t continue a relationship because the person with the memory issue won’t know the person like they never existed that’s why they said she lost her junior year etc.
Ooohhh that's why she didn't attend my wedding, makes sense to me now :) I regret calling her all those names back then, but it's OK, she won't remember them anyways :)
“She lost all her friends.” Clearly they weren’t friends. If I was in her school and around her age, I would be her friend and I don’t care how many times I’d have to re-meet her.
@@prometheus6835 it's weird to be nice? I'm so confused. Correct me if I'm wrong but I guess this is a cultural misunderstanding, where you live these compliments are considered inappropriate or something?
@@iriiiriii Yes people who are nice like that don't really mean it. they just have an ulterior motive. usually to get into that persons pants. and don't say that's a cultural difference. that's just human nature. its gross to wear your emotions on your sleeve like that but then pretend like you've done such a good job of hiding them.
@@kate-zh4ny Agreed. This is coming from my own experiences with maintaining past friendships with their terrible memory. There was nothing wrong with them at all, but the fact that they don't remember hurts because it lets me know they don't care. Her case is different since it was an accident so I guess it's kinda unfair for them to leave? There's really no win to this situation. People can grow frustrated or weary. Can't really blame them but it's not her fault this happened either.
And she retained her memories from up until that day, so she didn't forget about them and their time together. They could at least check up on her every once in a while or with her parents out of concern instead of disconnecting completely. It's not as if she completely forgot who they were, and she could check their text messages to know they were still there for her. They didn't even wait for the possibility of her recovery.
It's sad but speaking from personal experience when you start suffering from health issues that people don't understand,you learn really quickly who is truly in your life and corner. I lost all my friends but one after my health issues started. It was a lesson learned,a painful one,but no less a lesson on people and who you can truly count on. Really shows true colors of your friends and family. I do feel very sorry for her though because she didn't deserve to lose her friends and boyfriend over something she has no control over!
Maybe or maybe not. I mean imagine how hard it could be on them watching someone you care about deteriorate, not being able to interact with them the way you normally do, them forgetting everything that happened constantly and having to retell it all. Etc. They are just kids too, you can't expect them to understand how to handle or cope with something serious like that. It really just depends how the situation went down. We're not in a position to judge anybody based off the miniscule amount of information we know.
Michael Ortiz wow, you speak like a guilty man. Let me tell you what you do when loved ones are sick, you give up anything and everything to stand by them. I did for several loved ones. But it sounds like you know you would not and project that onto others. I hope you get help for your lack of compassion and love.
NJ FG when people are chronically ill, and this counts as “ill” they get tired of waiting for the old you to come back, they get tired of you being sick and needing help and she needed a lot of hemp. Imagine being a 16yr old who can’t remember anything past 2 hrs and basically repeats herself each time asking what? Where? Who? Why? ... I speak from experience of being ill and losing friends. It happens at any age but it’s worse for teens. I’m also a nurse and I see how people react in the face of a sick relative or friend, especially in longer illnesses. No, not everyone is like that. But for many they just can’t handle it. Can’t handle the change they see in the person the know or feel like they once knew..
This reminds me of my experience with the medical system, finding a doctor who actually knows how to identify and treat complex medical problems truly is a miracle, there’s so many doctors who are useless and tell you there’s nothing wrong with you or just shrug and give up due to your problems complexity. Glad this girl found her miracle doctor!
@Patrick Names like the people who thought it was a miracle when an idols eyes were bleeding when it turned out to be rusty water from a leaking toilet?
@mansfieldfamily5389 Well, considering that my reply from 3 years ago was to a comment that no longer exists, I am not sure *WHAT* I was saying / replying to. Without context, it virtually means *NOTHING*. The fact it was a reply to a removed comment is something that is immediately obvious.
@@bondiibluu How do you use Linux without touching the command line at least once? Apt is only available via terminal and you need it to open apps as Sudo
idk I have a feeling they didnt get that treatment for free. shes lucky they can afford the treatment or that maybe someone has sponsored it for them. I think for most people the problem isnt finding the information/picking the right doctor but how to afford them.
@@slaveNo-4028 sorry to say that and it's not meant to be offensive. But I'm a doctor in Germany and I'm pretty sure that young girl should have had such an intensive neurological rehab from the very beginning of her symptoms. And I have a feeling that in the US the delay of such training might have been due to health insurance problems.
Very lucky! If anyone saw the other video on here, they were seeing another doctor who thought she could fix it before this one. Clearly that didn’t work out and they found this doctor who actually worked! I’m so happy for her and her future.
@@slaveNo-4028 Good doctors are hard to come by anywhere. Not all doctors are created equal and the right one can make the difference between recovery and getting your life back, or that never ever happening. As someone who was misdiagnosed for over 30 years, and by over 40 doctors, including leading consultants, I can personally testify to the difference they can make, or not. It's not only about having the money, and I live in a country with a supposedly free healthcare system, which has misdiagnosed me for 40 years and continues to, to this day.
0:30 “when I try to look back there’s nothing there” I have Parkinson’s and the neurological affectations were wild, I went from having superior autobiographic memory to not having any short term memory capabilities. Looking back on the time I spent I know I was really, really frustrated but that’s most of what I have about it. Like I know it happened, but details won’t come back to me about so much of it… Also 2:21 “it’s just basic science!” feels so real at this point. I saw so many different doctors over so many years and finally found someone who’s knowledgeable and knew which questions to ask, and I was only just diagnosed in December. Carbidopa-Levodopa has been phenomenal assistance and I still can’t believe how simple the solution seems now. Had honestly given it up, but now I am back to doing things I did in high school, like playing music (play contrabass and ukulele simultaneously while singing, and now also professional symphonic contrabass + symphonic composition.) Anyway sorry for the ramble. Science is just seriously so cool, the advancements in medical science and neurology and even just individuals’ knowledge and pushing of the envelope… are just so amazing.
I love your story. It's so beautiful. I have no idea what the thing is that's helping you--will look it up later after I sleep--but I am so, so happy for you. Medical advancements are amazing.
I think doctors are great at treating 99% of cases because they're really knowledgeable on common diseases. But if you have something rare, you'd want to find a scientist because they're the ones on the frontier of new and strange medical problems.
Doctors practice "medicine", Cognitive practices science and rehabilitation, big difference, if there isn't a pill to pop, western medicine is out of ideas
Jacob Blood no, insurance most of the time doesn’t cover when u go out of the ordinary to try and fix ur health problem they want you to do it at a government facility and most of the time don’t cover you when u get stuff done from a private or out of the ordinary company
@@Christobanistan no we don’t, this person in this video wouldn’t have had this happen to her in a nationalized healthcare system, they would have said there is no solution, stop bothering us
@@reterumstrict1091 that’s not how national health care works. You get free health care but you can still see private doctors and specialists you just pay out of pocket like everyone dose now.
Damn what did Utah ever do to you guys? I know Utah has a reputation for being conservative, but I was actually pleasantly surprised by Bernie Sanders winning the primary here. That is a big deal coming from this state and it shows progression.
I once was in a bad place in life and my parents took me out of school to "homeschool" me for 2 years but my mom never taught me anything and we didn't do any school. So one day I said I wanted to go back to school and after a while I went back, missed a lot of work but I studied hard to get where I'm at now so I'm sure she'll be fine!☺️ Oh and btw I'm in the grade I should be in, didn't even get held back, what a shocker right?!😂 She's a smart gal tho, hopefully she's doing even better right now!
I mean, if you *just* want a job then high school grades really don't matter. You can practically fail high school, go to community college, and transfer to a state school with much less debt and stress. In that regard, high school doesn't matter. If you want to attend the most prestigious schools, with top-notch education, and powerful networking with the smartest people of your generation though, High School grades do matter
@@Micheal.D Praying doesn't do anything as a matter of fact If praying worked then there would be no need for her to go all the way to Utah for a treatment
@@nickey8344 Completing the treatment in 2 weeks doesn't mean she will be completely normal after 2 weeks. Maybe she will remember some stuff and doesn't believe it's the same day again but the chances that she will have problems remembering stuff is still high. She was a good student and now she will probably have problems to memorize things.
@@Infarlock No need to be negative..If you hate the idea of "praying" substitute it with "hoping" instead..and consider it as a word to comfort the family.
I believe that when they were showing her friends, her homecoming, etc.... and her mother saying she “lost” all of them, she was referring to her daughters memory of those people and those events. Without our memories of past events, it would like we “lost” them.
The mother goes on and on about how she lost social events and friends and a bf. My mom would have flipped out about me not remembering math and science 😭😭
From my understanding she did not lose long term memory prior to the accident (e.g. she knows her mother, she can read, etc.). So only everything happening afterwards did not enter the "memory storage".
I take it you're Asian right? 🤣 (It's a joke, you know, those things we used to tell each other to make each other laugh. Not everything is about political correctness you know.)
Your question makes people answer based on their general perspective on the people who surround them. Wh don’t have the details on why he fell (maybe someone dropped him) why he was surfing in the first place (maybe he was pressured by his friends) or his personality (he could care or be a “jerk” and not care) The only answer we can give is the one we make in our head, which in turn reflects our view point on people. Very cool physiology 101
There’s a young lady in Greensboro NC that this happened to, her memory was only seconds long. This rehab was mildly helpful but what really started her gaining healing was a special chiropractic treatment from a doctor in another state. After a couple years of treatments she’s improved enough to have a job, get her GED, and feel more comfortable and independent. It’s a fascinating experience and not just something that simply applying basic scientific knowledge can fix,as every TBI is different.
This just goes to show you how many doctors didn't focus on ALL aspects of the human body enough and care just about their salaries. THIS is exactly why im going to study the human body in order to help people like this young lady get back to as close to a regular life as possible. Nothing is impossible if you ignore every single opportunity. Much love to this doctor for understanding this issue.
When she said “it’s a cognitive” I literally burst out crying... I am no way related to this girl but I have heard her stories and read/watched about her a lot and to see that she is finally gaining her ability to make and remember memories just makes me so happy. Bless her, her family, and the doctors that are working so hard to help her
For those upset about her “losing” her friends.....I’m sure that statement meant they were lost due to her memory loss....as in..,she just doesn’t remember who they are. Not that they are not her friends anymore.
yea, I wouldn't count on that. it seems like a nicer way to look at it up front. But when a person suddenly has something wrong with them, people don't deal very well. I lost all but two friends the year my disability suddenly got worse. One of those two friends left a few years later. he wasn't able to handle being around my disability any more and even blamed me for it. I've got one friend left. If you go to places where people with disabilities chat and compare stories like I have, you'll see that same trend over and over. People don't like anyone who isn't normal. If you don't fit into their idea of a happy, perfect little world then they don't want to be around you. it depresses them I guess. I'm happy with my one friend though. I can trust her, at least, when I know i can't trust anyone else to stick around. :)
@@adiarainfoster You basically summed up ANTIFA with that "If you don't fit into their idea of a happy, perfect little world then they don't want to be around you" quote.
@@SergeantExtreme Hmm idk. Kind of I guess? I only learned about what ANTIFA is last year. I don't usually follow stuff like that. But they seem more like armed thugs to me. More like home grown terrorists who are just as likely to BEAT someone down if that person doesn't fit into their view of the world. If they haven't already, I won't be surprised to find they are killing people. But that's more extreme that what I was talking about on my initial comment. Most people don't want what they perceive to be "drama" or "extra baggage." It's a common theme in people's lives when they are living with disabilities. Healthy people don't know how to deal with people who aren't healthy. They don't know what to say. The feel awkward even being around you. Just looking at you brings them down. So in the end they go off and leave you behind. Not for anything you did personally, but because you aren't "normal" anymore. The websites I go to where disabled people share with each other how their disabilities work and how it is to live with them mostly see that same trend. One girl in England actually got beaten in the middle of a night club because she was in a wheelchair. It was on their news. The beating was an extreme example. Most people settle for giving you dirty looks and friends just decide to leave since you are now more trouble than you are worth. At least that last bit is how it feels to the ones being left behind. It's a way to make us feel less than human, though I doubt that's actually the intention. The decision to stop being friends with someone who becomes disabled has less to do with the disabled person and more to do with their own personal comfort.
@@adiarainfoster lost my best friend of over 12 years because quote "you're not happy enough. your life is too fucked up." , depression and some other bad stuff happend to me. nothing what I had controll over. but well...
Even if they did leave her, (which I’m pretty sure they did) I’m not saying this is the right thing to do. But I can’t blame them, it’s extremely difficult if not impossible to become friends with someone who forgets you exist every 2 hours
I love this! As a person who has survived a TBI and lives with epilepsy, this is amazing and these people are angels. I just want to say thank you to the employees who are working with patients like this!! It’s sooooo frustrating recovering and knowing you’re not right and scared there’s no way to fix it. The doctors, nurses and the medical staff are bringing her back to herself! ❤️❤️ Amazing!
@@emotionalavocado2336 would you give up on your family if they forgot you? man i sure hope your parents don't get dementia or something when they're older..
My mom didn’t have a physical injury like this, but she basically had the same syndrome of every day being a new day. Hers was due to a drug reaction. My mother lost most of 2018 into 2019 due to a simple drug which was inappropriately prescribed and monitored. I’m glad Riley’s getting better, my mother got better. We were within two weeks of having her moved into a memory unit, so I feel blessed just as I’m sure Riley‘s parents feel blessed. Find a good doctor and sing their praises to the world!
This would not have been possible if she didn’t already have a positive and resilient character before the accident. Other wise she would have gone insane.
@@Bambuzzsprosse I'm no psychologist, but it doesn't take a one to see someone's character. Obviously she didn't do it on her own. She had a support system that help her, but ultimately she decides how she will act in this given situation.
@@bsfatboy But how could you ever put out the conclusion that she would have gone insane? Many people are living with such a problem and they are not going insane but simply manage.
You clearly don’t understand how amnesia works. She loses her short term memory every two hours. The only way she would even know it had happened is if someone told her. There a lot of people with similar conditions and they don’t lose their minds. It’s just a lot of confusion and disorientation.
@@troywakefield9250 I guess you have some experience in it. But I can only imagine how I would react. The closes thing I can compare to this was when I had to take a medication and had an adverse reaction. My mind was foggy and I just remembered how terrified I was. If I suddenly found myself in a doctors office and didn’t remember how I got there, I would definitely be terrified.
It's amazing how fragile we are, any little mistake can end our lives or leave us disabled Huge thanks to the doctors and science for everything, we'd be doomed otherwise
@@jesusislord4410 Think about what time we are living in. No wonder there's a pandemic "and there shall be plagues and pestilence in varies places" LOL
terguo She didn’t lose friends. Real friends stick around. Those that bounced weren’t really her friends. And the bf wasn’t in love he was in lust or he’d still be there. Shes so much better off without them. Tragedy pulls the weeds in your garden quickly.
Hey when you're in high school, you hardly know what to major in, let alone to stay with a girl that who's knows how long they've been actually going out for.
It's not possible to have a real relationship with somebody who has a condition like hers. It's completely unreasonable to expect somebody to stay through that. If I'm ever severely brain damaged I don't want people wasting their lives on me.
This happened to me when I had a concussion. Luckily the looping only lasted a few hours. My memory only lasted 60 seconds, my family said I said the same things over and over.
This is awesome. I have an old friend who had a few concussions and suffers from cognitive dissonance. It tore our friendship apart sadly (granted I regrettably burnt the bridge) . He couldn't even remember the fact I was the person to first bring up the possibility he had it... and then years later he projected it against me. I'm so glad to hear of stories like this. It gives me hope.
@@jakemartinez6894 Yes indeed. For many years it was thought that the brain couldnt heal or make new brain cells. I know that we've known for quite awhile about plasticity and its healing capabilities. But I love seeing proof that the brain can heal from traumatic brain injury. It's such an amazingly complex piece of anatomy directly responsible for our quality of life and autonomy.
It's NOT a Miracle. it's dedicated men and women with the knowledge and science background to make a difference in the world. And I'm so glad that they do. I wonder how Riley is doing 4 years later.
It was exercises that stimulate activity in that part of her brain that wasn’t “firing up”, so that takes research, and skill, not just any exercise will do.
As the previous comment said, it's not just any exercise in any sequence, and it's not just playing memory games I can't speak much about it since I don't have enough knowledge, but I was once studying psychology for 2 years and it's definitely a complex thing, it wouldn't have work just doing that in her home, there is involved a lot of studies Kinda like a manual, you can do what the manual says, but if you don't do it properly, step by step in order, and with studies or exames to throw answers, the result won't work
aw man something similar like this happened to me, but i was in a car accident. i forgot that whole night but slowly i regained my cognitive functions. i feel so bad for riley god bless her
That’s good science. After my concussions, the concussion clinic at the military hospital here did the same types of treatment (I recognize a machine) especially in the vestibular therapy clinic. It was by far the best treatment for my concussion, hands down.
Her friends aren't "fake" it's just that some people can’t continue a relationship because the person with the memory issue won’t know the person like they never existed that’s why they said she lost her junior year etc.
More likely is that they said she lost her junior year because she was constantly going to see one doctor or another and got no help. Can’t participate in school activities if you are always gone, can’t participate in class if you can’t remember anything you learned. As far as the “friends” go, they vast majority of what people consider friends growing up are merely forced acquaintances due to where your parents happen to live. A true friend would be there throughout the entire ordeal. I have friends I can not talk to for years and we pick right back up where we left off, like we just talked last yesterday. They live all across the country and we haven’t seen each other in nearly twenty years. Doesn’t matter.
“They released her she was fine”...”she wasn’t” well at least she has a chance at a clean slate every few hours and that boyfriend she had wasn’t worth the trouble. She deserves to be happy and healthy and not remember the trauma of life
Seriously, though! Utah's healthcare is on a whole new level. We just need to fix the financial issues in the healthcare space, and it will be pretty much optimal.
