9 Minutes Without A Heart Beat: Anoxic Brain Injury And Memory Loss

Sickboy

CBC

Society & Culture

4.8 • 524 Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Take a trip down Brain Injury Lane! In this episode, the gang sits down with the incredible Leanna, a self-proclaimed "brain injury weirdo." Leanna shares her harrowing journey after experiencing a cardiac arrest at a wedding in 2015, where the absence of a defibrillator and a prolonged wait for EMTs resulted in an anoxic brain injury. Leanna takes the guys through the challenging process of relearning everything, from basic tasks like holding a fork to more complex skills like driving. Imagine this, you wake up with no memory and some bald stranger claims to be your husband, but as far as you can tell, you never liked bald men... whomp whomp! The conversation delves into the crucial role of exercise in Leanna's recovery, as she transitioned from walking to weight training, adapting to the physical changes brought on by her injury. Leanna also shares the profound lesson she learned about the importance of asking for help, a newfound skill that became essential in navigating the ups and downs of her recovery journey. Join the gang as they explore resilience, memory, and the remarkable strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

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0:23.4	You'll hear that conversation now.
0:24.9	Just search for Q with Tom Power, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.1	This is a CBC podcast.
0:32.7	Welcome to Sick Boy, a podcast where we talk about what it's like to be sick.
0:36.3	This week's guest is Leanna.
0:38.0	She had a cardiac arrest, which resulted in an inoxic brain injury.
0:42.0	Let's talk about it.
0:52.0	All righty.
0:53.0	We are going to dive right into it.
0:55.2	And we're going, we're going, guys, hop on, hop on the old brain injury train with me, will you?
1:01.8	We're going to go down brain injury lane.
1:04.5	Oh.
1:05.0	And, which is, which is very far from memory lane.
1:08.1	I can tell you that much.
1:09.4	Yeah.
1:09.6	Oh, here all my. That that was that was pretty good um
1:13.9	we are joined by our new friend leanna uh all the way from british columbia and uh leanna
1:19.7	had a brain injury and you got your brain injury liana from a way that most people probably wouldn't think about receiving your brain injury, Leanna, from a way that most people probably wouldn't think
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