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To: graf008

The story I was referring to was on Oprah perhaps ten years ago, and although I couldn't find it, I did find another site that had some pretty amazing stories about people overcoming brain injuries. None of them seem to be as drastic as the story I saw years ago, but one of the people had the entire frontal lobe missing. www.braininjury.com


120 posted on 10/11/2006 4:54:21 PM PDT by solosmoke
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To: solosmoke
It is fairly common in cases of pediatric epilepsy to surgically remove or detach half of the brain in order to RESTORE normality. Here's a background page: Hemispherectomy
125 posted on 10/11/2006 5:07:11 PM PDT by T'wit (It is not possible to "go too far" criticizing liberals. No matter what you say, they're worse.)
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