Update on my Brain Injury & the Future of Strange Parts
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I got hit in the back of the head by a metal pipe nearly 18 months ago while making a video. I wanted to give you a long overdue update you on how am doing, and how my brain is healing.
The original video I made about my head injury: • I have a brain injury.
Cognitive FX (longterm concussion care/post concussion syndrome/long covid): bit.ly/3WMj1Yx
Neural Effects (acute concussion care, covered by insurance): neuraleffects.com/ 
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In January 2006 I was hit by a car, when on my bicycle. Coma, brain damage, the whole package. Like you my brain had always been my main feature, and life's been rough since. The main thing is focusing on people around you. If friends and family begin saying “you've changed”, that's very important to do something about. I don't know what. But I know that nobody wanted to stay friends with me, and my family turned their backs too. I hope you don't have to go through anything like that.
Louis Theroux did the documentary “A Different Brain”. I'm usually a fan of his, but in this one he only covered the relations of the person with the injury. It's a good case study of how people treat victims of brain damage.
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If I can give you money, to do what I wish I could be doing, so be it. And I am so glad you are better now.
We are so grateful to God that we have you back. People like you are God's gift to humanity. May God protect you.
Once an engineer always an engineer. You should always reach out and don't worry of what people may think. I've seen you're journey and will always want to support you. Much love from the Netherlands
Super glad to hear that man. I lost my father to a brain injury from a concussion 5 years ago. He was in perfect shape but the injury affected his frontal cortex and over the period of a few weeks he became a different person and the equivalent of a severe Alzheimer's case. He was hospitalized right after the accident and he stayed alive for 4 months but his physical shape slowly degraded since he refused to eat. Every single day in his mind he just arrived at the hospital and was going to eat 'a little later' until he eventually died of undernourishment. He had a clause in his will not to persevere with treatment and force feeding was interpreted like that... So yes, take care of your head people, it is more fragile than you think and if you loose the ability to make decisions, someone else will make them for you...
I'm so sorry to hear about your father. Thank your for sharing this story - it underscores how important it is to protect our fragile brains.
so sorry to your loss, question about the " had a clause in his will " bit, don't wills only come into effect, after your passing on, and this is only my viewing on wills, but are not private thing, only persons involved in the carrying out of wills instructions, only make public after your passing, and not before?
@@dh2032 there is something called a "living will" that takes effect when you are incapacitated.
Sorry for your loss
@@dh2032 As mentioned by @widgy, "living will" is the accurate term. The French title of the document was "Mandat d'inaptitude". The rough translation is "Mandate in case of incapacity". I was not in charge of the living will so it was not my decision but I was the 'real' will executor.
I'm glad you are doing better dude!
Thanks Robby - Me too!
i hope he does too, btw love ur vids aswell
My gf got a double concussion and has had to deal with all these issues. It’s super scary. Modern healthcare is surprisingly inept at diagnosing and treating all post concussion effects. It’s independent centers like this that I found really actually helped. Glad to hear you’re recovering. If only I was in Colorado I’d help production in a heartbeat!
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT and timely for me. Well, not for me, but for my 88 year old Mom. Yesterday, she fell outside and hit her head HARD. Same place as you. She thinks it's "no big deal," but your video tells me otherwise. Because you posted this, I am going to keep a sharp watch on her (several states away from me) to monitor how she's doing. THANK YOU for posting this. You have no idea how important this information is for us right now. * does deep Japanese-style bow *
Thanks for letting us know buddy. Take your time. We still here ;)
Always here for him ❤️
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From someone with multiple sclerosis, I can fully sympathize with your brain fog description. I'm happy to see you getting better. Take care.
Ditto that from someone with Cerebral palsy!
There seems to be a persistent myth that cerebral palsy has no cognitive effects. I think it’s perpetuated with all the right intentions, but I’m concerned that it may do more harm than good to those with CP. After all, why bother spending time and money doing research and development treatments for a problem that we are supposed to believe doesn’t exist?
@@kazzakoool Both very real issues. MS and CP. Just like this very real story of an aluminium pipe.
I'm surprised someone like the Discovery Channel doesn't want to pick you up?
You are obviously a great host, and you come up with amazing ideas.
You need to contact some of the English tv channels, the BBC is always interested in science programs. I would also suggest a weekly/bi weekly podcast talking about engineering/science, if you think you could do that, the knowledge you have for a call-in type show would be great to listen to while walking the dog.
Fantastic to see you are back to making videos, and I look forward to throwing my 'like' to them as soon as you post.
It’s a great idea - only problem I see is they network take control ofbthe creative dept.
Scotty needs and loves to take the reins and see a projects through, big and small. Keep it up Scotty
Making your own video on RUclips for millions of dedicated fans is much better than making some executive's video idea for an aging audience of 100,000 people. TV IS DEAD
@@Emira_75 +1 on that - tv is dying a slow death and nobody is seeing because nobody cares.... - youtube will have more reach he just needs to make that a stable revenue stream
The Discovery channel isn't what it used to be - it's all reality TV rubbish now, none of the intelligent programming that they used to do 5-10 years ago. I wouldn't agree that TV is dead - just look up "The Secret Genius of Modern Life" on the BBC as an example - it's just that if you're looking for something to stretch your brain cells, you're not going to find it on Discovery or on 95% of current TV channels.
@@Emira_75 100% - If Scotty has been forunate enough to have discovered this level of success in RUclips, moving into TV would most certainly be soul destroying. All freedoms out the window for a smaller audoence, others taking as big a piece of the pie that they can...
10:35 I had that too. My brain was my biggest power. I didn't have any accidents or anything but since I had some sort of depression, my ability to really think about something complex for more than 10 minutes is almost impossible now. I have no idea how this came about and what is the actual cause. I used to tackle complex problems in no time and found it easy. Now, the most simple jobs are too difficult for me for some reason. Our brain is something we probably will never understand. One day you can do whatever you want with it, the other day it's your greatest bottleneck.
long covid?
@@bongoms physically I am still in good shape though.
i felt like that for a long time and recently started taking vitamin supplements and it feels like its helping a lot (Vitamin D 5000 IU, B12, Magnesium and I take caffeine pills instead of coffee that felt like it made such a huge difference, 100mg of caffeine feels perfect) you could also do a blood test for vitamin deficiencies and go from there, you would be surprised by how much a deficiency in vitamins can effect your mood and cognitive function
@@6kbps ah thanks for the info! I'll look into it!
@@Ramon314 you're welcome
Man I just cried so much watching this video. The strenght it takes is enormous. Keep it up. You a legend.
Thank you this gives me hope it's been over a decade since I had my major brain injury and it's been rough and seeing this gives me hope it's been hard some days to not just give up and get angry but seeing you get better has helped me so from one Scott to another thank you for helping me keep my hopes up
So happy to hear you're doing well
Brain injuries are real and take time to heal. Thank you for sharing your journey.
Who would say brain injuries are not real?
@@pinkerbot i don't think he meant that anyone would say they're a myth.. i think by "real" he just meant "no joke"/"very serious".. expressing sympathy.
@@adfaklsdjf Then why not just say "no joke"/"very serious"?
@@mintymus "is real" is another way people say this. if you said "no joke", someone who didn't know this was an expression would say "who on earth thought it was a joke!"
@9:54 _I'm back to work_ The most helpful, hopeful, and empowering words for a guy to be able to say. I can look forward to many more episodes of *_Strange Parts._*
So glad you're doing better man! I got a concussion my first week or my junior year of Electrical engineering and failed a bunch of classes because of it. It was so hard and I had headaches and anxiety for months. It means so much to me to see people recover from their brain injuries. Even though they might be invisible to everyone else, they are so real and are still so important.
I'm so thrilled to see you smiling again. I've watched your videos for years now and always loved the happy content you make.
Congratulations mate, I’m glad your near enough back to full health 😊
I'm glad you're doing better - and really happy you're speaking out about this! Especially the bad advice you got, that most of us probably still get...
Very happy to see you well recovered, much touched by your story, stay safe and have fun!
so happy for you man. as someone who went through similar struggles with a post concussion life, its great to hear your story. recovery was long and hard, but you made it through.
Scotty - your story underscores the need to fund research into the human brain. Your story is inspiring and uplifting, and I am so glad to hear you are doing better. I missed your content, as I'm sure others did as well. You are an inspiration to people, keep up the great work!
Currently struggling with brain injury caused by a stroke.
Took my first steps with a frame last week
So many of us were worried that you wouldn't / couldn't be back. Glad to hear your story and that you are feeling so much better.
Scotty, I am so very glad to see you back on top of things and recovering. I am so sorry that you went through all of that.
Yes this is amazing new, I'm so happy for your recovery and look forward for your growth and will support you along the way! Thank you for taking us along for the ride, for being an amazing story teller and being a brilliant engineer. Good luck for your future!
Thank you for sharing this story! I had a brain injury years ago and know how dark and confusing the journey can be. ❤
From someone that has a stroke at 30 and had brain damage in my cerebellum and that brain fog you said was how i felt. It was so hard to make it through the day. I spent the whole day trying to act normal and by the end of the day i was drained. It was so hard to explain the issue to people. Glad you have somewhat come through this and wish you all the good things you deserve.
You should make email the company that he went too and maybe that would help you and your injury as well, its worth a shot we have to be proactive with are recovery sometimes, i'd totally give it a shot!!!
I really appreciate this video. I had mild concussion a year ago and another maybe 2 years earlier. Ive been noticing a lot of these symptoms lately but didnt think much of them. Ill definitely be looking into what i can do about it! Glad you're feeling better!
Hey, Steve, shout outs to you. I had a stroke on Labor Day, 2022, and can totally relate. Mine was ischemic rather than a bleed, but still major (not a TMI). It's wild to try to do things we used to do, and find that (1) they are really hard! and (2) we have to work so much to achieve what we used to take for granted as "normal."
@@willardroad The worst part me for is that you are never the same you again. Mentally you keep trying to be the old you but they are gone. Best of luck my friend it's a hard journey for recovery but you have to push through it!
@@steve_main Thanks, Steve. Weirdly, altho it was scary and you are correct that life is much different, my stroke was a wake-up call to make changes in my life - not just health stuff, but how I talked to people. Every conversation could be the last, and in that case a LOT of stuff that used to make me upset just doesn't matter anymore! Sounds crazy, but I think my stroke made me a better person!? * insert huge shrug here *
I'm so happy to see this video and that you're doing better, thank you for posting a video with the update.
This brings tears of joy to my eyes to hear! I'm so happy you're on a much better path! Thank you for the update.
Jetlag season 6?!?! I am so excited, and hope you are feeling better
i cannot wait to see JETLAG Season 6 Japan i knew i saw a familair face :) see u soon
I love you, Scotty. I`m so happy so hear you`re doing so much better. I was worried, but confident you`d recover and you have. I`m looking forward to the new adventures you`ll take us on. You`ve always been a huge inspiration to me.
I'm so happy you're doing better. I really appreciate your videos. You have such a wholesome and beautiful nature that it's infectious even though the series of tubes we call home.
I'm legit happy to see you doing so well...! Keep on truckin' ma dude!
So glad you are doing better! Thank you for being so open and sharing.
So happy to hear you're on the mend. Also such a lovely story of a community reaching out to give you the help you need. Love the channel and looking forward to seeing what you do over the next year.
So happy to hear from you. Happy to hear that you are recovering. Looking forward for your videos and contents..
Scotty, thank you for the update. I've wondered... had concerns.
Also, this format of update while you do something.. it's an amazing format for you, It's like hanging out with a friend listening to him explain what's been going on while he's tooling around on something. I wish you was my neighbor lol
Can't wait to see you on Jet Lag Season 6 Japan!
Great to hear you're on your way to full recovery! Can't wait to see more of your future videos!
Feeling so happy about your recovery, the improvements on your health. I really feel happy about how u're doing. Love you and you're work, hugs from brazil
Take care man, health always comes first
Great to hear that you are feeling better!
So good to hear .... great you are back thanks
I just started to watch this channel a few days ago and I'm very very happy to know that you're doing great.
You are such a person that deserves to be great.
Glad to hear from you and that you're better. Would love to get a 'factory tour' as to what your treatment roughly looked like. I guess they won't be able to show a lot but it'd be super interesting to get a glimpse at the awesome approach they seem to utilise. Looking forward to new content again and I'm hoping the patreon will fuel your future endeavours. Power to you Scottie!
We actually did a short video showing off what the treatment was like: ruclips.net/user/shortszn-DMU7zsRU
I watched your first video on your concussion when it came out, and between the time of that video and this one I had a stroke, completely unexpectedly at the age of 35. It affected my balance and coordination for a couple weeks. At first I could barely stand, but thankfully with time and physical therapy I'm now basically 100% back to normal a month and a half later.
This is just to say that having had a brain injury myself put these videos of yours in a new perspective, and I really appreciate you putting these out there. It's amazing how the brain can heal itself, but it's also important for people to know how it affects people, that it can happen to anyone, and it's not something to be taken lightly.
So glad to hear you're getting better! You're such an inspiration and I love your content! Please take your time to get better and well be here waiting for you!
I love everything about this video-your telling the story from the beginning, your editing, and especially the PC shelf you made while telling the story! Thank you for not giving up on this channel and your awesome work!
scotty I have watched you from day 1 you're an amazing person and going through this and pushing through was freaking amazing i hope you succeed beyond your wildest imagination thank you for not giving up and proving us with entertainment for the past few years
Really glad to hear that you are doing better finally! As someone also working with my brain and having a hard time using it as I was used to for a couple of months this year, due to long covid, I really get what you mean. I am also happy I can finally work again. ps If you need someone for factory tours or embedded stuff in Europe or somewhere else drop me a line. ;-)
Happy to know that you have recovered. I hope you feel perfect very soon.
I look forward to seeing you work on a tonne more projects that interest you.
Best Wishes.
great recovery Good Luck! I had a similar injury too, not knowing if i could feel normal again was the scariest part so I understand your feelings. All is well now, and I happy for your recovery too
From someone who has be concussed to hell and back, I’m glad you’re going good!
Don’t let this let you down. I’ve been living with similar stuff for a long time. Make sure people around you know. Sometimes it can get ugly.
Hi Scotty, i hope you get better more and more !!!! I have signed up on Patreon. This is the least thing I could do now. Love your videos !!!!
You're awesome, thank you!!!
Glad to hear you are healing. Always enjoy your videos.
I love how you managed to talk about something so serious and also entirely unrelated to the visual but still managed to take us on a journey through a little project from start to finish. Never change Scotty!
Really clever way to tell the story while making the dock. Looking forward to the next stage of Strange Parts and I'm happy to hear you're better!
So glad to hear from you again and seeing/hearing that things are getting better for you. I hope 2023 will be awesome for you and your team. All the best wishes!
I prayed for you and so happy you are on the road of fast recovery Scotty!
Cognitive stuff is so damn hard. I’m glad to hear the treatment has been so effective.
Wishing you the very best for the next stage of your recovery & RUclipsr journey.
I'm so glad you're doing well. I once heard that _"when you've seen one brain injury, you've seen one brain injury."_ Nobody really knows how a person will react to it, and everyone is impacted and recovers differently.
The _depressive_ aspect of your injury is one of things people don't often think about. I'm sure it only made things worse.
Thanks for sharing your experience with this; I think it's really important. I've been a fan for a long time and glad you're doing so much better!
So glad you are feeling better now and thank you for sharing your experience!
I just saw this. This is super duper awesome that recovery is going great. I hope you will be doing even better. It is really awesome seeing you come back. You are awesome and continuing staying awesome.
So pleased for you, well done mate!
To help others, what were the evening exercises in more detail please?
So happy your just about to get right back into it. Love your content and glad you took the time you need to recover.
Glad to hear.
I was sad it happened to you.
Happy to hear you're better now.
Good luck
Oh boy am I glad to hear that you are doing better! Fantastic news, thanks for sharing and best of luck in the future.
First, I legit came to check on what you posted and figured out you posted 6 seconds ago
wow you actually are:0
@@applewaffles4781 best pet is I don’t have notifications turned on for him, I just came here to watch him build a phone from scratch and saw he posted 6 seconds ago
I so feel you here, this video resonated with me sooo much! ❤ I've had LONG COVID this year for over 5 months... with the bran fog and I have recovered from it late October and getting medical care was a freaking disaster... they did not know how to treat it and even referred me to a psychiatrist thinking it was "stress"... Your story about how your brain fog symptoms made you feel, especially that part about having your livelihood stripped and the depression that sets in not knowing if you're F*ed for the rest of your life... It brought a tear to my eye seeing clips from the past seeing that, that was EXACTLY what was happening to me... You had a physical thing happen to you, but do you know how hard it was explaining let alone getting people to believe me what was happening? I hope and pray that others see your video and can get the help too!!! Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays and best wishes for your future ambitions!
Treating long covid as stress, that's ridiculous… sorry you're dealing with this. So many people are affected and still so little is known about this disease, if it's even just one disease given the wide range of symptoms. There is research ongoing, but unlike a well-known virus that we had an RNA sequence for very quickly and could target with vaccines, long covid isn't as simple. I hope you're getting better and that all those affected will soon have more options and will be believed and treated accordingly.
I can relate to this so much. I'm finally getting better from Covid brain fog and it's been a long time coming. The stupid thing is there are many studies that detail the exact issues (vascular issues) but the response is sporadic at best. What helped for you the most? For me fasting/reducing inflammation and just time have helped the most.
@@KarkleM Wow... where do I start? There's a few journal articles on this subject, I didn't see vascular issues per se... I did find something that seemed to work for me, although I can't express fully everything in a comment, I started supps that they recommended, such as NAC, etc. and some of my own assumptions that the brain damage repair might need higher levels of Omega-3 DHA/EPA and such... also these are non-toxic and let my body clear the damage. I have my own thoughts what happened, The article in "Metabolites" talks about COVID's damage to the Mitochondria, interrupting the Krebs cycle... I was having no-energy, I would get zapped. I had difficultly breathing, yet my lungs were tested and was fine... etc. NAC recharges glutathione, so I knew that from a MedCram lecture back in 2020 when I had acute long-covid breathing problems oh that sucked! Another thing I'd check for is low potassium... even if it is low, it might not be optimal... I had low levels, but not consider hypokalemia... still it could account for breathing difficulty and brain fog and low energy... maybe the body needs more potassium to combat COVID and the symptoms are a sign of the depletion? That's my own question... Also my LDL was really high 260 and HDL was 56, higher than I normally saw it... I know that the brain is made of Cholesterol, so I think that the body is healing, rebuilding the brain... however, the Docs wanted me on statins ASAP... A side-effect is memory loss and confusion... uh... I've already got that! so I refused, because I know that the body does things for a reason, and while I'm "injured" with Brain-F I didn't want to interfere with that. If you want more info, or you have info to share with me... please... find my channel I do Halloween stuff, subscribe if you like that (LOL) just kidding... anyway, find the ABOUT tab and click below and you'll see my email there... Send me a message and I'll be willing to open up a lot more on this topic... I hope you get over this horrible thing and I want to help anybody with this!!!
Man! i surely miss your content!
my prayers are with you! i do pray you get a whole lot better!
It warms my heart to see that you are going much better.
"My dad had a good relationship with a concierge doctor" is probably the most unique way i've heard to say "I grew up rich". 😅
That’s… such a horrible assumption to make about someone given a single sentence. Do better
@@jtw-r ok cryptobro
I wish you the best recovery. Here is to many more years of awesome content to come and goo health.
So glad to hear about your recovery bro! Keep making and inspiring
You should make a helmet. I’m sure designing yourself a factory tour helmet Would be a very interesting.
I'm so glad you're doing better! I chuckled when you turned on MY lights mid-video :)
wow thank you for sharing!💪💪 speedy recovery!!!!
Good to hear you are recovering so well! I've been there, done that. Took years. Am better, thank God. Keep it up and I am looking forward to seeing where this will take you. Hope you have great luck finding a good team!
This is a great story you told, glad things are lookingup, sorry to hear the rough patch and thanks for sharing
Good luck and hope you can grow a great team to support all your ideas and ambitions!🎉🎉🎉
Good to hear that your head is Much better! Wish you all the best man!
been missing your videos. Hope you continue and this puts you back on my radar.
Dude, I'm having a panic attack watching you walk around that place that just screams "metal pipe in the head". You should wear a hard hat at work!
Your right.... A rock climbing helmet would do the job....
Glad you're recovering, it's heartbreaking that the only way to get treatment in the US is to already be a famous RUclipsr, you can imagine the thousands of regular people without a platform that never get help.
Cant wait for more contents from you. Hope for steady recovery.
Good to hear you're feeling better. I miss the factory tours, they're always so detailed and I love how you get so excited about each process.
I wish I were local, I would help you out for free lol!
Hey, are you still ok?
so glad you are recovering from this my man , amazing the help you have been given and even more that it worked so well .... keep up the hard work and keep getting better ... thanks for all the content that you make for us
Fantastic to see you back, looking forward to more projects!
Hi Scotty, I am more or less like you almost every way. One thing you didn't mention Migraine. Yes, timing mess me up, or getting those migraine starting with my eye getting fuzzy then my brain start to hurt, I have the pills to stopped it. It was too much I had to retire early, that was few years ago. I am still doing my electronics, drawing and cad work for 3d printing. I do rest a lot, not quite 12 hours some time. Funny though you have same colour as me. I was in an accident 8 years ago, I lost lower left leg now mostly in a wheelchair. I am getting better but I think 95% up to now, I don't think it be better. I have been supports by doctors and that was last year. I guess maybe to stay as retire for now, I am 61. Happy Christmas to you.
I feel for you, hugs
You should also try floatplane, seems they’re good
Thank you for sharing this update with us. Glad you are feeling better. Wishing you all the best for 2023!
I'm GLAD you're better and back at it !! Thank you !!
My dad got hit over the back over the head during a mugging and had the a very similar experience. A few years later he started noticing muscle weakness and pains after lots of doctors he was told that he had developed MS because he was genetically at risk already and during the healing process his immune system started attacking his brain. Keep an eye on that. Best of wishes, get well soon.
sorry to say the immune system does not attack the body i would totally look into medical medium books he has amazing results for people with injuries and i would really give it a try its worth a shot.
@@M_Lopez_3D_Artist Multiple sclerosis is considered to be an immune-mediated disease in which the body's immune system attacks the central nervous system (CNS). Most MS experts believe it to be an autoimmune disease, although no specific antigens (proteins that stimulate the immune system) have been identified in MS.-national MS Society org
As well as my dad’s neurologist that’s been practicing for 40 years.
@@M_Lopez_3D_Artist lol sure it can and does attack the own body
@@waveril5167 its not the right term to say that is more like its healing the body but its dealing with all the poor food and choices of the person
@@M_Lopez_3D_Artist no, thats not true dude. I studied it so I have to know.
Dude PLEASE clean up your shop. The number of objects that you're needing to DUCK TO AVOID is excessive. You note that even a small bump can be a bad thing, respect that observation ! Factually YOU WILL BUMP SOMETHING ONE DAY unless you put forth the effort to remove that risk. long time viewer -e
Great to hear from you and that you're feeling much much better. Really hoping you'll get back to 100% soon.
I'm so happy for you, man. Looking forward to many more of your great videos in the new year.
Doctors should do tests to actualize their knowledge yearly
Totally! The fact that you can be a practicing doctor with knowledge that's decades out of date is horrifying.
Please wear ear protection while using those tools.