Traveled to the USA for treatment
After two years of rehabilitation, Christina hears about the Re-Mind treatment – which at the time was only offered in Florida in the USA. She travels there with her family and receives two treatments a week apart. Already during the course, she experiences improvements in several symptoms: the vision improves, and the mental fatigue of being with others is significantly reduced. In the time since, Christina also experienced that the paralysis on the left side of her face subsided, just as her gait and balance improved.
Early pension put on hold
Back in Denmark, Christina has steadily improved. She puts her early retirement pension on hold, takes courses and is now self-employed. She puts into words what the treatments have meant:
"I can actually do much more than I thought at one point, and I'm pretty sure that the treatments have helped me with that."
Christina has often been asked if the treatments were worth the money:
"I've been asked several times if the treatments are worth the money. But you can't do it like that. Because when you stand there with your hair in mailbox, and you can't recognize yourself in any way, what is it worth to get a little bit of cognitive function back? Well, it's worth it all." Skejby – eight years after the brain haemorrhage and six years after the two treatments in the USA. In the following days, she continuously shares her observations on her public Facebook profile:
"Day 1: 1. Less spasticity in the body during the night. 2. Gets up in the morning without having to stand still for 30 seconds first. 3. Hand softer and fingers straightened. 4. Stiffness and pain in shoulder and knee almost gone. 5. Movement from shoulder is more flexible and happens faster. 6. Runs the fastest 5 km since the accident in less than 1 hour.
“Day 2: 1. We are going to confirmation and I notice that my eye is not so sensitive to touch when I put on some mascara. 2. Now I have come home after a confirmation for 12 hours, and I can feel that I am not as tired (exhausted) as I would normally be. Even Thomas says that I don't look as tired as I usually do after such a long day.
"Day 3: 1. Tired body after a long day yesterday, but feeling completely fresh and sharp cognitively = less exhausted. 2. Less need for sleep. Usually by 9pm I think "it's almost time for bed" and I'm not doing that tonight. Instead, I get some work done.
"Day 4: 1. Experience more fatigue after a few active days. I have to remember that body and mind must also follow along
"Day 5: 1. The feeling that the head has been "cleaned up" is significant. My thoughts, energy and surplus are completely clear. There has been a huge "power" boost.
“Day 6: (no observations noted)
“Day 7: 1. Feels that the “swing” on my left leg is less. I notice it mainly in my shadow when I go out. Michael went through some rehabilitation exercises on some of their machines after the treatment. I get new movements from the body in focus when I walk, and thus also become a little more physically tired than usual."
Source: Christina Didriksen's public Facebook profile.
How the Re-Mind treatment works
Re-Mind is a medical treatment aimed at neuroinflammation - an inflammatory condition that can occur in the brain after, among other things, a concussion, a traumatic brain injury, a blood clot or bleeding in the brain or covid-19. The treatment is offered by Rehab-Partner | and is handled by the clinic's neurologist, Güven Gürbüz. He explains the background to the treatment: "A brain hemorrhage can cause a local inflammatory process in the brain - which can contribute to the late effects that many patients experience in the months and years after." Visual disturbances, fatigue from social and cognitive stress, spasticity, paralysis and walking and balance problems are all symptoms that can be linked to persistent inflammatory activity in the brain tissue. The Re-Mind treatment aims to reduce this inflammation. It is important to emphasize that patients react individually - and that the treatment's effect varies from person to person."
The treatment is off-label. This means that an approved drug is used for a purpose other than that for which the drug was originally approved. All patients receive information about this and give informed consent.
What you need to know before a treatment
Before a Re-Mind treatment, the patient undergoes a mandatory assessment by a specialist in neurology, screening blood tests and a thorough review of the medical history. The treatment is only offered to patients whose condition is deemed suitable - and the effect cannot be guaranteed.
Possible side effects are usually mild: slight redness or itching at the injection site, a short-term feeling of fever without an actual increase in temperature or a temporary headache that typically subsides within a day.
Re-Mind is offered as a medical supplement for rehabilitation and other treatment. You can read more about the treatment or sign up for an information session at Neurologic Recovery Clinics.
