Neurologists want the public to take epilepsy more seriously If this doesn't scare me into paying more attention when I take my medicines, I don't know what will. I have only switched the morning dose with the nightly dose twice, and only missed one dose in over three years, but I still have to be … Continue reading We have to take epilepsy seriously
Author: mariacristinasanfeliu
The day I had mofongo for the first time in my 25 years of age, was today, at about 1:30 p.m. People always found this weird, and I never understood why. Now I get it, mofongo is amazing! I didn’t just have mofongo, I had mofongo relleno, which is mofongo filled with whatever meat, or … Continue reading The day I had mofongo
Last night, February 13th, I went to a concert I had been waiting to go to for years. Whose concert was this? The one and only, Ricky Martin. I still remember his first concert I went to when I was in the third, or maybe fourth grade. I remember him opening the show with his … Continue reading One World Tour, another great concert Ricky
A little after 8:30 a.m. today, I finally woke up and took my medicine. I took all five pills, but after I was done I realized I had taken the wrong five, again. I took the dose I'm supposed to take at night. This is just great, was the first thing I thought, now that … Continue reading The wrong five pills
This morning, as I was eating breakfast, I heard this man yelling outside by the elevators. I didn’t know whom he was yelling at, I thought it might be one of the kids from one of the other apartments on our floor, but he just kept yelling. It was 8 a.m., people could have been … Continue reading Don’t talk to your mother that way
I took a break from going to the gym for two weeks, it was only supposed to be one, for my vacation to Disney World, but it ended up being two weeks. My parents got sick the week before, I didn’t want to ask them to drive me there while they were sick, and I … Continue reading Tired, really tired
Here it is, my work of art in celebration of my 10 months seizure free. I decided that this month I would put a little bit more work into it, so I brought out my acrylic paint. I am still not very comfortable using paint, but it's so much fun. There is paint all over … Continue reading Still celebrating
I was so focused on my interview today that I almost forgot that today is February 8. Today not only marks my 10 months seizure free, but it’s also International Epilepsy Day, both of which I almost forgot. It feels very random that my 10 months seizure free would fall on this day that we … Continue reading 10 months! #epilepsyday
We have another interview today. That's right we, because I'm not alone in this, all my friends, family and followers are in this with me, so we have an interview. This interview is for an internship, and I am very nervous. Nervous because I really want it, nervous because I haven't done very well in … Continue reading I can do this
Last week I was on vacation, away from all my worries. There was not a boring moment or day, every moment was filled with activities. From taking pictures with characters, to seeing the night sky light up with beautiful fireworks, it really was a magical vacation. I not only had pictures taken of me next … Continue reading Good times and memories at Disney
Hi! I just got home a few hours ago and I still can't believe it's over. I spent a great week at Disney World with my family, but good things always have to come to an end. I walked a lot, I saw Mickey, the whole Disney gang and I have a lot of selfies … Continue reading I’m back!
Hi everybody! I just want to say hi and keep in touch while I'm away. I'm having a great time on vacation with my family but if felt weird not writing. I did not forget, I'm just away from home, but it just felt wrong not writing about my current adventure. Writing on my blog … Continue reading Hi from my vacation
I am very happy to say I'm going on vacation for a week with my family tomorrow. If I wasn't excited already, I got a call today for an interview. This interview is for an internship in an Ad Agency. I applied earlier this week and I didn't think I would be called this fast, … Continue reading Icing on the cake
I read this article about the new dietary guidelines, later I read another article about how nutrition is important during brain injury rehabilitation. As I read, the author said your brain needs nutrients to heal and I didn't think much of that at first, I hadn't really thought a lot about that. But, then … Continue reading Food to remember
Only a few months after I got to Puerto Rico after my TBI, a journalist came to see my therapies one day. She witnessed what my day in therapy was like, talking to me, my mom, and my therapists. This was my first chance to share my story with the world, or at least the … Continue reading For me, nothing is impossible
