Quiero compartir con todos mis amigos y amigas corredores, no corredores, caminantes y no caminantes, seguidores y lectores, información sobre la tercera carrera 5K de Walgreens.Esta será el 24 de abril en el Coliseo Roberto Clemente. Ve con tu familia y ayuda a recaudar fondos para las orgs sin organizaciones de lucro: Boys & Girls Club … Continue reading Walgreens 5K
Category: I am that girl
You know that thing that there are not a lot of jobs? People can’t find jobs in Puerto Rico, even less for young people, and very few for writers. Oooh and there’s this other thing that right before you graduate, you have this horrible accident, so then you can’t work after you graduate. You can’t … Continue reading I’m finally an adult who pays for her loans
Now I understand better what happened. I know I hit my head, but I didn't really understand what happened and why it was called a Traumatic Brain Injury. I thought it meant that it was so scary that I would be, or should be traumatized. But apart from being extra careful when crossing the street, … Continue reading A better understanding of TBI
You have been seizure free for eleven months. You feel like you will never have another seizure. But then you get dizzy. You get up, and you feel something in your head, like a little headache. But you just had lunch so you’re not hungry. You just had diet coke so you should be awake. … Continue reading Be proud of yourself and take it easy
As promised last month, here is my poster for 11 months seizure free. As I say every month, I can't believe I've made it this long seizure free. Reaching a year will make me feel more accomplished than anything else I've done this past year. Just 1 more month!!!!!
Today, March 8 is International Women's day. I read that today is a celebration of women's achievements. While I would have celebrated all my achievements anyway if it was any other day, it is great that it turned out to be International Women's Day. It seems very appropriate that these two great achievements would both … Continue reading Working, seizure free woman
Experts: Music Therapy Has Dramatic Effect On Brain Injury Patients As I've mentioned before, I received music therapy in the rehab center I attended here in Puerto Rico, and I can say that what this article says is true. This not only helped me, but other patients who suffered strokes, and Parkinson's, as well as other … Continue reading Sing and dance in therapy
Today has been a great day. I had another job interview, which had now started to make me nervous as they hadn't gone very well in the past. I felt they went well, but I never got called back, and I was afraid the same thing would happen today, but it didn't. At todays interview … Continue reading I got a job!!!!!
During my recovery, and after, I heard the word aphasia used by doctors and my family, a lot. I never knew what they meant by this, just that it was something caused by the accident. I now know that this is damage to the brain causing language to be impaired. This is why I was slower … Continue reading My aphasia
When talking about brain injury, I focus more on Traumatic Brain Injury because it is the brain injury I know the most about, but it is not the only type of Brain Injury; this does not happen just by hitting our head. Some other types of brain injuries include Strokes, Tumors, Hemorrhages, Encephalitis,Hydrocephalus, Hypoxic and … Continue reading Brain injuries and effects
Today, we begin March, or Brain Injury Awareness Month. Because of this, I would like to dedicate all, or most of my blog posts to sharing information about TBI or other brain injuries. A brain injury is not something that just happened to me, this is something that we all should be aware of. There … Continue reading National Brain Injury Awareness Month
The odds where against him, but he didn’t care, he wanted it, and he went for it. This positive, never giving up attitude, is what makes ordinary people extraordinary. A regular boy from England, who had always dreamed of being an Olympian, left home with a dream to be a ski jumper at the Winter … Continue reading Eddie the eagle, another inspiration
Is Strength Training or Cardio Better for Fat Loss? This was interesting. I thought we could get those muscles from just doing cardio, and strength training was so we could lift stuff. Strength training always seemed like it was for people who wanted to be Superman, people who wanted to have big muscles. I was … Continue reading Strength? Cardio?
Since February 15th, I have been keeping count of how many miles I walk every day. I have been posting this every night before going to bed, but I had no idea how many miles I had walked so far, to complete the #100milewalkteamsusie challenge. I thought, I must be close, I feel like I've … Continue reading #100milewalk, it’s a challenge, really
An Open Letter to My Friends Who Support Donald Trump I have not wanted to touch this subject because I don't want my blog to be about this, this is not a subject a like getting into, but I just read this blog post on The Huffington Post's The Blog. This caught my attention because the … Continue reading This is not about politics
Unstoppable María 