After I got the EEG placed (glued) on my head yesterday, I was able to come home where I had to avoid sweating or getting any water on the electrodes in my head. Water makes the image blurry when they are reading the result. Not sweating in Puerto Rico means being in air conditioning and … Continue reading Finished Another 24 Hour EEG
Category: TBI
At 11 years seizure free, I still can’t escape one thing, the EEG, but here I am again, sitting at the packed neurologist’s office, waiting for my turn. I’ve gotten enough electroencephalograms to know the drill. The first part is the preparation, wash my hair well before my appointment but don’t put any products on … Continue reading Waiting for Another EEG
I’m very excited to say that as of today, April 8, 2026, I am 11 years seizure free! It’s hard to explain exactly how I feel but it makes me so happy to be able to write this every year. As always, I wouldn’t dare take all the credit for this, which wouldn’t be possible … Continue reading 11 Years Seizure Free!
This year for Easter Weekend, my family decided to change our usual destination from the south west of Puerto Rico to the south east to the island of Vieques. This surprise change was exciting because I had not been there for more than a day in almost 15 years. Three days there would give us … Continue reading Easter Weekend in Vieques
Running has become a big part of my life and a very common theme in this blog in the last year. It has had a very positive impact in my life, from making friends to eating better, being in better shape and doing things I never thought I would. I feel great running, even slowly. … Continue reading Running with Epilepsy
This morning I felt like I needed a few more hours of sleep, like a usual Monday morning the phone didn’t stop ringing at work. This helped keep me awake but I still wished for a little quiet because I was very tired, even though I slept for almost eleven hours, after going to bed … Continue reading Ironman 70.3 Volunteer
After my small break from running while I was in therapy, my coach lowered my distance to run and has been slowly increasing it again. This weekend, I had to walk/run for 4.5 miles. His instructions said I had to jog 4 minutes and walk 2, until I reached 4.5 miles. That seemed really doable … Continue reading Learning from experience
https://unstoppablemaria.com/2016/06/19/happy-fathers-and-grandfathers-day/?page_id=5544 I wrote this about my grandfather almost ten years ago. Even though we are still dealing with his recent parting, the best we can do is remember the wonderful father and grandfather he was and never forget all the great times we had with him.
My oldest memory is from my aunt’s wedding when I was three years old. I was the flower girl at the wedding. I remember standing outside the church, holding the flowers, not knowing what to do next, when my grandfather who was going to walk my aunt down the isle came up to me and … Continue reading I wish I could have seen him one more time
I was not sure this day would come, but I made it! As of today, April 8, 2025, I have been seizure free for a decade! It’s a little unbelievable that it’s finally official, 10 whole years! It’s still scary, but I made it to a decade and I’m so proud of myself! This deserves … Continue reading Ten Years Seizure Free!
For the first time since I joined Freddy’s Runners, I decided to run two races in one month. The first was the 5k oni International Women’s Day two weeks ago and, I completed the second one this morning at the University Of Puerto Rico Botanical Garden. The Estuary 5k, was a fundraiser for the program … Continue reading Estuary 5k
After a stressful and very rainy elections week, I was finally able to go back to the track. I didn’t think it would be very crowded but it seemed like I wasn’t the only one who wanted to get out of the house because it was just as packed as it always is. Today I … Continue reading Back to the track
After successfully writing 10 chapters of my book, I got stuck. I can’t say it was writers block, it was more like I got distracted, which happens to me very easily now. I have small attention span and very bad short term memory after the TBI, which makes it very difficult to write a book … Continue reading I’m determined to finish this
A wonderful summer just ended, a summer that was full of new experiences and fun next to an awesome person who I thought cared for me and felt the same way about me as I did about him. But summer doesn’t last more than just a few months and sometimes feelings don’t either. At the … Continue reading Goodbye handsome
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