In a few hours I will have to start telling people I'm a year older, I already got the dreaded question; how old? Come on!!! Really? I said it, but it just sounds weird saying it. I do feel great because I already went out to celebrate with my favorite food. but tomorrow when I wake … Continue reading Talk about it
Tag: Brain Injury
On Wednesday, LifeSkills Village, one of my blog's followers, tweeted me asking for an email where they could reach me to talk about my blog. This made me very curious, so I gave them my blog's email address. The next day, on Thursday I received an email directly from them, inviting me to collaborate with … Continue reading The chance to collaborate and make a difference
Today we tried to see Captain America: Civil War for the second time, but tonight we got in to see the movie. I found this movie, as well as the other Marvel movies I have seen, very entertaining. I don't know that much of the superheroes' history, as my brother does, but I can still … Continue reading Superheroes get hurt, just like you and me
I really didn't keep track of my seizures, my mother did, she shared that information with my neurologist, and that's about all the knowledge I had about my seizures. As I mentioned before, during my countdown for one year seizure free, I know the date and approximate time because of a text to my friends, … Continue reading Keeping track of my epilepsy: My Seizure Diary
My first good news of today, one of my doctors told me he saw the lab results I sent him and he said they're great. I don't want to get ahead of myself because he really didn't say much more, but from his reaction I don't think there was anything wrong. Yay! Second, after I … Continue reading Good News Monday!
40 percent of former NFL players suffer from brain injuries, new study shows I am very glad to see research is still being done on the link between brain injury and football players, but I don't like the results of the research. These studies that have been done shows that more than half of the … Continue reading More NFL brain injury studies
Today we had to go all the way to the health care store to argue my case, and I was pumped to argue my case and fight. We got there, and the place was empty, it was Thursday afternoon, but we still had to wait because they only had one or two people helping customers. … Continue reading I call this a victory
Well, the health insurance still hasn't approved my request for the anti-seizure medicine. My epilepsy won't wait for them to decide to approve to help pay for my medicine. If I didn't have an angel watching over me at the pharmacy, I would be in crisis mode, which could cause a seizure. This is totally … Continue reading The battle continues- Day 3
My neurologist sent the pharmacy the justification for my need of the anti-seizure medicine yesterday afternoon. The pharmacy didn't get around to getting it to the health insurance until today. They could be excused if they didn't know my need for the medicine was like, yesterday, if we hadn't been asking for it for days. … Continue reading My battle with health insurance- Day 2
Having health insurance is something we have all come to need, but a big pain in the b...ack. I just changed my health insurance coverage because I'm about to turn 26, at which age I can no longer be covered by the same plan as my parents. So as soon as we could, we went … Continue reading Why can’t I have my meds?
Well check out what I found today: I knew this already, but seeing my reaction feels just like it felt seeing my reaction when I was accepted. Why did this have to happen? Why did I have to leave all this behind? Why? I have gone on to embrace my life as it is right … Continue reading Why?
Today I was given information about Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Epilepsia, or Puerto Rican Epilepsy Society. I had heard there was one, but when I tried searching for it online, I didn't find anything; so I got really excited when my boss told me she works with them on some projects. She also told me that she would … Continue reading Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Epilepsia and National Walk for Epilepsy
I never know how to react to certain situations, or how to respond to things people tell me. But as I read in this article, 6 things you should never say to a brain injury survivor, people say the wrong things to a lot of brain injury survivors. This list includes most of those situations … Continue reading What not to say to a brain injury survivor
Maybe a year ago or more, I really don't remember, I got a bracelet with a medical I.D., that showed that I have epilepsy. I never took the bracelet of, not even to sleep, but after almost a year, it broke, I don't know how. Not only did the bracelet break, but I lost the … Continue reading My second medical I.D
As I said this morning, my appointment with my neurologist was this afternoon. After sitting in the crowded waiting room, and waiting, quickly writing and posting another blog post, and waiting a little bit more, they called my name to go see him. When my doctor came in, after saying all the hellos, I quickly … Continue reading And my neurologist said…
Unstoppable María 