https://www.facebook.com/682329048475716/videos/1523233594385253/ Happened to me like three times yesterday and I was making something I have made before. I had to throw some of it out because I forgot I had to cover it before putting it in the microwave.
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TBI survivors are capable of going on with our lives, it just becomes a little different. 14 Things People Affected by Traumatic Brain Injury Wish Others Understood Here's the things I wish others understood: 1-I used to say I was tired all the time, I really wasn't that tired, I was just lazy; now I … Continue reading I wish others understood that…
You know how we have to do this science fair projects every year? Most of them don't lead to anything, but once in a while there is one student who makes a discovery so great that scientists haven't even thought of already, like scientists with masters and doctorates haven't figured that out. Everybody needs to … Continue reading Discovery to keep neurons alive
It is amazing how inspirational other Brain Injury Survivors are, we all have a story to tell, our own story. We can find it all around us, others just like me who are just working hard everyday to get their lives back. Today I found another inspirational story in an article on The Huffington Post. … Continue reading Hope Survives
Don't we all have one of those days once in a while? A day when you feel like you're not all there, like you should have just kept sleeping or you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed? I had one of those yesterday and I don't know why; I got enough … Continue reading Absent-mindedness
Anyone who reads my blog, even they just read it once, knows that I have no problem talking about my accident. Even if I don't remember what really happened during my recovery or I don't know what happened because I wasn't conscious at the time and confuse the stories I have been told, I am … Continue reading Don’t tell Unstoppable Maria she’s just making excuses
Yesterday I went to the place I took my water therapies to talk to two girls who had been in accidents similar to mine. I wanted to help those girls in any way I could and I know talking to someone who has been where they are is something they would like. When I was … Continue reading I wanted to know someone knew how I felt
When I was at my aunt's house last weekend, she game the stuff I left before I came back home. There I found two binders; one had information about Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital in Schenectady, New York, where I went after I left the hospital in Syracuse. The other had my schedule for everyday I was … Continue reading My time at Sunnyview Rehabilitation Hospital
I got the permission slip for my professor to sign, allowing me to record the class. I thought that was it, after she signed it I would be able to record the class; maybe she would say I needed the rest of the student's signatures too, but they're all very nice, I think they would … Continue reading What happened to my rights?
I have been doing my best to keep up with the class I'm taking, and I think it's going pretty well, except for when the professor starts throwing homework assignments at the end of class. It's one, then quickly comes the other one and another one. By the time she's done I missed one or two, … Continue reading I requested and was promised accommodations, why can’t I get them?
I have been driven to and from work twice a week every week for almost six months, since I got my job, because of my fear of crossing the avenue between my office and my house by myself. I had been lucky to always have somebody to drive me or cross the avenue with me, … Continue reading One small step for me, one giant step for TBI rehab
First of all, the storm never came. Second, today I read a very interesting article written by another brain injury survivor. In the article she talks about how she was caught off guard when a friend told her to "Quit using your brain injury as an excuse". Her friend told her this after she asked … Continue reading Que? What? The brain injury is not an excuse
There is a very important group of people that I cannot leave out. These people dedicate their lives to help people and they outdid themselves helping me. I do not remember a lot of these great people, since they took care of me when I was in a comma or shortly after that but they … Continue reading Thank you to my doctors, nurses and therapists
You never know who your friends are You've heard that phrase right? Well I always thought it was a negative phrase and in some cases it is, you think some people are your friends, but they just run away the moment something goes wrong. I don't see it that way anymore. Now I see that … Continue reading Friends in Syracuse
Remember I talked about having to go on my own for healthcare? Well that is just going great. In one month I used all my medicine coverage quota. Because of this, today I had to pay $730 worth of medicine, and we weren't getting all of them. I still have to get another anti seizure … Continue reading Health un-insurance
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