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Living With A Brain Injury

The Journey begins

I thought it was just a bad headache and it would go away eventually. Who knew this headache would change my life as I knew it. It took some time because of how my memory was affected but I decided it is finally time to share my story in hopes of helping the next person the best way I knew how.

About Me

I am from the south side of Chicago near the englewood area. Many things were instilled in me and one thing I remember being told was to take care of myself. As I got older I strayed away from that but the past year has taught me so much in taking care of yourself mind, body,and spirit.

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It can happen to anyone

I remember I had a horrible headache and I told myself “I should message my PCP”. So, my pcp contacted me the following day and said ”you should go to urgent care”. I told myself “it’s after hours so I…

Here we are so here I go.

At this point, I do not remember what day it is, but all I know is that I woke up in ICU (intensive care unit if you do not watch enough hospital shows) and I was thinking to myself ¨what…

A Moment of your time

I wanted to take a moment to express the one reason I wanted to share my story and that is awareness. It was a headache and it always went away. I figured, between professional and personal life I thought I…

Back to our regularly scheduled program

So here we are at like the beginning of February and the days I was in the hospital were running together. But my time in ICU was finally coming to an end and I couldn’t wait to get home (or…

The long road begins

I was transferred to a rehabilitation center and I couldn’t believe this was where I waas now. I was told to rest like that would be easy. All I could think about was doing what I need so I can…

The long road continues

So here I am…back at the hospital and I’m in a better space mentally but I’m still ready to go home. It’s been months and I’m just tired of it all but there’s a light at the end of the…

Long road got longer

It is now June and I’m finally home. Words couldn’t describe how happy I was to be home. To sleep in my own bed, see my kitchen, my desk and my own bathroom. To look outside and see my truck…

That long road

I definitely was tired but more so mentally not physically. I mean It felt like my body was on autopilot and I just thought what was the purpose because I saw no progress. I literally did therapy and just went…

Slowly but surely

As time went on I understood what the power of a positive mindset could do. I stopped looking at all of therapies as tasks and approached them with goals. My main goal was to walk without assistance again. I went…

Day by day

So 3 days a week I began therapy sessions and I slowly built my sessions to starting at 8am. Each day was different to keep my body (and brain) guessing. My sessions all focused on three of the following: speech,…

My 2 year strokeiversary

Here I am 2 years later as a stroke survivor. At the time I didn’t realize how a split second changed my life until the moment it happened. How a second has made me work for years to get back…

AVM awareness

So when I went to the doctor and was told I had an AVM I had no clue what it was but I was about to find out. AVM stands for- arteriovenous malformation. It is an abnormal tangle of…

Stroke 101

So I’m sure the word “Stroke” has been thrown around a lot and all I remember saying was “I thought that only happened to older people ” I found out the hard way…it doesn’t! and little did I know it…

Suicide is real.

After hearing what happened to me I’d be lying if I said I understood it all. All I knew was that I’d be fine in a few days. However, those days turned to weeks and those weeks turned to months.…