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Seven Years in, and Still Healing
Even after all this time, I still notice positive changes in my symptoms on a fairly regular basis. My doctor told me that, for the most part, what was going to heal would do so […]
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Being a Caregiver
Reducing Risk of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Worldwide, more than fifty-five million people are living with dementia. Alzheimer’s makes up 60% to 80% of those cases. Over 60% of those live in low to middle income countries, but it’s all too common […]
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Internal Struggles of an Invisible Injury
It’s coming up on six years since my TBI. You’d think I’d have it all figured out by now, but I don’t. I continue to struggle with my own self-perceptions. And that’s why a brain […]
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COVID-19: The Increased Risk for Brain Injury Survivors
Given the fact that COVID-19 is still a new disease, relatively speaking, studies are in full force all over the world to learn more about both the short- and long-term impacts on its survivors. Although […]
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Struggles and Doubts
Yes, we’re coming on six years, and my injury is as invisible to others as ever. And yes, I question myself just as much as I ever have. Are the things going on in my […]
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People See Me and Think I’m Fine
But I’m really not. I have good days. I have bad days. And I have a whole lot of in-between days… But my brain injury was four years ago, and I’ve adapted well. I’ve learned […]
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Brain Injury: When Once-Shared Memories are no longer Shared…
One of the things many brain injury survivors have to become accustomed to is when friends and family reminisce with them about things they have absolutely no memory of. I’ve learned that it creates quite […]