Sometimes we start things for one reason, and we continue for another. Veronica has a physical trainer at a gym near us. She originally began because a very unprofessional and unempathetic doctor told Veronica if she keeps going like she is she will weigh 400 pounds by the next year. “Get a trainer.” She said.… Continue reading Perseverance
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An Interview with Dawn Corbelli: Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury
Dawn Corbelli is a wife, mother, veteran, college graduate, and survivor of a traumatic brain injury. Her life was changed 14 years ago after getting into a car accident with her daughter, Veronica, who was just 15 years old at the time. Since their accident, Mrs. Corbelli has become a caregiver to Veronica and a… Continue reading An Interview with Dawn Corbelli: Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury
OOPS!
Many times, when someone has a brain injury and they feel angry, their lack of filter comes into play. Anger is hard to control and what so many people would think and not say out loud, a brain injured person verbalizes. Well, yesterday I yelled it in a grocery store. Have I got a story… Continue reading OOPS!
Holy Cow!
Maybe she was having a bad day So many, even some military medical technicians, don’t understand anything about brain injuries. I don’t know why I am so surprised, but I surely am. I took Veronica to a doctor’s appointment on the military base near us, and the tech was asking Veronica questions. Veronica did not… Continue reading Holy Cow!
Stay Positive
Many of my blogs share the hardships and difficulties of living with a brain injury. In this post, I would like to focus on the positive. There was so much positive to me right from the time Veronica came out of a coma and off life support. So many of these things are taken for… Continue reading Stay Positive
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