I Had PT This Morning Today was my weekly visit to my physical therapist. I’m lucky because my PT is amazing and has gone above and beyond for me. He is also full of positive energy and definitely a glass half full kind of guy Training Myself To Think Positive Throughout this whole process, I … Continue reading A Pep Talk I Would Like To Share
Last Summer I was Still Pretty Much Stuck Inside All The Time This time last year I was still in pretty rough shape. Only getting out of the house for doctors appointments and physical therapy appointments. I did feel the heat quite a bit when going from the car to air-conditioned doctors offices. I just … Continue reading TBI & Summer Don’t Go Together
Finding The Right Doctor Just like everything else when I began this whole ordeal back in March of 2018, I didn’t start with the right eye doctor either! Luckily, I ended up getting into the TBI program at Sinai. They refer all their TBI patients with vision issues to Dr.Eric Singman at John Hopkin’s Wilmer … Continue reading First Neuro-Ophthalmologist In Over A Year
It Is Something I Have Always Been Interested In I have always wanted to try yoga. It is something that I have always had an interest in but didn’t know much about. My aunt has been doing yoga for years. She recently starting going to a new yoga studio. It is less than 5 minutes … Continue reading Reasons You Should Try Yoga If You Are A TBI Patient
What The Heck Does That Mean? My PT has been saying this to me at every lesson since the very beginning. A large part of my rehab is gaining more tolerance so I can do normal things again. Basic things, like walking without the walker. Or walking with my eyes open. It is amazing how … Continue reading If You Never Take Your Shoes Off At The Beach, You Will Never Be Able To Walk On The Hot Sand.
That is what I did this week. My activity has been limited since my accident on March 13. 2018 and my traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation. Limited not only in terms of going places and doing things around the house but also being able to do my job. Working as a riding instructor and doing … Continue reading Keep On Keepin On
I’m constantly walking the line between overdoing it and pushing myself to improve my tolerance and strength while I recover from my traumatic brain injury (TBI). Some days I just flat out do too much. I don’t take into consideration including breaks in my day. If I’m feeling even just medium I have a tendency … Continue reading Emotional Crash Days
I Got This Idea From An Instagram Post This post is based on a calendar that I saw posted on Instagram. It was posted by Action for Happiness. All of the things on their calendar are simple but actual actions that you can take throughout the month to ensure that you continue to be happy. … Continue reading An Action a Day
Being a horsewoman and now a TBI patient, I recently got to thinking about how horsemanship and TBI rehabilitation have a lot in common. You Never Know What You Are Going To Get On any given day with horses, you never know what you are going to get. Sometimes they are great, sometimes they are … Continue reading Horsemanship and TBI Recovery Aren’t So Different
To Make A Long Story Short On one of our horse searching trips, I witnessed a woman get hit in the head. It happened so fast. I don’t know if it was the horse that got her, the stirrup on the saddle. It happened that fast. One minute she was standing up. The next she … Continue reading Seeing Myself…
