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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Posts: 160
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Originally Posted by willgardner
Hockey, I PMed you.
Since the injury, I have wished few times that I could be a Christian like the rest of my family. I am just not built that way, either.
I believe that we never stay the same. We get a completely new body every 7 years(through cells dying off and getting new cells). Our perspectives, belief systems change through new experiences. In this sense, we will never be the same.
For something gained, there is always something lost. By the same token, there is no pure loss, as we would surely have gained something: resilience, gratitude, acceptance to name a few.
What gets me through is thinking about my legacy to humanity (for folks who don't have children). I think about people who have inspired and continue to give me strength. I think about Helen Keller who never gave up. I think about others in worse shape than I do, who keep fighting with a smile on their face. I cannot let these people or myself down. This keeps me going.
That being said, I am scared. I want to feel like "myself"...
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Lovely, thank you.
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel.
Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements.
Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses.
"You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou
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