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January 17th, 2013! My 3rd "anniversary" of my brain breaking (bleeding)!
On this date 3 years ago, I suffered the most random headache ever and my first and only brain bleed! I was immediately taken to the ER by my friends and quickly worked on by amazing hospital staff at University of Nebraska Medical Center.
I don't check in here as often as I used to, but this site helped me through my journey so much!
Today, I'm leading a fairly normal life with a 14 month old daughter by my side. I JUST got back into school for a Medical Assistant program, and I am super excited about it. School starts on the 31st for me.
I lived through days & years of anxiety, depression, intense fear that something like this would happen to me again, but eventually it settled down and I was able to focus on life and what really matters! I guess the best advice I can give anyone going through this is never lose hope, and things WILL return to normal , or close to normal someday. It does require effort on your part though, change won't happen otherwise. Don't give up, and you'll be okay!
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Comment by janbanana on January 21, 2013 at 10:01pm -
It's so strange that you use the term.."my brain breaking"...That's how my son describes it or he says "my brain exploded"
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Moderator Comment by Ninibeth Ramirez on January 21, 2013 at 9:59pm -
Thanks for sharing and congratulations :-D
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Comment by Toni Yeomans on January 19, 2013 at 12:19pm -
:D
Corona is about 20-30 minutes away from Anaheim depending on traffic
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Moderator Comment by Barbara H. on January 18, 2013 at 7:54pm -
Thank you so much for updating us!
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Comment by just call me jules-babe on January 18, 2013 at 4:58pm
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Congrats!
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Comment by Tony L Sydney on January 18, 2013 at 3:02am -
Congrats on being that wonderfully normal person you are. We may have to share a celebratory drink sometime soon, good buddy. So proud to know you, Lucy Van Pelt! BTW, how far is Corona from Anaheim?
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Comment by Toni Yeomans on January 17, 2013 at 9:06pm
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And I should add, to this day I still find joy in sharing my experience and educating the random people I meet in my life about AVM's!
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