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Anya's Photos of the Day
A first-person account of recovery from a serious traumatic brain injury


Gear exchange with Tony and trivia with Lily and Liam
MARCH 30, 2024 Well, the most significant part of my day is probably the conversation I had with Liam at night. It was about how living...

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Mar 31, 20242 min read


Gyno appointment, Dinner with Bill and Jodi
March 29, 2024 Oh wow I thought I’d missed doing this for the last two days, but I only missed the last one. Yesterday the photos I have...

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Mar 30, 20242 min read


Bernie workout, Neighborhood House, Teach English
March 28, 2024 Oh my God I barely have time to get this done before midnight. I’ve gotta admit that today felt like a day that was...

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Mar 29, 20242 min read


Bernie workout, Neighborhood House, Coffee Meetup
March 27, 2024 I had a blood test at 9:10 this morning, so I had told Bernie that I wasn’t going to be able to work out. I went early...

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Mar 27, 20242 min read


Volunteering at Methodist and Open Door
March 26, 2024 Yesterday I did a lot of volunteering. I had a woman named Laurie took the photo of me at the desk the food shelf at...

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Mar 27, 20241 min read


Ellie and Diego plus Efi on pool table
March 25, 2024 This was yesterday. I spent all day at Mayo doing appointments. I met up with Jessica for therapy in person at 9am, and...

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Mar 26, 20241 min read


Bernie and Dinner with Jodi + Tina and Jeff
March 24, 2024 I did the last two days today too, so I’m just starting today’s now so that that won’t happen again. I worked out with...

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Mar 24, 20242 min read


Hot Pot with Minnesota Gals Making Friends
March 23, 2024 It’s 100% the next day now. For yesterday, I have yet another day that looks fantastic from photos, but I was still very...

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Mar 24, 20241 min read


Yoga, Bernie and Hoefs Canasta
March 22, 2024 Another day of post. The day’s not over yet, so I’ll write this after I get back from Hannah’s parents’ house tonight. I’m...

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Mar 24, 20241 min read


Dr. Tonkin and the trainer Kevin + coffee
March 21, 2024 Ok I’m FINALLY doing this one the day of. Today I drove to HCMC to meet with Dr. Tonkin. We had some decent talks, and I...

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Mar 22, 20241 min read


Yoga, volunteer and compañeros de copas
March 20, 2024 Forgot to post this... Here we go for yesterday.. I worked out with Bernie, failing to take a picture, and then I did yoga...

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Mar 21, 20242 min read


Spanish card games + class
March 19. 2024 Today started off with a therapy session with Jessica. She tried to convince me that volunteer working is real working....

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Mar 21, 20242 min read


Lunch with Liza and Spanish with Francisco
March 18, 2024 Today started off with a therapy session with Jessica. She tried to convince me that volunteer working is real working....

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Mar 19, 20242 min read


Talks and dinner with Mary Shea and family
March 17, 2024 I'm not even going to write about the 15th because it was a low day for me. But yesterday I had some decent moments. First...

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Mar 18, 20242 min read


Not boring... gym w/ Bernie, yoga and Hannah/Caroline
March 16, 2024 I don’t even know if I have space to talk about all the things I did today. It started with a very exciting trip to the...

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Mar 16, 20242 min read


Me and my BeReal being boring
March 14, 2024 Looking at yesterday’s photo now.... I did NOT mess up today like I did yesterday. I just did some kinda boring things,...

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Mar 15, 20243 min read


Liam lunch and Bernie workout
March 13, 2024 Today was another kind of bad day. I started it off by messing it up massively in the morning. I went to go to my training...

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Mar 13, 20242 min read


Blood transfusion + Ethiopian with Kathy
March 12, 2024 Well, today was not a good day like yesterday was. I literally just went down to Mayo Clinic and spent the whole day...

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Mar 12, 20242 min read


Successful Spanish meetup, plus Francisco
March 11, 2024 Ok, I’ll write this one on the day of. It’s even before midnight, barely. Today I went to my Monday night Spanish meetup...

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Mar 11, 20242 min read


Failed meetups over Bernie workout
First day in a few days I’ve written one of these. Today started off with going to the gym with Bernie. I was a little surprised to be so...

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Mar 10, 20241 min read
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