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

Barre with Jordan, workout with Bernie, best show ever with Bernie
November 10, 2023: Alright, this is gonna be less a bit less groundbreaking than yesterday. I did my meds at 8:00am this morning with one...
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Nov 11, 20233 min read
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Dress for Heidi’s wedding, Pizza w/ Nathaniel, Art Zoom call
This is gonna be significantly less groundbreaking than yesterday. I did my meds at 8:00am this morning with one of my croissant...
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Nov 9, 20234 min read
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Yoga with Debi and Alyssa, and Creative Process
November 8, 2023 Today, I didn’t wake up feeling insanely depressed. I’m trying to start this earlier in the day because I didn’t do it...
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Nov 8, 20233 min read
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Translation at Methodist and Open Door food
November 7, 2023: Ok first things first, when I woke up I was randomly feeling very depressed. I decided right around then that I’d try...
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Nov 8, 20233 min read
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Meeting with Debbi and Teacher at Spanish 4
Monday, November 6th: Alright I’ll do this today. I kinda just wanna start with my photos. I went to an occupational therapy appointment...
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Nov 7, 20233 min read
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Trader Joe’s and dinner at Grandma’s house
November 5, 2023: Well it looks like unlike what happened yesterday, this time I actually didn’t make the 5th’s post. Yesterday was a...
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Nov 6, 20233 min read
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Mock trial, organization and trivia with Liam
November 4, 2023: Starting this in the morning, not night, because I don’t wanna stay up til 2am writing my photo of the day again. Ok,...
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Nov 5, 20234 min read
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Barre with Jordan, Momo with Caroline and Hannah, Billiards with Hoefs Family
November 3, 2023: So far, today’s been a FANTASTIC day. Meds at 6am, as soon as I woke up, because I was afraid I’d have to take them...
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Nov 4, 20235 min read
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Scar, Italia at Open Door and Deborah at Open Door
November 2, 2023: Well, this morning I had my meds at 7:30am with yogurt, and wasn’t very hungry. I wasn’t sure what I’d do for a bit,...
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Nov 3, 20233 min read
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Yoga with Debi, Poke with family, Wonderettes with Debi, Creative Process
November 1, 2023: A lot happened today. Part of me wants to not look at notes and just write from memory based on the pictures. I’ll try....
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Nov 1, 20234 min read
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Methodist volunteer, Open Door volunteer + Mikell talk
October 13, 2023: Ok, this project is literally how I decide how I feel about the day. Today was alright. That’s really the best word for...
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Oct 31, 20233 min read
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Shopping, earring organize, Spanish class
October 30, 2023: Well, today was a good day. Let’s go through it. First thing in the morning I woke up and had my meds at 8am with an...
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Oct 30, 20233 min read
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Gym, Yin yoga, dinner with Jodi, Bill, Papa, hearts with the same
Well today I took my meds at 6:11am with a strawberry and banana & cream yogurts pair. Then, mom came over and I wrote my thank you...
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Oct 30, 20232 min read
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Harry Potter puzzle, Bailey on time, travel and watch band
October 28, 2023: Ok today was a relaxed morning. Basically, I woke up and took my meds at 7:15am with a black cherry Keto yogurt that...
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Oct 28, 20232 min read
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Minnesota gals, Ian and Keilani at retreat, Doucettes at Real Thai
October 27, 2023: Alright let’s go. Honestly one of the main things I got out of the retreat was the knowledge that I enjoy this project...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
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Yoga and Randy the chef
October 26, 2023: Ok, the day is over and I'll start now. Today I had my meds at 8:30am with egg and avocado toast. We had another silent...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read
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Journaling and Ian in the kitchen
October 25, 2023: Well let's do another post that feels like I'm texting. Did the meds at 8:28 this morning with a pancake and two pieces...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read
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Sharing stories and Hillary the nurse
This is the first photo of the day that I ever took, a picture of the sink, which I described as me feeling like a "jumble" on April 22,...
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Oct 23, 20233 min read
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Retreat and dinner with Monica
October 23, 2023: Alright I'm phone writing. Meds at 8:08am with two eggs, though I ate the food at like 7:45am and forgot the meds for a...
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Oct 23, 20232 min read
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Puzzles, walk, and Woody’s (all with the Doucettes)
October 22, 2023: Ok, today has so far been another Doucette day. It’s not over yet, so I’ll write the rest when I’m more done with the...
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Oct 23, 20234 min read
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