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


Egg breakfast, Reading The Investigator, SLAMitair, Fogo meal
June 18, 2023: Meds at 6:18am today with the last container of two yogurts from Trader Joe’s for 12g of fat. I also texted Sam first...

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Jun 18, 20233 min read


BeReals and Talia at Mom’s pool
June 17, 2023: Ok writing ahead of time yet again. Well first things first, I took my meds at 6:15am with some 11g fat yogurt that Papa...

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Jun 18, 20234 min read


Yoga with Jordan, Open Door with Will, Canasta with Papa, Bonfire with Htee
June 16, 2023: Well yesterday the fact that I wrote the first part of the day early in the day turned out wonderful for me, because I was...

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Jun 17, 20235 min read


Tonkin and Fogo time with Mattheas, Annali, Suheily
June 15, 2023: Meds at 6:40am with two cups of Trader Joe’s yogurt for 12g of fat. Papa called me while I was in the bathroom to check...

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Jun 16, 20234 min read


Yoga with Meg and me in Nicole’s house
June 14, 2023: Ok well today started by taking my meds ridiculously early, way earlier than I should have. I just did it with some of the...

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Jun 14, 20235 min read


Dentist Work and Open Door with Liz
June 13, 2023: Well today the most important thing is that I found both of my notebooks. In the morning I was worried as heck about it,...

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Jun 14, 20234 min read


Open door with Sasha and Mystery Book Club
June 12, 2023: Well today started off with taking my meds at 7:04am with a granola bar I had, for 14g of fat exactly. Then I went into...

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Jun 12, 20235 min read


Karis' grad party
June 11, 2023: Meds at 6:30am with a 9g fat Almond butter biscuit granola bar thing that I grabbed from Liam’s kitchen. Basically the...

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Jun 11, 20232 min read


No play Canasta, Tandem with Andres, Lily, Alex, Liam with Cheese Balls
June 10, 2023: So today has been interesting and it’s not even 3:45pm. To start off the day, I had my morning meds at 6am with a cup of...

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Jun 11, 20234 min read


Yoga with Jordan and Diana and Ali, George, Evelyn
June 9, 2023: Alright so today the first thing I did was I retrieved my laptop from the back of my car and I did yesterday’s photo. I...

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Jun 9, 20235 min read


Family Bdays and Hannah at Fire & Nice
June 8, 2023: Alright so basically last night I forgot my laptop in my car, because that’s where I put it when I met up with Hannah. So I...

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Jun 9, 20232 min read


Yoga with Debi, Tuna Flame Poké and Theatre in the Round
June 7, 2023: Alright so this morning I woke up at 4:30am and watched the last half hour of the movie I was watching last night, The...

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Jun 8, 20232 min read


Open Door with Anita, Mikkel, Victoria
June 6, 2023: Alright lemme do this. Stupidly didn’t write any of it the whole day. I took a couple different photos because I kept...

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Jun 6, 20233 min read


Open Door photography with Scott
June 5, 2023: Ok so first thing this morning I wrote down all my medication times from yesterday, which I hadn’t done before. This...

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Jun 6, 20233 min read


Sam and Little Mermaid with Heidi
June 4, 2023: Well today was interesting so far. Basically in the morning mom took me to Trader Joe’s to buy a bunch of food. We...

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Jun 5, 20233 min read


Papa Canasta and trivia group and Sara, Micahjosiah and Jon at Jon’s house
June 3, 2023: The only important thing is that at the end of the night tonight Sara told me I was already making new friends and she...

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Jun 4, 20232 min read


Sam, Yoga with Jordan, and Liam and Mattie watching Aau’s Song
June 2, 2023: Alright a lot has already happened and it’s only 7:30pm. So this morning first thing in the morning I woke up and took my...

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Jun 2, 20233 min read


Book Club, Pepsi and Open Door with Anita
June 1, 2023: Alright I didn’t do any of this ahead of time. Guess I’ll discover what I did today now. It was actually a pretty good day....

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Jun 1, 20233 min read


Yoga with Debi, Seward App and Rosie and Papa
May 31, 2023: Alright it’s 12:20pm and I’ll do some of this today at least. So today I did my meds at 7:04am with a granola bar. Then I...

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May 31, 20233 min read


Open Door w/Wendy, Hannah w/Canasta, Spanish at Uptown Diner
May 30, 2023: Ok it’s 3am and I didn’t do this yesterday. Alright right away I had my meds at 8am with a cup and a half of oat milk from...

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May 31, 20233 min read
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