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


Punch Pizza and Grand Ole Creamery with Eleanor
March 10, 2023: Well today I lost my notes but I have a photo of part of them. I had my morning meds at 7:16 with the last of the...

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Mar 10, 20233 min read


Hannah playing Canasta and Hannah at Pat’s Tavern
March 9, 2023: Today I had a great time. Well, lemme start with my notes. I wrote down first thing that Any.Do was insanely useful, which...

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Mar 9, 20232 min read


Yoga with Debbie, Lunds with Kaitlyn and fries with ají criollo
March 8, 2023: Well to start with so much happened today. The first thing I wrote was won’t type at all til the end of the day. I did...

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Mar 9, 20234 min read


Steph at Open Door and Papa playing Canasta x2
March 7, 2023: Alright lemme start. Well to start with my notes, this morning I learned that Apartment 202 is a 2 bedroom because I...

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Mar 7, 20233 min read


Pink lemonade on break, ID holder and old meds
March 6, 2023: Well I’m gonna start with my notes. The first thing I wrote down was “no meds when up.” I also said that writing out my...

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Mar 7, 20233 min read


Agra Culture with Eleanor and Heather’s with Grandma, Jodi, Papa, Bill
March 5, 2023: This morning I wrote down “no meds, watch at 2%.” I had my meds at 7:40 with a few chips because Liam looked at the fat...

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Mar 5, 20232 min read


Alex, Nick, Sara, Lily, Liam at Burning Brothers and Liam at Joy's
March 5, 2023: Well yesterday was absolutely beautiful. I had my meds at 5:25am and unfriended a bunch of people on Facebook. Just...

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Mar 5, 20233 min read


Notebook and Lunds with Ken
March 3, 2023: Well this morning I drove back to papa’s house to pick up my purple notebook that I left there yesterday. Going to the gym...

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Mar 3, 20233 min read


Canasta with Jodi and Hannah at Bull’s Horn
March 2, 2023: Well yesterday I lost my notebook for a bit but I’ve got it now so I’m doing my photo of the day. Starting with my notes,...

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Mar 3, 20233 min read


Yoga barre class with Debbie and pedicure
March 1, 2023: Well today was a fantastic day. In the morning I went to the barre yoga class at the JCC. Let me look back at my notes....

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Mar 1, 20232 min read


Lunds with Abby
Feb. 28, 2023: Well today I worked at Lunds at 1pm-5pm. Honestly I don’t feel like it went great. I don’t even know what was wrong. The...

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Mar 1, 20232 min read


John at Open Door and Gym
Feb. 27, 2023: Have no idea what I’ll write today. Just making the documents now. About to meet with Jessica. During my meet with Jessica...

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Feb 27, 20233 min read


Mock Trial with Liam
Feb. 26, 2023: Well my day was alright today. At least I drove a lot. First of all I woke up at Liam’s house and just had leftover pizza...

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Feb 26, 20233 min read


Waffles with Hannah and Burning Brothers with Alex, Lily, Liam
Feb. 25, 2023: Well I had a not great early morning with mom. She came over and we didn’t take a photo. We did figure out all my...

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Feb 26, 20234 min read


Lily and Dinner with Jeff, Tina, Jodi, Bill
Feb. 19, 2023: Well today is cool too. Maybe I’d rather be serving today but it makes me happier to be able to drive places alone. If I...

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Feb 25, 20233 min read


Lunds with Kenneth and more
Feb. 24, 2023: Well today didn’t suck at all. To start with my notes, I had my meds at 5:30 this morning. Don’t know why I wrote down...

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Feb 24, 20235 min read


Canasta with Papa
Feb. 23, 2023: Well today kind of sucked but it was alright. This morning I met with Ubah on video and I told her that I didn’t find her...

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Feb 23, 20232 min read


Papa playing Canasta, lock, Open Door with Ed
Feb. 22, 2023: Well dear God the snow is fucking shit up. I’m not gonna be able to see Joe and Ubah cancelled on me tomorrow morning. I...

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Feb 23, 20233 min read


Victoria at Open Door and Liam at the Capital
Feb. 21, 2023: Well today was alright. In the morning I drove to Open Door to volunteer as a Spanish translator. I was able to translate...

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Feb 22, 20233 min read


Papa playing Canasta
Feb. 20, 2023: Today I randomly found my watch charger that I’d thought I’d lost yesterday. It was just in my purse. No idea why I didn’t...

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Feb 20, 20233 min read
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