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

11.10.24: Lotta activities with Bernie and Miguel
November 10, 2024 Well, on this day I worked out at the gym with Bernie, and then later I went to a coffee shop with Miguel, where I got...
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Nov 17, 20241 min read
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11.15.24: Pizza with Miguel
November 15, 2024 Well on the 15th, Miguel and I drove over to Fat Lorenzo’s for a pineapple pizza, which was fun. We also ordered a...
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Nov 17, 20241 min read
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11.03.24: Café, and Waking up on November 3
November 3rd, 2024 The left picture here was taken at a coffee shop and restaurant called Turtle Bread, and the other was taken in bed...
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Nov 3, 20241 min read
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10.31.24: First Halloween indoors, plus selfies
October 31, 2024 Well, here I have a photo of some of the Halloween candy which I passed out to Trick-or-treater’s, and then two more...
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Oct 31, 20241 min read
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10.30.24 Friday yoga visit and theatre shoot!
October 29, 2024 Well, I admit that I’m the tiniest bit lucky that Miguel grabbed this candid of me shooting the show, which was called...
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Oct 31, 20241 min read
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10.28.24 / Cards with Grandma and Spanish Meetup
Well, in the morning on this Monday, my grandma came over and we played some king’s corner with her. It’s a new game to me as well as...
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Oct 31, 20241 min read
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10.27.24 Gym with Bernie B!
Well, this is a day when I worked out with Bernie, and he literally even said that part of the reason he wore the crazy outfit he had on...
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Oct 31, 20241 min read
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10.26.24 Coffee shop! Movie! Manicure!
Saturday, October 26, 2024 : Miguel and I went to Quixotic coffee in St. Paul this Sunday... one of my old favorites, and I told him...
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Oct 27, 20241 min read
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10.25.24: Back at the gym with Bernie! Poke bowl with Papa!
Friday, October 25, 2024: This week I think I went to the gym for the first time since May or June, and also I’ve now gone three times...
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Oct 27, 20241 min read
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October 24, 2024: Spaghetti Dinner and working there
Oct 24, 2024 So a couple of days ago, I went to take photos at a volunteer congratulation event for the Methodist Food shelf, which...
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Oct 27, 20241 min read
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Oct. 23, 2024: Gym! Pedicure! Lunch out with Hannah at Ama Sushi!
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 It was a very busy day. First of all, I checked in with Bernie at the gym for the first time in months, though...
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Oct 25, 20241 min read
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10.21.24: At Mayo, then Spanish meetup
First things first, we went down to Mayo, where I had a blood test, and an appointment with a palliative care doctor to help manage...
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Oct 25, 20241 min read
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10.20.24: Pancakes, bocce ball, dinner with Hannah
Sunday, October 20th, 2024: I made pancakes (middle photo, with Miguel and I eating a few of them!) I also played bocce ball with Papa,...
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Oct 25, 20241 min read
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10.19.24: Neighborhood walks, pasta & watching movies
Saturday, October 19, 2024 I took a nice Neighborhood walk, and there were beautiful leaves and fall colors. I had a pasta dinner with...
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Oct 20, 20241 min read
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10.18.24: Bernie's band at Mancini's
Friday, October 18, 2024 Well, there’s this guy I know from my gymnasium, named Bernie, and it turns out he’s in a band, which I’ve seen...
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Oct 20, 20241 min read
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10.17.24: Chinese food and a walk
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2016 On this day, we had Chinese food for lunch, which I took a photo of just because it was so good and tasty. On...
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Oct 19, 20241 min read
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10.16.24: Mayo Clinic + Miguel, Burson, Kurt
October 16, 2024 It started off as a Mayo Clinic day..... and got better from there! In the nighttime Miguel came over and we chilled and...
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Oct 17, 20241 min read
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10.07.24-10.11.24: A week of testing at the Mayo Clinic
Monday-Friday, Oct. 7-11, 2024 SO, I Spent a whole week at Mayo recently... I had lots of tests, including brain and spine MRIs and a PET...
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Oct 13, 20242 min read
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10.06.24: Sleepy day, played games around the house
Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024 Alright, so this day I just hung around a bit and played some games at the house. I also, apparently, checked in...
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Oct 13, 20241 min read
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St. Helena, food, and accompanying me while I had a fever
Saturday, October 5, 2024 Texts of the day’s events for photo of the day! So for this day, Miguel and I took a very long walk, over to...
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Oct 5, 20241 min read
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