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Acquired brain injury

NaBloPoMo November 13

Bad News…and Hope

2016-11-13
By: Live by Surprise
On: November 13, 2016
In: #NaBloPoMo, #NaNoPoblano, Car Accident, Life, Other
With: 2 Comments

Given my frustration with the testing, I am sure you can imagine that the results were not as rosy as I would have liked. The diagnosis was Acquired Brain Injury (ABI). The accident must have caused a jostling of my head to the extent that I was experiencing after effectsContinue Reading

#NaBloPoMo: I Was Broken

I Was Broken

2016-11-11
By: Live by Surprise
On: November 11, 2016
In: #NaBloPoMo, #NaNoPoblano, Car Accident, Life, Other
With: 7 Comments

Before the accident, I was… Whole. After…well… I didn’t notice at first. In the process of my recovery, the loss of words was hidden under the haze of opiates and glossed over by more physical injuries. If I couldn’t remember something, it was clearly the fault of the drugs orContinue Reading

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Lola's books

Doctor Who: The Forgotten
Star Trek: The Next Generation / Doctor Who: Assimilation2, Volume 2
Doctor Who Classics, Vol. 1
Doctor Who: The Eyeless
Chronic Profit: Building Your Small Business While Managing Persistent Pain
Doctor Who: The Slitheen Excursion
The Other Emily
Tracing Your Ancestors in Lunatic Asylums: A Guide for Family Historians
Memories of Tomorrow
The Mercy of Snakes
Red Rain
The Praying Mantis Bride
Photographing the Dead
In the Heart of the Fire
The Painted Girls
The Other Typist
The Woman Who Stole My Life
Great Shape Hunt, The
Zoe's First Book of Seasons
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey Issue #0


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