Category: Tips

• Thank you

  

  The last time I did it to myself, I didn’t realize what I was doing until it was done, but I knew it was coming, and that whatever it was, it was about to happen. Adam noticed it while it was healing, showed me the below image, then ordered and surprised me with a set of non-toxic, skin-safe markers. Now I draw on myself…

  ellie

  September 4, 2018

  Random Posts, The Fourth Year, Tips, Updates

  #DespiteDisability, #LifeIsBeautiful, #NeverGiveUp, ABI, acquired ataxia, acquired brain injury, acquired cerebellar ataxia, aphasia, asphyxiation, ataxia, bipolar, bipolar disorder, bipolar II disorder, brain injury, brainstem stroke, cerebellar ataxia, cerebellar ataxia brain stem, cerebellar stroke, Cerebellum, DBS, deep brain stimulation, depression, diagnosis, disability, GAD, generalized anxiety disorder, handicap, hardship, hemiparesis, ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke, left hemisphere ischemia, life is beautiful, major depressive disorder, MDD, Medtronic DBS, neuropsychiatry, perspective, Recovery, social issue, stigma, stroke, stroke recovery, The Stroke Story, trauma, young adult stroke, Young stroke, young stroke survivor, YSS

• Better Than New 

  After my last post, my friend, Elizabeth, wrote this to me: ‘Ellie if you are feeling broken, please remember the Japanese process of Kintsugi. Pottery that is broken is repaired with gold. It highlights that the mended repair is beautiful. It emphasizes  beauty in the imperfect. Perfection  is overrated. Your brain is wonderful just the […]

  ellie

  March 31, 2017

  The Third Year, Tips

  ABI, acquired brain injury, anomia, aphasia, ataxia, awake brain surgery, bradycardia, bradycardic, brain injury, brain stem tremor, brain surgery, Brainstem, brainstem stroke, brainstem tremor, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy, cardiovascular event, cerebellar ataxia, cerebellar ataxia brain stem, cerebellar stroke, Cerebellum, cerebral palsy, DBS, deep brain stimulation, depression, disability, FA, Friedreich’s Ataxia, handicap, hemiparesis, hemiplegia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, Intention tremor, ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke, kinetic tremor, left hemisphere ischemia, LGBTQ, miscarriage, MRI, operation, pneumonia, pregnancy, rape, Recovery, seizure, seizures, sexual abuse, Spinocerebellar Ataxia, stroke, stroke recovery, surgery, TBI, The Stroke Story, trauma, Tremor, tremor disorder, visual field cut, young adult stroke, Young stroke, young stroke survivor, YSS

• Bluntly :)

  Is your boyfriend in a wheelchair too? Can you have sex? You know, can you feel down there? Do you have a license for that thing? I always get, “Has it got a horn?” > Do you play wheelchair basketball? > I feel like that’s everyone’s standard if they see someone in a wheelchair. “Oh, […]

  ellie

  March 1, 2017

  Random Posts, Tips

  disability, offensive, social issue, stigma

• Ciao for now! (Vacation time!)

  I’m rewatching a few of the videos I took while on vacation. I ran across this video, from back when I was taking acupuncture in 2014, probably six to eight months after the stroke. Here’s a video of needles in place along the vision and tremor lines of my scalp – let me take a […]

  ellie

  November 23, 2015

  Tips, Videos

  ABI, ACAOM, acquired brain injury, acupuncture, American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, ataxia, brain injury, stroke, young adult stroke

• Videos!

  Upcoming videos: Full daily yoga/calisthenics routine Full daily OT routine Shower tips post transition away from shower bench Balance exercises Gear overview Introduction (meet me) Videos are being done by request. I’ll update as they get uploaded. If you have something to request, just ask. I’m expecting to record the first video next week. 🙂

  ellie

  January 5, 2015

  The Second Year, Tips, Updates, Videos