Posted by AVM Foundation on Tuesday, December 19, 2023,
Something big is coming.
I am writing a book! It is on my theory for stroke and brain injury recovery from a "WHOLE-istic" perspective. I will be sharing information about what I feel are three big things we need to focus on if we want to heal from something like a stroke - nutrition, fitness, and mindset. These three things all work together to help us create a balanced, healthy life.
I have been working on the mindset portion of the book a bit for the last few weeks, and I wanted to share a...
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Never give up
Posted by AVM Foundation on Monday, October 16, 2023,
I have been going to the gym regularly (3x per week) for months now, but my limitations make a lot of things that I would like to do there difficult. A great example of that is planks - I have difficulty with getting up onto my toes, as my affected leg gives out every time... until today. During today's really-quite-tough workout, I somehow managed to do FIVE 30-SECOND PLANKS, on my toes, near-perfect form, and I can still (kinda) move afterwards.
I am shocked and SO PUMPED! I could feel that...
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Recovery mode
Posted by AVM Foundation on Tuesday, March 30, 2021,
Sometimes,
the universe sends little hints that all of your efforts are going to be worth
it and that everything really is going to work out in the end. This past week, I
had a massive one of those experiences, and it’s the simplest little thing that
is the most significant too… I can feel the ground underneath my right foot.
That is
HUGE NEWS, because that was the first thing that I lost with my first stroke
back in 1998. I was 13 years old and it was March Break. I was spending it at
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Could this mean that I am getting better?
Posted by AVM Foundation on Monday, March 22, 2021,
I can feel
the ground underneath my affected foot today.
I don’t
think that you all understand how significant this is… when I had my first
stroke, which was a side effect of cranial radiation treatment that I had to
have back in 1997, the first thing that I noticed was that I couldn’t feel the
ground under my right foot. The radiation treatment had caused brain swelling,
which in turn caused a progressive stroke on my right side. First the nerves in
my right foot stopped communicatin...
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Better than better
Posted by AVM Foundation on Sunday, October 25, 2020,
Today's epic realization:
I am already better.In fact, some days I would dare say I am better than better. (I'm talking about my recovery of course, but isn't it amazing how much that blends into the rest of our lives as stroke survivors?)
But it's true when I think about it! I have days when I am so functional that even I can't tell that I have had one stroke, let alone two of them. My hand works and I have all of the fine motor control. My leg co-operates and I can walk normally. There are ...
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My mind has been blown… again
Posted by AVM Foundation on Monday, December 12, 2016,
This time though, it isn’t literal (I had a couple of brain hemorrhages
back in 1998 and 2001, for anyone who doesn’t know). This time, the thing that
is blowing my mind is actually the power of that very organ.
I had a pretty serious stroke right after that last brain hemorrhage,
which I am still recovering from. But for the past few years now, I have been
working on teaching my body to remember how to be functional. This is
accomplished through some pretty intense visualization tech...
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