My New Normal

March 6, 2018 | Suzanne Tobin

ABCs for Brain Injury Survivors: C is for Comeback

The Stroke Comeback Center (SCC) is opening a second location at 55 West Edmonston Drive in Rockville on the corner of Rockville Pike on March 12. They welcome not only stroke survivors, but brain injury survivors as well. Save the date! There will be an open house at the Stroke Comeback Center on Thursday, April 26. I […]

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February 12, 2018 | Suzanne Tobin

The ABCs for Brain Injury Survivors: G is for Gratitude

One thing I have done  since the beginning of my recovery from my brain injury is be grateful for any small step I can make to improve myself physically, mentally or spiritually. My first gratitude lists consisted of any small step I made in my physical progress. For example, as the experimental medication began to […]

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January 29, 2018 | Suzanne Tobin

The ABCs for Brain Injury Survivors: A is for Attitude

Last week I introduced myself to you in my debut post about my brain injury.  I told you about how “Living in Montgomery County Saved My Life.” OK, so I survived. Now what? If you are familiar with the five stages of grief as defined by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross in “On Death and Dying” (1969), I […]

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January 17, 2018 | Suzanne Tobin

Living in Montgomery County Saved My Life

Allow me to introduce myself: I am a brain injury survivor and a medical miracle. If I had lived any place other than Montgomery County, I’m not sure I would have made it to my 60th birthday. I barely made it to the correct diagnosis, just under the six-month time frame before the rare viral […]

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