Rehab

My JourneyRehab

Symmetry and Smiles – The process is slow

Here’s an update showing the progress with my smile post facial nerve reconstruction. It’s taken many hours in the mirror at...

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My JourneyRehab

Lock down can’t keep me down… got things to do!

It has been a couple months since I came home from St Norbert College due to COVID-19. As students, we originally were going to take two...

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What’s a typical day

There really aren’t typical days. My hope for every day, is when I wake up, I feel good. For the most part of the last year, I woke up...

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My JourneyComplicationsRehab

Why do I walk funny or stumble some times?

As expected, I did experience some deficits (balance and coordination issues) as the result of the initial tumor surgery.  Primarily, my...

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My JourneyComplicationsRehab

No, I am not a Pirate – why the eye patch?

In addition to the right side deficits, the surgery also affected my vision – right eye specifically.  After surgery, I experienced...

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My JourneyRehab

Rest, PT and trying to just be a kid

Following Gamma Knife, my focus was on rest, PT and healing so I could be ready to start school in August.  I went to PT 4 days a week,...

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My JourneyRehab

Learning to do things all over

My initial physical therapy session goal was 5 steps at a time walking from my bed, to a wheel chair or wheel chair to the toilet.  I...

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