to all my friends
October 21, 2008 8:56pm
i just wanted to ty all for your advice and help n tell u all i'm always here for u all. know i believe n u all cause i believe the …
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my DS friends pls pray for me, i got something biggly brewing that could change my life, help me out
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About Me
i am a t.b.i. survivor. i was a h.s. science teacher but had an unfortunate accident while coaching a h.s. baseball game. i am a college grad. with the hopes of returning to get my ph.d. my motto my whole life has been adapt, improvise, overcome. "the ultimate measure of a man is not how he performs in times of comfort, but how they performs in times of challenge and discovery" oh yeah, i'm 6'8'' so my friends call me big Rob. just so u ladies know i'm quad not paralyzed so "I" still work in that way, lol. i am a physics nerd, that way u know up front i am, lol. i am nice to a fault sometimes. i am physically flawed but my mind is lucid as the physics honor student i was in college. i find my flaws as an OBSTACLE, not an END.
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outdoors, sports(baseball), cooking, reading (vonnegut, heller, steinbeck), fishing, friends. i love to learn new things, about anything, anyone. love sports, in my heyday i was a college basketball player though baseball is my love, i sucked at it. love to cook, especially for the fairer sex.
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my 3 keys to life
September 28, 2008 9:26pm
1. believe n yourself, without this u cant accomplish nothin. this was the hardest for me cause i was very shy, introverted.
2. know …
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Ray of Sunshine
okie doke im gonna keep my fingers, toes, eyes, and legs crossed for u!
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Hey how are things?
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Thank you. You are a great friend.
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Thank you Robert, you just so sweet. :) I know there isn't use dragging up the past, and I don't mean to, it's just that sometimes certain things bring back the past without warning. That's life though.
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Thank you Robert. You're such a wonderful friend.
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Close Brain Injury
i had an accident while coaching a h.s. baseball game when i was 22, now i'm 26. i suffered masssive head trauma resulting in a brain stem stroke. i am now quadriplegic and mute. but i strive onward optimistically.
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- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- ongoing
Close Stroke
brain stem stroke at 22 due to subdural hematoma caused by blunt force trauma to head
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- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
Open Non-hodgkin's Lymphoma
my best friend lost his battle with this disease last year at 24, R.I.P. Charlie
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- Chemotherapy Working / Worked
Open Bereavement
Type: Loss of a Friendi lost my best friend when he was 24 from cancer. we had been best friends since 3. its hard cause my accident was on his last birthday alive. r.i.p. Charlie, not a day goes by i dont think of him, we did everything together
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- Crying Somewhat Helpful
- Helping Others Working / Worked
- tutoring
- Keeping Busy Working / Worked
- Prayer Working / Worked
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
Open Coma
3 month coma after a brain stem stroke
Open Sports Injuries
got hit with bat in head during a baseball game, now quad/mute because of resulting stroke
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- Physical Therapy Somewhat Helpful
- extensive therapy
Open Depression
Type: Clinical (Major) Depressioni suffered from depression for nearly 3 yrs after my catastrophic accident, that left me quadriplegic and mute
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- Positive Thinking Working / Worked
- staying in a positive frame of mind is difficult, but i have learned how to conquer my demons
- Helping Others Working / Worked
- i travel around to hospitals speakIng at medical conferences on catastrophic injuries telling my story and showIng survivors there is still a life afterward
Open Shyness
i was shy to a fault throughout h.s. and into college, but improved immensely my final 2yrs of college, and now just kinda shy, due more to my physical flaws now tho
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- DailyStrength Working / Worked
- Self-esteem Working / Worked
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