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robertbm 
2:53pm, October 26, 2009
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About Me
robertbm
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About Me
hi everyone, i'm Robert, i am a uniquely genuine man, who's endured alot over last few yrs. 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. 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.
hi everyone, i'm Robert, i am a uniquely genuine man, who's endured alot over last few yrs. 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
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Interests
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.
outdoors, sports(baseball), cooking, reading (vonnegut, heller, steinbeck), fishing, friends. i love
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Yes :) We should chat sometime.
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Im good...lots of NEW things goin on and just learning to deal... ya know holidays are ruff for me cus me and my mom used to shop and spend lots of time together
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Hey honey. I'm hanging in there. Day by day. How are you honey? Love ya too!
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its been awhile hope all is good
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Hope you've been well Robert.
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Support Groups
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.
Treatments
- Physical Therapy Working / Worked
- ongoing
Close Stroke
brain stem stroke at 22 due to subdural hematoma caused by blunt force trauma to head
Treatments
- 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
Treatments
- 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
Treatments
- 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
Treatments
- 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
Treatments
- 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 Healthy Sex
i'm a 27yr old man who is quadriplegic, but not paralyzed, so i can still physically have sex, although most women shy away because they r unsure if i can.
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
Treatments
- DailyStrength Working / Worked
- Self-esteem Working / Worked
Open Breakups & Divorce
my gf broke up with me after my catastrophic accident while i was still n hospital, i took it hard. i understand i'm forever changed physically now, but how bout some compassion, least wait til i get out of hospital, oh well. i thrive onward n spite of my foibles.
Treatments
- Forgiveness Not Working
- Support from Friends & Family Working / Worked
- Time Working / Worked
Open Aphasia
freak sports accident led to brain stem stroke, now totally mute and unable to chew solid food
Open Epilepsy & Seizures
since my tbi i suffer from petit mal seizures. they r mild, but still affect me greatly
