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just ha-having your so- circle the motivation to the motivation to stay strong.
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The everyone's gonna have their up days, their down days, but it
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but it does not mean
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that, you, you do lose your, you lose hope also.
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Hi, I'm Carrie a stroke BIND.
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And I'm Brittany.
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I'm a TBI survivor and member of BIND.
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Today we're joined by an Shalini Agrawal, who redefining is redefining and look like.
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Her journey hasn't been easy, but through determination and courage, she continues to push forward and inspire excited the way.
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excited to her story and the lessons she's learned throughout it all.
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So tell us about yourself.
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girls
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Hi, girls.
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How are you?
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to you you excited you here
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it is a
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it is a pleasure
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just to be on board.
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So I actually, um ca uh so Jess came ac- Sorry, Jess came across I came across this platform through Jess,
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uh, because was
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because I was part of Rehab Without Walls in 2024.
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And actually And I actually had an had an ischemic stroke
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stroke
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that impacted my middle cerebral artery on the right side, so impacting, um language speech, whole right side, plus, um um, math skills too.
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too But
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definitely come a long
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a way, Yeah
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like you
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like Well, Um, can you abo- back to the moment, I know we all kinda have that when the brain injury happened.
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Do you remember when it happened, what was happening?
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All I know is that
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that
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my husband...
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So I was actually back in
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back in Dallas,
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in Allen,
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Allen, Texas,
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and my husband was trying to wake me
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to wake me up,
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that
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that morning around 9:00 AM.
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I'm an early
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I'm an early bird.
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I'm normally up by 6:30 AM.
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So I actually went to the restroom around 5:30 in the morning.
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Everything was fine.
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Then my husband tried to wake me up,
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me up,
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and
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I could not, wake up at
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all not wake up at all, and then I ended up
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I ended up having a,
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um...
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I couldn't, like feel anything on my right side.
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he
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So he ended up calling my my dad and my siblings, who are all
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who are all doc
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and sorry, who are all doctors, and they said Go
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said Go and call 911,
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and then we
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then we
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the next
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the next flight
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come come there."'Cause they were in,
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they were in, like, all parts
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of USA.
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Okay.
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So he called
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called 911,
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and then then he called his mom, Um who works close by
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by.
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And I could not have I did not have any feeling on my whole right ha-
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ha
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right side, so having to Medical taken to Medical City Plano.
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Um, I know, I
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know, I remember
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the, uh, am- ambulance, which was a scary feeling cause it was not something we would all
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all imagine.
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right?
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not
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S- yeah.
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So I
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So I remember being escorted to Medical City
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Plano where I
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where was
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for about two and a half weeks.
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So I was on a
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I was on a feeding tube,
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my
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learning how to move my
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toes, my, my feet, and then having
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having to be fed,
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along with bathing um in a,
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a, um,
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special shower-
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Mm-hmm
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area So that's what I
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what I remember.
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mean Yeah, okay.
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I So everyone kind of...
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Like, everything.
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I had a hemorrhagic knew I I yeah, knew waiting I was for my dad to come inside,'cause he was in the back mowing.
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And I And to Medical City Plano too, and they, for...
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Because I'm not far from Plano, and you're not far from Plano, that is the stroke hospital to go to.
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Mm.
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That is the number one stroke
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Wow
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Wow...that we yeah, got to go there.
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but yeah, I remember everything up until about getting in the ambulance, and then I think they gave me something, cause that's when things got fuzzy I remember bits and pieces after that but yeah Yeah.
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Yeah
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I was
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so- was then
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to Baylor to Baylor Scott White for one
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for one month,
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and I remember...
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I actually
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I remember my doctors.
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Oh that's
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My therapist as well.
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I still, I actually still keep in touch with them.
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with them.
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That's good Were you at Baylor Scott White, um, downtown Dallas Frisco Or do you remember which
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Actually, Baylor Scott White in downtown Dallas.
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Okay so big Baylor
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big Baylor
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Baylor.
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And
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siblings sorry my cousins they actually came to visit me and help me out as well.
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then one a few best
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And then one, a few of my
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of my friends PTs and are PTs and
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they actually drove in from Houston
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started time and actually started doing therapy and occupational
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on me on the
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on the side.
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Mm.
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what were your some of Yes.
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what faced of of your biggest challenges you
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faced
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in the early days of recovery, both physically and emotionally?
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I would say being
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being able to,
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just understand where I
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where I am.
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Like what
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what happened?
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and why did it happen to someone like us?
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So being able to to know, like, how do we comprehend this
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this,
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Understanding, like okay um all the medications that we would have to take
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to take.
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I was
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actually was actually pretty bad with my medica-
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my medica-
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medications before the stroke
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the
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and then now I've been so on top of
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on top of it
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But being able to unders- to understand, um like having to move my toes, having to like retrain the brain, I had no idea what to expect.
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I had a whole family of doctors coming from all over to help with soothing, being caring understanding the the types of, uh, treatments also.
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My husband was there, his family was there, so they were all like...
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like"Okay, let's make sure she's okay." But honestly, inside, I had no idea what to ex-
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that's Yeah.
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normal Um, so how long ago was your stroke?
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So
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stroke happened on July 12th, 2023
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Okay
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And this year will be This July will be
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will be three years.
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Okay.
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So that's...
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in really well think three in.
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Thank you
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um do you remember, um was there a turning point in your recovery like, you felt that shift, um in your mindset or your progress where you kind knew things were gonna be okay and
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I felt, um so from being...
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I would say from being in the wheelchair, I didn't know what to
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what to expect.
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So I felt my
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my turning point,
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Honestly, I felt my turning point happen, I would
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I would say, um in
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Plano.
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So I'm sorry, in Baylor Scott White, and then when I was being transferred here here to Houston for different programs.
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But having a chance to...
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I feel my turning point was, I think through every
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think, through
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program, along
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along with, um
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being able to, um, work with the other brain injury survivors.
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I think it's more like making friends along the way to understand, like, what everyone's going through.
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even though my my
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Because even though my
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though my my parents, my siblings,
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my husband, who's in IT, they they don't
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don't understand going unless
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what's going on, unless like someone else is going through
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going through it.
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No, I mean, that's...
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We say that Yeah all time, no one gets brain like another brain injury.
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So and
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that's
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Mm-hmm that you're a Rehab Without Walls so you get that same kind of connection that we get here the with other survivors So you're in, you're in Houston now
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Uh yes I have been here, but I've been b
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b uh so I'm...
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Yes,
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Yes,
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back here in Houston since September 2023.
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2023.
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Okay.
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All right.
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um, So, your stroke changed your now or how you see yourself as
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I see it as
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it
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as a way of like um you know, being able...
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We don't let it, I don't let it define me.
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I see it as an achievement where I can help other, um, other s other
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other
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or even other brain injury survivors, or where we help each other out too.
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too.
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Along with, um, you know even though I
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though I have
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limitations, I
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I don't, I'm
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still, like
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like
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continue going further.
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I love hearing So unfortunately, like we say like So the stroke.
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did you do before the stroke?
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stroke um
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the stroke, my
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God I
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was my God, I was a
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was actually in
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Bollywood classes.
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I used to do Bollywood dancing.
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I would actually, um, travel the world.
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So from going to Antarctica, to Punta Cana, to Cayman Islands, to Canada.
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Um I also hosted, um So my, one of my best friend from, sorry, one of my best friends from high school, he's actually a pastry chef, so I would host his, uh network, uh, his gala
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gala nights
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and his
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for years, and his,
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pastry activities, and we would we would actually,
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activities
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Sorry
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activities.
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and
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also, um,
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um,
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I uh sorry, also, also
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Sorry.
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Indian doctors events,
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events
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so called AAPI, where we, meet
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other
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we
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in
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other doctors in medical field
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field
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along with their,
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along stuff
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along with their staff.
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So I actually...
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so I
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I do many thi- so
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we would say,
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would say, like I'm the jack of all trades.
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Okay
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So I would...
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I have my own business where I do
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do skin care
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and cosmetics on side.
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So I would actually promote it
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it back in high school.
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Mm-hmm And I
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that business along doing Noatary
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It
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and then a medical practice here in Houston.
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But and I do staffing where I have my own medical staffing company.
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Oh wow That's cool.
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You're busy.
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So being
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being
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to to still uh still attend weddings also.
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We had so many family weddings, and then I was actually, um one of the spokesperson along with, uh uh, being a...
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along with being a performer, al- along with um hosting uh, dance shows too.
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Okay
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And plus, so- I'm sorry, plus uh
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No you're good
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plus we have our
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our uh, it's called Agrawal Association of
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Agrawal Association of America where where I would host, um, um, camp walking,
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walk-ins
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event walk-ins or event, um, events at the different schools or
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or even, um,
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Rock Gym or, um, um we would go to Camp Cho-E also.
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camp.
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Um yes.
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Plus, um, I would, um...
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Oh my God, what was another thing?
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Actually um had a chance to...
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Oh my God.
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Oh yeah, there's a pl- there's an event called Hindu Viva, where I would host a lot of networking events for other I- Indians or even, like, Americans, uh like just any religion, to meet other like-minded people and where they get to know each other,
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and just chance
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and just get a
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get a
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to go on a
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on a date.
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So I
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I did that for over 17 years.
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Oh,
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technique And I
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I learned that technique my dad,
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where I would
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would even go
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and meet other
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other guys
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in different parts of the US and go on
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go on dates with them until I met my husband.
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Fun.
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Um, so with your recovery, I know your recovery journey is still going on'cause we're always recovering every single day.
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Mm-hmm.
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But how was your recovery?
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Recovery has been
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been
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It's been a
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been a challenge
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from
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from being in the wheelchair-
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for over a year and a
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and a half.
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Um and then relearning, um I was in a challenge program at TIRR Memorial Hermann back in September 2023.
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Had a team full of doctors.
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get
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um to get, um laser done in my in my right eye, along with, um having...
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I was p- I was, yeah, I'm sorry.
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I was part of re- um the outpatient program then at TIRR Memorial Hermann along with, um like my parents put a shower...
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They actually, they completely changed all of upstairs.
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So we actually...
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So I've been living with my parents here near the medical center, and they've been living at the same house for over, like I would say like 20 years.
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And before that it was West University, and then before that it was Baytown.
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So I'm...
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And they have an elevator for my grandparent and my grandma before she passed away in 2010.
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So I've been able to use that.
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Every
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Every
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then I carry my own
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own, things
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upstairs carry my own things upstairs, and
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and then being able to shower on my own with grab bars.
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So,
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being in the
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so from being in the outpatient programs at TIRR Kirby Glenn, and then, um so meeting new uh, patients.
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I actually still touch
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and I actually still keep in touch
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in
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them.
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We actually have dinners together, um being able to go out, and then FaceTime as well.
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I still keep in touch with a lot of my other best friends from from middle school, high school, college.
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And, um so and then on the side I actually had a private PT, OT who came to the house on weekends, Um I would say from Sept- O October onwards, October 2023 until uh December of last year.
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Um and she would come weekends or on weekdays.
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And then I even had a private lady who would come and learn how to do massages on me, and my parents would take me to Oasis, um in Chinatown for deep tissue massage.
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Nice.
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So being able to just feel stuff on my
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on my right side.
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That's good.
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I'm gonna take a quick little break and just remind our listeners to ahead and click that like button, that subscribe button, that notify button.
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Any little button that says thumbs ahead and click it and keep on listening Um I talked a lot about friends and medical professionals so it sounds like you have had a really support system throughout your recovery as well
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Yes.
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is like role do you role played for you in your s- in your recovery?
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I would
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I would say-
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you know, just being
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being able
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uh, come and, uh just be
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be my support sys-
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like calling me, talking on the phone, or just, you know just calling to see how you're doing.
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or even my parents helping to take me to to my doctor's appointments when I don't understand half the stuff.
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along with, uh, other,
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um
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family members from from my mom's side, my dad's
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dad's side,
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side husband's side.
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So now, Like he would always make sure that I'm taken care of financially, and then he...
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Any time I have other special appointment, then he would
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he would come,
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would come from Aubrey
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Aubrey, Texas.
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Okay Hmm So um, you stay motivated on the hard days when progress feels slow or frustrating
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Oh, man.
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During those- hard
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days,
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I say I look back at
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at my old pro- videos
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hospital I was in the hospital or
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or even
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from different programs that I was part of, and I see that, okay, where
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where I was from that time
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to now, how what is What is doing...
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what, what
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what has done s-
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what has
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what has done something different for me?
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I'm I'm
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So and then I'm I'm actually a reader.
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So I've been reading motivational books- for almost, like thirteen to fourteen years.
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So just, like, reading a good motivational book, reading a few pages a day, listening to a, um TED Talk also and then even just going
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going
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a walk.
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That's good.
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so about it now, I mean, like we, like Brittany mentioned a minute ago, you're still fairly new, and I know it, to say, you tips um, or for our you would have liked to have recovery that helpful maybe would've been I say
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I would say make
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make sure you have a
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great
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great support system
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who will be there
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there for you,
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because not
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not everybody
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has a
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a group
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of friends, family, support circle who can always be
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be there, cause everyone's going through their own challenges,
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and you never know who's there
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there for you.
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And then being able to have somebody by
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by your side,
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and then even having a...
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just having guidance where, um even though
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though you're not able to
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sometimes, but to have, having somebody else, care of those help take care of those things for you.
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you.
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so
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that we didn't ask share Um
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I know, actually, I know...
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I Actually, I
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I do wanna say that you leave
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leave everything
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God, have faith, and then being able to, ha having
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your
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just ha-having your so- circle the motivation to the motivation to stay strong.
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The everyone's gonna have their up days, their down days, but it
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but it does not mean
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that, you, you do lose your, you lose hope also.
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love love that Yeah.
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Yeah That's, I mean, definitely, lifelong, so.
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Mm-hmm We're lucky enough to be alive to have to keep recovering Mm-hmm is what I say
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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long journey.
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Yeah.
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Um, so thank you, Shalini, for sharing your stroke and are the road to reliving your life, so that's good.
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So thank you so much for coming on to our podcast Of Of Of
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Of course.
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just ha-having your so- circle the motivation to the motivation to stay strong.
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The everyone's gonna have their up days, their down days, but it
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but it does not mean
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that, you, you do lose your, you lose hope also.
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Hi, I'm Carrie a stroke BIND.
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And I'm Brittany.
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I'm a TBI survivor and member of BIND.
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Today we're joined by an Shalini Agrawal, who redefining is redefining and look like.
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Her journey hasn't been easy, but through determination and courage, she continues to push forward and inspire excited the way.
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excited to her story and the lessons she's learned throughout it all.
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So tell us about yourself.
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girls
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Hi, girls.
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How are you?
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to you you excited you here
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it is a
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it is a pleasure
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just to be on board.
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So I actually, um ca uh so Jess came ac- Sorry, Jess came across I came across this platform through Jess,
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uh, because was
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because I was part of Rehab Without Walls in 2024.
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And actually And I actually had an had an ischemic stroke
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stroke
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that impacted my middle cerebral artery on the right side, so impacting, um language speech, whole right side, plus, um um, math skills too.
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too But
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definitely come a long
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a way, Yeah
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like you
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like Well, Um, can you abo- back to the moment, I know we all kinda have that when the brain injury happened.
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Do you remember when it happened, what was happening?
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All I know is that
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that
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my husband...
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So I was actually back in
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back in Dallas,
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in Allen,
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Allen, Texas,
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and my husband was trying to wake me
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to wake me up,
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that
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that morning around 9:00 AM.
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I'm an early
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I'm an early bird.
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I'm normally up by 6:30 AM.
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So I actually went to the restroom around 5:30 in the morning.
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Everything was fine.
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Then my husband tried to wake me up,
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me up,
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and
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I could not, wake up at
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all not wake up at all, and then I ended up
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I ended up having a,
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um...
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I couldn't, like feel anything on my right side.
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he
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So he ended up calling my my dad and my siblings, who are all
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who are all doc
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and sorry, who are all doctors, and they said Go
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said Go and call 911,
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and then we
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then we
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the next
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the next flight
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come come there."'Cause they were in,
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they were in, like, all parts
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of USA.
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Okay.
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So he called
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called 911,
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and then then he called his mom, Um who works close by
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by.
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And I could not have I did not have any feeling on my whole right ha-
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ha
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right side, so having to Medical taken to Medical City Plano.
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Um, I know, I
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know, I remember
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the, uh, am- ambulance, which was a scary feeling cause it was not something we would all
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all imagine.
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right?
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not
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S- yeah.
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So I
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So I remember being escorted to Medical City
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Plano where I
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where was
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for about two and a half weeks.
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So I was on a
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I was on a feeding tube,
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my
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learning how to move my
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toes, my, my feet, and then having
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having to be fed,
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along with bathing um in a,
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a, um,
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special shower-
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Mm-hmm
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area So that's what I
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what I remember.
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mean Yeah, okay.
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I So everyone kind of...
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Like, everything.
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I had a hemorrhagic knew I I yeah, knew waiting I was for my dad to come inside,'cause he was in the back mowing.
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And I And to Medical City Plano too, and they, for...
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Because I'm not far from Plano, and you're not far from Plano, that is the stroke hospital to go to.
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Mm.
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That is the number one stroke
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Wow
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Wow...that we yeah, got to go there.
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but yeah, I remember everything up until about getting in the ambulance, and then I think they gave me something, cause that's when things got fuzzy I remember bits and pieces after that but yeah Yeah.
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Yeah
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I was
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so- was then
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to Baylor to Baylor Scott White for one
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for one month,
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and I remember...
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I actually
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I remember my doctors.
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Oh that's
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My therapist as well.
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I still, I actually still keep in touch with them.
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with them.
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That's good Were you at Baylor Scott White, um, downtown Dallas Frisco Or do you remember which
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Actually, Baylor Scott White in downtown Dallas.
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Okay so big Baylor
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big Baylor
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Baylor.
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And
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siblings sorry my cousins they actually came to visit me and help me out as well.
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then one a few best
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And then one, a few of my
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of my friends PTs and are PTs and
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they actually drove in from Houston
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started time and actually started doing therapy and occupational
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on me on the
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on the side.
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Mm.
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what were your some of Yes.
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what faced of of your biggest challenges you
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faced
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in the early days of recovery, both physically and emotionally?
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I would say being
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being able to,
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just understand where I
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where I am.
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Like what
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what happened?
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and why did it happen to someone like us?
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So being able to to know, like, how do we comprehend this
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this,
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Understanding, like okay um all the medications that we would have to take
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to take.
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I was
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actually was actually pretty bad with my medica-
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my medica-
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medications before the stroke
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the
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and then now I've been so on top of
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on top of it
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But being able to unders- to understand, um like having to move my toes, having to like retrain the brain, I had no idea what to expect.
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I had a whole family of doctors coming from all over to help with soothing, being caring understanding the the types of, uh, treatments also.
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My husband was there, his family was there, so they were all like...
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like"Okay, let's make sure she's okay." But honestly, inside, I had no idea what to ex-
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that's Yeah.
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normal Um, so how long ago was your stroke?
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So
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stroke happened on July 12th, 2023
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Okay
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And this year will be This July will be
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will be three years.
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Okay.
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So that's...
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in really well think three in.
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Thank you
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um do you remember, um was there a turning point in your recovery like, you felt that shift, um in your mindset or your progress where you kind knew things were gonna be okay and
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I felt, um so from being...
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I would say from being in the wheelchair, I didn't know what to
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what to expect.
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So I felt my
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my turning point,
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Honestly, I felt my turning point happen, I would
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I would say, um in
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Plano.
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So I'm sorry, in Baylor Scott White, and then when I was being transferred here here to Houston for different programs.
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But having a chance to...
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I feel my turning point was, I think through every
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think, through
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program, along
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along with, um
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being able to, um, work with the other brain injury survivors.
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I think it's more like making friends along the way to understand, like, what everyone's going through.
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even though my my
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Because even though my
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though my my parents, my siblings,
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my husband, who's in IT, they they don't
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don't understand going unless
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what's going on, unless like someone else is going through
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going through it.
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No, I mean, that's...
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We say that Yeah all time, no one gets brain like another brain injury.
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So and
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that's
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Mm-hmm that you're a Rehab Without Walls so you get that same kind of connection that we get here the with other survivors So you're in, you're in Houston now
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Uh yes I have been here, but I've been b
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b uh so I'm...
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Yes,
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Yes,
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back here in Houston since September 2023.
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2023.
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Okay.
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All right.
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um, So, your stroke changed your now or how you see yourself as
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I see it as
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it
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as a way of like um you know, being able...
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We don't let it, I don't let it define me.
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I see it as an achievement where I can help other, um, other s other
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other
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or even other brain injury survivors, or where we help each other out too.
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too.
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Along with, um, you know even though I
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though I have
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limitations, I
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I don't, I'm
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still, like
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like
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continue going further.
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I love hearing So unfortunately, like we say like So the stroke.
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did you do before the stroke?
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stroke um
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the stroke, my
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God I
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was my God, I was a
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was actually in
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Bollywood classes.
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I used to do Bollywood dancing.
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I would actually, um, travel the world.
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So from going to Antarctica, to Punta Cana, to Cayman Islands, to Canada.
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Um I also hosted, um So my, one of my best friend from, sorry, one of my best friends from high school, he's actually a pastry chef, so I would host his, uh network, uh, his gala
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gala nights
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and his
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for years, and his,
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pastry activities, and we would we would actually,
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activities
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Sorry
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activities.
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and
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also, um,
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um,
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I uh sorry, also, also
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Sorry.
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Indian doctors events,
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events
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so called AAPI, where we, meet
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other
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we
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in
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other doctors in medical field
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field
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along with their,
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along stuff
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along with their staff.
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So I actually...
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so I
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I do many thi- so
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we would say,
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would say, like I'm the jack of all trades.
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Okay
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So I would...
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I have my own business where I do
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do skin care
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and cosmetics on side.
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So I would actually promote it
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it back in high school.
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Mm-hmm And I
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that business along doing Noatary
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It
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and then a medical practice here in Houston.
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But and I do staffing where I have my own medical staffing company.
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Oh wow That's cool.
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You're busy.
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So being
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being
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to to still uh still attend weddings also.
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We had so many family weddings, and then I was actually, um one of the spokesperson along with, uh uh, being a...
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along with being a performer, al- along with um hosting uh, dance shows too.
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Okay
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And plus, so- I'm sorry, plus uh
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No you're good
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plus we have our
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our uh, it's called Agrawal Association of
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Agrawal Association of America where where I would host, um, um, camp walking,
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walk-ins
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event walk-ins or event, um, events at the different schools or
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or even, um,
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Rock Gym or, um, um we would go to Camp Cho-E also.
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camp.
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Um yes.
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Plus, um, I would, um...
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Oh my God, what was another thing?
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Actually um had a chance to...
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Oh my God.
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Oh yeah, there's a pl- there's an event called Hindu Viva, where I would host a lot of networking events for other I- Indians or even, like, Americans, uh like just any religion, to meet other like-minded people and where they get to know each other,
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and just chance
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and just get a
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get a
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to go on a
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on a date.
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So I
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I did that for over 17 years.
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Oh,
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technique And I
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I learned that technique my dad,
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where I would
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would even go
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and meet other
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other guys
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in different parts of the US and go on
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go on dates with them until I met my husband.
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Fun.
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Um, so with your recovery, I know your recovery journey is still going on'cause we're always recovering every single day.
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Mm-hmm.
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But how was your recovery?
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Recovery has been
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been
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It's been a
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been a challenge
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from
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from being in the wheelchair-
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for over a year and a
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and a half.
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Um and then relearning, um I was in a challenge program at TIRR Memorial Hermann back in September 2023.
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Had a team full of doctors.
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get
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um to get, um laser done in my in my right eye, along with, um having...
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I was p- I was, yeah, I'm sorry.
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I was part of re- um the outpatient program then at TIRR Memorial Hermann along with, um like my parents put a shower...
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They actually, they completely changed all of upstairs.
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So we actually...
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So I've been living with my parents here near the medical center, and they've been living at the same house for over, like I would say like 20 years.
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And before that it was West University, and then before that it was Baytown.
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So I'm...
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And they have an elevator for my grandparent and my grandma before she passed away in 2010.
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So I've been able to use that.
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Every
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Every
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then I carry my own
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own, things
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upstairs carry my own things upstairs, and
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and then being able to shower on my own with grab bars.
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So,
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being in the
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so from being in the outpatient programs at TIRR Kirby Glenn, and then, um so meeting new uh, patients.
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I actually still touch
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and I actually still keep in touch
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in
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them.
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We actually have dinners together, um being able to go out, and then FaceTime as well.
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I still keep in touch with a lot of my other best friends from from middle school, high school, college.
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And, um so and then on the side I actually had a private PT, OT who came to the house on weekends, Um I would say from Sept- O October onwards, October 2023 until uh December of last year.
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Um and she would come weekends or on weekdays.
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And then I even had a private lady who would come and learn how to do massages on me, and my parents would take me to Oasis, um in Chinatown for deep tissue massage.
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Nice.
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So being able to just feel stuff on my
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on my right side.
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That's good.
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I'm gonna take a quick little break and just remind our listeners to ahead and click that like button, that subscribe button, that notify button.
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Any little button that says thumbs ahead and click it and keep on listening Um I talked a lot about friends and medical professionals so it sounds like you have had a really support system throughout your recovery as well
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Yes.
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is like role do you role played for you in your s- in your recovery?
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I would
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I would say-
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you know, just being
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being able
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uh, come and, uh just be
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be my support sys-
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like calling me, talking on the phone, or just, you know just calling to see how you're doing.
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or even my parents helping to take me to to my doctor's appointments when I don't understand half the stuff.
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along with, uh, other,
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um
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family members from from my mom's side, my dad's
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dad's side,
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side husband's side.
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So now, Like he would always make sure that I'm taken care of financially, and then he...
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Any time I have other special appointment, then he would
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he would come,
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would come from Aubrey
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Aubrey, Texas.
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Okay Hmm So um, you stay motivated on the hard days when progress feels slow or frustrating
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Oh, man.
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During those- hard
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days,
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I say I look back at
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at my old pro- videos
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hospital I was in the hospital or
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or even
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from different programs that I was part of, and I see that, okay, where
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where I was from that time
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to now, how what is What is doing...
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what, what
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what has done s-
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what has
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what has done something different for me?
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I'm I'm
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So and then I'm I'm actually a reader.
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So I've been reading motivational books- for almost, like thirteen to fourteen years.
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So just, like, reading a good motivational book, reading a few pages a day, listening to a, um TED Talk also and then even just going
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going
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a walk.
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That's good.
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so about it now, I mean, like we, like Brittany mentioned a minute ago, you're still fairly new, and I know it, to say, you tips um, or for our you would have liked to have recovery that helpful maybe would've been I say
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I would say make
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make sure you have a
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great
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great support system
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who will be there
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there for you,
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because not
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not everybody
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has a
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a group
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of friends, family, support circle who can always be
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be there, cause everyone's going through their own challenges,
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and you never know who's there
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there for you.
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And then being able to have somebody by
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by your side,
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and then even having a...
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just having guidance where, um even though
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though you're not able to
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sometimes, but to have, having somebody else, care of those help take care of those things for you.
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you.
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so
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that we didn't ask share Um
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I know, actually, I know...
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I Actually, I
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I do wanna say that you leave
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leave everything
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God, have faith, and then being able to, ha having
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your
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just ha-having your so- circle the motivation to the motivation to stay strong.
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The everyone's gonna have their up days, their down days, but it
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but it does not mean
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that, you, you do lose your, you lose hope also.
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love love that Yeah.
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Yeah That's, I mean, definitely, lifelong, so.
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Mm-hmm We're lucky enough to be alive to have to keep recovering Mm-hmm is what I say
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Yes.
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Yeah.
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long journey.
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Yeah.
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Um, so thank you, Shalini, for sharing your stroke and are the road to reliving your life, so that's good.
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