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My Perspective
My Journey Living with a Brain Injury offers insight into my process and journey. My process and journey living with the impact of a brain injury and an invisible disability during the past 51 years.
My journey after brain injury began in August 1967. I sustained my brain injury in a motor vehicle accident with my family. My brain injury resulted from an open skull fracture. The result of fracturing my skull was right frontal lobe damage and a severe brain bruise with brain stem involvement. On the way to the back of the windshield I snapped my left femur (thigh bone) on my Dad’s bucket seat. I remained in a coma for 3 weeks and in traction to set my left femur fracture for 7-8 weeks. After awakening from the coma I remember touching the front right side of my skull. My skull felt like a shallow depressed bowl.
“Our circumstances are not meant to keep us down, but they are meant to build us up. Our circumstances are meant to teach us lessons that prepare you and I for opportunities. These opportunities teach us more lessons. Collectively lessons and opportunities lead us in the direction of our dreams and our destinies. That is why I am encouraged to not give up. To not give up because more will be revealed with and in time.” Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA
After completing traction to set my left femur, I was placed in a Spica or full body cast for 4-5 months. After undergoing brain surgery I was released from the hospital. After being taken out of the Spica cast, I taught myself how to walk. I walked with a limp for a long time according to my Mom. I was tutored at home for a year and learned how to talk, read, write and speak in complete sentences. In my article, Background Information for a Keynote Presentation; I share from my process and journey living with the impact of a brain injury and an invisible disability. In the articles with in this category, I share what has helped me in my recovery process.
I share what I have learned through my lessons and opportunities. What I have learned and given me the ability to follow my dreams and my destiny. As an individual living with the impact of a brain injury and an invisible disability. I believe in the power of identification. What I share in this article is from my experience, strength and hope living with a brain injury for the past 48 years. What I share in this category is to encourage you to not give up on your process or your journey. To not give up on your process and journey of living with the impact of a brain injury and an invisible disability. More will be revealed.
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- Second Chance to Live and the North American Brain Injury Society 2015 Conference on Brain Injury Video Presentation
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- How I Created my First e Book — Using Different Principles Video Presentation
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- Second Chance to Live — My 1200th Article — What Are My Motives? Video Presentation
- Beyond Brain Injury Awareness Month — Why Are Brain Injury Survivors Told to Sit in the Back of the Bus? Video Presentation
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- Second Chance to Live — 8th Year Anniversary Video Presentation
- Second Chance to Live — 7th Year Anniversary
- Second Chance to Live — 200th Video Presentation — Created and Uploaded to my You Tube Channel
- Second Chance to Live — Lessons from my Journey — Insights Gained Part 7 Video Presentation
- Second Chance to Live — Lessons from my Journey — Learning to Love and Accept Myself Part 6 Video Presentation
- Second Chance to Live — Lessons from my Journey — Finding Myself Part 5 Video Presentation
- Second Chance to Live — Lessons from my Journey — Finding Freedom Part 4 Video Presentation
- Second Chance to Live — Lessons from my Journey — Awakening Part 1 Video Presentation
- Background Information for Keynote Presentation Craig Phillips Founder and Creator Second Chance to Live Southwest Conference on Disability 2013
- Second Chance to Live and the Embracing Life and Living Well After Brain Injury Conference May 2013 — A Lesson Learned — A Smoother Transition Part 2 Video Presentation
- Second Chance to Live and the Embracing Life and Living Well After Brain Injury Conference May 2013 — A Lesson Learned — A Smoother Transition Part 1 Video Presentation
- Second Chance to Live and the Embracing Life and Living Well After Brain Injury Conference May 2013 — A Lesson Learned — A Smoother Transition Part 2
- Second Chance to Live and the Embracing Life and Living Well After Brain Injury Conference May 2013 — A Lesson Learned — A Smoother Transition Part 1
- Second Chance to Live and a Speaking Opportunity — Trip, Conference and Lessons Learned — Part 1 and Part 2 Video Presentations
- Second Chance to Live and a Speaking Opportunity — Lessons Learned — Part 2
- Second Chance to Live and a Speaking Opportunity — Trip and Conference — Part 1
- Second Chance to Lives’ — 7th Year — Anniversary
- Second Chance to Live — Special Edition Milestone — My 1000th Article
- Second Chance to Live Milestone — 100 Video Presentations — Uploaded to You Tube
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- Second Chance to Live — My Journey thus Far — Revised
- Living with a Brain Injury — My Journey thus Far Part 7 Video Presentation
- Living with a Brain Injury — My Journey thus Far Part 6 Video Presentation
- Living with a Brain Injury — My Journey thus Far Part 5 Video Presentation
- Living with a Brain Injury — My Journey thus Far Part 4 Video Presentation
- Living with a Brain Injury — My Journey thus Far Part 3 Video Presentation
- Living with a Brain Injury — My Journey thus Far Part 2 Video Presentation
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- Second Chance to Live — Special Edition — 900th Article
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- Second Chance to Live––Special Edition—800th Article
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- Second Chance to Live interviewed by a Clinical Bioethicist
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- Second Chance to Live — My Updated About Page
- My Second Department of Vocational Rehabilitation Experience
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- Traumatic Brain Injury – The Back Story of Second Chance to Live
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- Second Chance to Live – Four Year Anniversary
- Second Chance to Live – Special Edition 700 – Facing Reality
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- A Personal Struggle – Waiting for the Call that Never Came
- Living with a brain injury and Overcoming the Fear of Failure Part 3
- My Journey thus Far Part 7
- My Journey thus Far Part 6
- My Journey thus Far Part 5
- My Journey thus Far Part 4
- Second Chance to Live — Special Edition — 600th Article
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- Brain Injury Awareness Month and a List of Brain Injury Resources
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Second Chance to Live’s 3 Year Anniversary Part 2
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- Second Chance to Live — Special Edition — 500th Article
- Answering the Call — Part 2 of 2
- Answering the Call that Never Came
- Second Chance to Live and the Brain Injury Associations of Australia
- Making Twitter Work for Me
- Traumatic Brain Injury — Learning to Let Go of a Dream — Part 1 of 2
- Second Chance to Live Interviewed by ABC Radio KGO AM 810 San Francisco
- Second Chance to Live’s Second Anniversary — February 6, 2009
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- Acquired Brain Injury and Very Good News
- Second Chance to Live — Media Release
- Press Page
- Second Chance to Live — My Presence has been my Absence Part 3
- Second Chance to Live — My Presence has been my Absence Part 2
- Second Chance to Live — My Presence has been my Absence Part 1
- Second Chance to Live — Selected SiteMeter.com Featured Site of August 2008
- Traumatic Brain Injury and the Interview
- Second Chance to Live, Public Speaking Through Zoom and Keynote Presentations
- Second Chance to Live – First Year Anniversary
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Vines—Part 2
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Vines – Part 1
- Second Chance to Live – Special Edition 200 (Part 2 of 2)
- Second Chance to Live – Special Edition 200 (Part 1 or 2)
- My Journey thus Far — Part 3
- My Journey Thus Far — Part 2
- Questions for my Readers
- Strategies for Living –What created my…–Part 3
- Traumatic Brain Injury — My Brief Autobiography Part 2
- My Feeds have changed
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- A Bit of Clarity
- On a personal note
- From My Heart
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- Thank you, Thank you , Thank you
- Befuddled
- Hello World!