The Story of Anthony Macchio-Young's TBI Recovery
Below is the third installment of my Stanford University Medical Center x-ray taken in the ER, before my neurosurgery was performed, with holiday twist. I know it’s once again slightly belated, but the holiday season will put everyone in over their heads…especially for all of us TBI/ABI survivors. 😜 With that being said, I hope that you …
After having posted my unedited ER x-ray in honor of Halloween to Instagram, and other social media accounts, two years ago I then had the fun idea of using the same x-ray for Thanksgiving…but with a little editing to make it more practical for such a holiday. Not to mention that I have been MORE than thankful each of the four …
Before I begin this post I have to make it known that I am typing this entry, in full, with my laptop in my lap, using both my left and right hand and with a timer running. I am doing this in place of my New Year’s resolution of typing my OT, Vicky Whalen, one …
I ALWAYS have been thankful to have grown up in the awesome town of Charleston (Chucktown), South Carolina. But, after my accident I’ve grown to appreciate it for even more reasons as to why it’s awesome! Upon growing up I learned to respect the fact that this was such a historic city, littered with fun …
I once again have not had any time to reconstruct my recovery blog’s web presence this month (September 2016). BUT, I do have rather decent news to announce though! I have yet to be able to meet my longterm goal of getting my gait pattern (walking pattern) down to the typical stride of a healthy …
Last month I was planning on not updating my blog for the month of August 2016. I said rather that I was going to redesign the blog’s UI/UX design instead. Well, I (un)fortunately have not found the time to do so. I have really been too busy with a few graphic design projects, so that’s …
This time last month (5/19/16, when I started writing this post) my parents and I were checking into our hotel room in Alexander City, Alabama. We were doing so in order to prepare ourselves to wake up early the following morning and make our way to Shepherd Center’s adaptive springtime camp Adventure Skills Workshop (ASW). …
My parents have been a HUGE benefit to my recovery and, of course, my life as a whole. With that being said, I’ve decided that this May blog posting will act as a belated Mother’s Day present AND an early Father’s Day present to the both of them! First and foremost, I have to start …
SPOILER ALERT: This next post is all about the second half of my Throwback Thursday experience. If you have yet to read #ThrowbackThursday1 I would highly suggest you do so before diving into this one! When the Grand Cayman government ambulance had finished backing up into the Health City ER port the hospital’s group of …
I am writing this post with watery eyes because of the things the mobile app Timehop has been telling me happened on my social media pages three years ago, around when my accident happened. Every time that I’ve opened the app for over a week now I’ve seen a number of family members, both close …
Today marks the 3rd anniversary of my accident, or my 3rd re-birthday. I am very thankfully that I’m still making progress, slowly but surely, as I stand up at my new stand up desk at home alone. I once again have to say that I could not have done/continue to be making such progress without all of …
I hope everyone had a great holiday season and a happy and safe New Year celebration! I’m making a New Year’s resolution for myself for me to update my blog at least once each month. I did this because I have been a major slacker at updating it and keeping everyone informed as to where …
The photos featured are one of my brothers and me recreating a photo from almost two years ago. He and his wife were visiting Charleston for the first time in a pretty long while and his wife showed me the first picture at dinner their first night in town earlier this week. That’s when the idea struck me …
I forgot to update the blog about my 2 year anniversary post last Sunday, February 1st, 2015. I am still making substantial improvements day in and day out, slowly but surely. Couldn’t do it without everyones’ continued prayers and support, thank you, I couldn’t do it without you all!
I had the surgery on my left hand’s PIP and DIP joints’ tendons last week and I’m already showing way more movement in my hand than there used to be!