About Me

♥ I don't know who I am, really. Every time I've thought I was close to knowing, something happened in my life and I suddenly found myself staring in the mirror at a stranger all over again.
♥ What I do know about myself is what I believe in. And whatever I believe in, I will stand up for, no matter what the cost.
♥ I'm a Traumatic Brain Injury survivor. I also broke my neck at c2 in that same accident. I've been living with a seizure disorder as well since the accident. From complications I ended up with Fibromyalgia.
♥ I got Meningitis from other complications as well, and ended up with a Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)leak for weeks following the lumbar puncture.
♥ I am also living with Mitochondrial Disease, a disease for which there is currently no treatment or no cure. I have my fingers crossed hoping for advances in Stem Cell research in my lifetime.
♥ I've spent the past few years in a manual wheelchair and will be switching to an electric wheelchair shortly due to the progression of my Mito.
♥ Life isn't easy, but these are the cards I'm dealt. I've learned to adjust and move on. There is no sense in "dwelling on the past" when I can live in the present and make the best of my life with what I've still got.

My Profile

My Sign:  Taurus
My Age:  27
My Status:  Single

Hobbies and Interests

Hobbies: photography
Interests: mitochondrial disease, stem cell research, social justice

Favorites

Music: Enya, Ani Difranco, Tori Amos,
TV Show: Friday Night Lights, House, Law and Order: SVU, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty
Movies: Iron Jawed Angels, Save the Last Dance, Rory O'Shea Was Here, Patch Adams, The Dive from Clausen's Pier
Books: The Camera My Mother Gave Me & Girl Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself (or any other of
People: top secret.

Groups

Me and Disability