TANYA

Tanya experienced a severe traumatic brain injury after a serious rollerblading accident. She struggled with TBI symptoms for many years before receiving treatment, which is the case for many TBI survivors. Tanya’s symptoms included changes in personality, severe headaches, loss of memory, dizziness, and light and sound sensitivity. Her inability to sleep due to many of these symptoms also led to a diagnosis of narcolepsy.

After years of suffering silently, Tanya finally decided to seek treatment. She participated in occupational therapy, neuromuscular therapy, and Dynavision (multi-tasking

Sharing Her Story To Inspire Others Recovering From Tbi

coordination and cognition exercise), and began to see results. Tanya’s distress was soon replaced with a sense of hopefulness. “I noticed that I was using words I hadn’t remembered using in a long time and remembering things without relying on lists,” she says. I just began feeling more like myself.” Of course, there are still challenges. Tanya continues to experience recurring headaches, however, they are much less frequent than they were before treatment. She has continued to engage in an ongoing treatment plan and is seeing more improvement, which is adding to his quality of life. “I encourage anyone recovering from a TBI to never give up,” she says.