Rehabilitation 3/5

Sep 16, 20213 min read

Loving ourselves after brain injury

Recovering & living with a brain injury comes with many challenges, learning to love ourselves again being one of them. Sharing my thoughts.

Veronique Theberge

Aug 27, 20214 min read

Sound the Foghorn

Brain fog after brain injury...What is brain fog? What triggers it and some tips to try to alleviate brain fog.

Veronique Theberge

Aug 2, 20214 min read

The Gateway to Health

Do you think that the current health system caters for the complex issue that brain injury recovery is?

Veronique Theberge

Jul 13, 20214 min read

Help anyone?

Do you ask for help? When not reciprocated, how does it make you feel? Why was your call unanswered? How do you process/interpret this?

Veronique Theberge

Jun 17, 20214 min read

Trauma, the Chicken or the Egg?

What causes trauma, how does it manifest itself and how do you best learn to move on?

Veronique Theberge

Jun 10, 20213 min read

Driving After Brain Injury

When the challenges linked to driving after encephalitis and acquired brain injury result in a loss of independence.

Back to a Teen's Brain After Brain Injury

Veronique Theberge

Jun 2, 20213 min read

Back to a Teen's Brain After Brain Injury

When a teen's brain and an injured brain are two peas in a pod.

Veronique Theberge

May 29, 20212 min read

Moments of Grief

I’m very familiar with grief. Since e and abi occurred, it feels as though I’ve been learning to grieve the old me...

Veronique Theberge

Apr 17, 20215 min read

Retiring my adventure race bib

I reflected on a lot of things following the back-to-back races. I’m addressing some of the reasons which lead me to retiring the bib.

Veronique Theberge

Apr 12, 20216 min read

Adventure racing on a wonky brain

What are the effects of a payback after overexerting your brain following encephalitis & brain injury? This blog recounts an event.

Motivation, strength or dare I say absence of it!

Veronique Theberge

Apr 5, 20214 min read

Motivation, strength or dare I say absence of it!

When a set back sucks all your energy, motivation and strength. How do you slowly find ways to build yourself back up?

When Hope Translates into Running for the Hills

Veronique Theberge

Mar 5, 20212 min read

When Hope Translates into Running for the Hills

Years after encephalitis and ABI, I am still expecting for a magical solution to be presented by my neurologist to reboot my brain.

Veronique Theberge

Feb 23, 20214 min read

Something is wrong here

Moments where you think “something is wrong” because your brain operates better than “normal” after brain injury.

Veronique Theberge

Feb 17, 20215 min read

Paula’s story with encephalitis and OCD

This is a short narrative or Paula's story with Encephalitis, ABI and OCD.

Veronique Theberge

Feb 10, 20213 min read

Let’s talk about raising awareness

Raising awareness is not an easy task regardless of the cause. But where do we sit in regards to raising awareness of mental health?

Veronique Theberge

Jan 28, 20212 min read

Finding Direction After Brain Injury

At one point or another all of us will be looking for some directions to move forward in our lives. Lessons learnt from e on finding my way.

Beyond the Physical Impacts of Encephalitis and Acquired Brain Injury

Veronique Theberge

Jan 19, 20214 min read

Beyond the Physical Impacts of Encephalitis and Acquired Brain Injury

Beyond the physical impacts of encephalitis and abi sits a very important aspect...mental health.

The Real Challenges of Surviving Encephalitis & Acquired Brain Injury

Veronique Theberge

Jan 9, 20215 min read

The Real Challenges of Surviving Encephalitis & Acquired Brain Injury

Addressing the challenges no one told me about when I was sent back home. Because surviving e is one thing and living post e another.

Veronique Theberge

Jan 4, 20213 min read

Brain Shutdown

When your brain goes in near complete shut down mode and the ugly aftermath it leaves behind...time to rebuild my strength once again!

Veronique Theberge

Dec 5, 20203 min read

Emotions Galore

Managing emotions can be a challenge. This blog is a narrative describing a moment when I let that iron armour down after brain injury.