Leuty Parker

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  • Coma

    A coma is a state of unresponsive unconsciousness & the person cannot be just woken up. Kind of like a sleep extra sleep, without dreams.

    I have SURVIVED 3 comas & I really shouldn’t be so proud of that. Well it takes more than a coma to kill me, I should know.

    A coma can result from injury to the brain, such as a severe head injury or stroke. A coma can also be caused by severe alcohol poisoning or a brain infection (encephalitis).

    My 1st coma was when I got diabetes. Technically, it killed me, but I am here to tell the story. Kinda like a miracle.

    My 2nd was from my TBI, known as a traumatic brain injury. Of course I can’t remember any, I wish I did.

    I experience memories form what others tell me, or information I find on my laptop & mobile. It really has left me searching for my identity. Its weird having all these memories, but no personal perspective.

    I’ll close this post with “what doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger”

  • Tidying up

    I have gone through a period of tidying up my flat, mainly chucking out all the things I don’t use, need or want. This includes a lot of unwanted clothes. & my main subject of conversation is food, where I have rooted out my cupboards. In which there’s a lot of dried food.

    I will never eat or have the motivation to cook to eat. So I’m going through each, cooking it in bulk & keeping it in Tupperware in the fridge so I’m make likely to eat them.

    I have done spaghetti, couscous, sushi rice, lasagna and guess what tonight is…

    Lentils with chopped tomatoes & ham

  • USPs

    So far a while, I put my blog in my routine. I was diligent on posting every day. To build a routine including it, being a way to help me get through my brain injury; a certain time endocrined in my routine. That’s how our brains work; having a time that you are meant to do certain things.

    Don’t you remember in school you had a time for a certain class.

    My blog became less important as other things gained more of my attention, but i want to return to blogging more often as it’s a way to regain my routine. It is something that can help my memory & an introduction to working life.

    Also a way to help/inspire others in my position. So I have to set a theme of this blog, well it’d be like meeting me digitally.

    But as for the theme I have to decide who my target market would be & work out what my USPs are (USP=Unique Selling Point). I think you can probably work out who I’m aiming to read this from what my USPs are, but I’m pretty sure none of my readers are stupid. So here we go;

    I am recovering from a brain injury. Attended @headway for a short time, however I mainly went to use their gym.

    I’m leaning to walk. All of my walking progress is down to my private physio sessions. Done through @neurophysio.

    I’m in care in @leonardchesire in #edinburgh where I live.

    I’m working to commit my leisure time partially to this #blog.

    I’m currently doing an MA in business and management at @uclan

    I have #diabetes. diabetes mellitus, so type 1. A lot of my content may be targeted to the diagnostic community.

    While being vain, I have a fair amount of social capital (those who know me in person can vouch for that).

    I’m fairly #errodite. Into #randomfacts

    I studied #faskiondesignanddevopment at @lcf in London

  • Sheapard tones

    Listen to this, it’ll change your perception about how we live. Go to approximately 11.30…. You won’t regret it.

    https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/radiolab/id152249110?i=1000581927918

  • Floccinaucinihilipilification

    Is the longest word in the English language, & it is the act of assuming something as worthless. 

  • 42 … rainbows

    Just ask Alexa what “the meaning of life, the universe & everything” is…

    The light goes past your head, bounces around the back of the raindrop & coming back to your eye. This can only happen at an angle OF FOURTY TWO DEGREE.

  • Persistence

    This blog really has been an expression of my life through rehab. I would like to set an example for however difficult things may seem, they do get better, if you persevere. Throughout this journey I have changed physically & mentally, but the same erudite sarcastic woman has been in there, all along. I recently saw John Lloyd at the the fringe & he said the trick to success isn’t talent, either luck, it’s PERSISTENCE.

    So be like me & persist.

  • Visiting Edinburgh

    As I have some friends visiting me from other countries, I have had to develop a brilliant plan which can adapt to their performances (like what they like to do and what is in my routine too).

    This can appeal to tourists too to visit Edinburgh, like a rota of what is best to see and do here. So to find out how I’ll be the hostess with the mostess of Edinburgh, I’ll go on:::

    Edinburgh museum

    Greyfriars Bobby

    Camera Obscurea

    National gallery of Scotland

    Restaurants: The Alchemist

    Restaurants: Aisle

    Restaurants: tollhiue

  • Focus

    … basically, don’t.

    There was a study where participants had to choose, say, a piece of art, which they preferred. The subjects were split into 2 groups & 1 group had to go with their gut feeling. The other had to take a more educated choice, why they made the choice they did.

    A while after, they were asked how satisfied they were with their initial choice. Those who went with their gut feeling were more satisfied. Explained because when you make an educated choice, you’re blinded by the positives & don’t see the negatives. If you just relax & don’t put too much pressure on the decision, things tend to work out, some how.

    When you’re really wanting something to happen, it only will when you stop focusing on it.

  • Aphasia

    So my TBI caused me to have aphasia, which I knew nothing about. & I imagine you don’t either, so let me introduce it.

    My aphasia is mainly making me have to learn how to walk again, but the most common type of aphasia is Broca’s aphasia(the language part of the brain). This affects the frontal lobe of the brain. In this circumstance, they may have paralysis in their right side, probably expecting why my right eye is blind.

    Those with aphasia usually have damage on the left side of the brain. This controls movements on the right side of the body.

    Aphasia is common for those without brain injury, where stroke survivors will have aphasia. It’s estimated that more than 2.5 million people are living with aphasia in the US alone.