by sarah | Jun 12, 2019 | Blog
By Joanne Phillips, MS, RD June 11, 2019 For 11 years my traumatic brain injury had me always looking down. Looking down on myself, looking down on my life, looking down with no self-confidence, looking down in shame, looking down in fear, looking down in self doubt,...
by sarah | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog
By Joanne Phillips, MS, RD April 15, 2019 They say life imitates art. I believe this is true. When I was a little girl, I remember going to my grandparents’ cozy little lake house that my grandfather built in Old Lyme Connecticut. Every summer we would spend two...
by sarah | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog
By Joanne Phillips, MS, RD Written September 20, 2018 In my world feeling strong is imperative. From the stem cell and PRP therapy, I was blessed this year with the normalcy and stability I so desperately longed for and since February 2018 I have been able to breath...
by sarah | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog
By Joanne Phillips, MS, RD Written April 15, 2018 I didn’t know if I was going to write a post honoring my anniversary but seeing I recently checked off a MAJOR box on my goal list with getting my TRUE self back after my stem cell and PRP therapy, it forced me, in a...
by sarah | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog
By Joanne Phillips, MS, RD Written March 5, 2018 Second Stem Cell / PRP Update NOTE: People ask about my smell and taste and I will address that in a different post as it is a more complicated subject. For those who really know me know that I am a straight up and...
by sarah | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog
By Joanne Phillips, MS, RD Written April 15, 2015 Thank you all for the text, phone calls, FB posts on my 8 year anniversary. This year, I spent a good part of today reflecting on my 8 year journey and how far I have truly come. In the world of brain injury survivors...