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Feelings of Loss While I Recovered at Christmas
As I continued to recover from a horrific motor vehicle crash, I was also experiencing feelings of loss. Interrupted by another sleepless night, I find myself staring at the cursor on my computer screen in the middle of the night. I hear the silence and think of...
6 Years of Healing
6 years of healing. 6 years ago my life changed. 6 years ago I was in a horrific car crash. Today is my Crashiversary. Today 6 is my number. 6 is the number of years that I have fought fatigue. Some days minor but others so bad I have had to stay in...
Left To Face Financial Burdens During Recovery
While I was left to face financial burdens from being involved in a motor vehicle crash, family and friends started to attend Christmas Parties, bake cookies and shop for gifts, while I found myself completely and utterly overwhelmed with medical appointments....
My Life is Changed Forever
Life finally felt like it was coming together. I had started my dream job, I was in love with an amazing guy. I was genuinely happy for the first time in a long time. All this changed on a cold November night in 2016. Life was turned upside down. Literally. My...
FAIR – Fair Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform
FAIR (Fair Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform) is a grassroots not-for-profit organization of Ontario's car accident victims and their caregivers and supporters. Since 2011 FAIR has been a voice for those who have been injured in motor vehicle...
To the People That Think I Have an Easy Life
Surviving a crash is life-changing as my life was great that fall morning. I had just spent the night at my boyfriend’s house and was watching the sun rise as I drove to a job that I loved. I finally held a position within an Organization that I had been dreaming...
Driving Me Home
Driving home on a Thursday night about a year ago, my flight had been canceled due to inclement weather, my husband, Matt was driving me home. We were driving south in the slow lane on our local highway and it was raining. Chatting on the phone, I had no idea what was...
Motorcycle Collision Survivor Not Same Person
A Motorcycle Collision changed my life. On April 29, 2018, I was involved in a serious motorcycle collision. My husband was the driver and I was the passenger. It was to be our last ride because my husband was turning 70 and said he didn't feel strong enough to hold...
My Anxiety During Recovery
My anxiety during recovery as a crash survivor was terrifying at times. You may ask why I am now lying in a hospital bed in the middle of the living room while I anxiously wait for morning to come. An occupational therapist recently visited and left me with some...
Concussion Management after a Motor Vehicle Crash
Concussion Management is important after surviving a motor vehicle crash. The diagnosis of whiplash is commonly made in patients that have been involved in a motor vehicle accident (MVA). It is far less common, however, to see patients who have been diagnosed with a...
Project Crash
What is Project Crash? In October 2016, we were asked by our police foundations professor what we could do to promote road safety in our community. We decided that a constant visual image, such as a road sign, would be an effective strategy to target drivers,...
What are Long Term Disability Benefits?
You may have heard of Long Term Disability (LTD) benefits, but aren’t quite sure what they are or how to apply for them. LTD benefits are a form of insurance policy that is intended to protect you from income loss, by providing you with a portion of your income if you...
Starting My Recovery at Home
Starting my recovery at home has begun and I am not even sure what day it is anymore but all I know is that I need to wash my hair. Although my hair is quite long, it is draped away from my face and the majority of my hair is now pinned on top of my head and the scent...
Devastating & Invisible Injury
Devastating & Invisible. I was like you once -- living a full life, enjoying dinners with friends, laughing at my pets' antics, helping out and being helped by family, beavering away at my goals, dreaming of more. And then two drivers behind the car I was riding...
Primary & Secondary Headaches
Following a car accident, with or without loss of consciousness, it is not uncommon for victims to suffer from either a short term or long term headache. Headaches can be classified into two main categories: Primary and Secondary. A primary headache are headaches...
My Journey Home To Recover
My journey home to recover from my crash was very challenging. After spending my first night in the hospital, I am now being told that I was rear-ended and pushed into a transport truck. Why can’t I remember anything? How did this happen to me? I am such a good...
The Day of Impact That Changed My Life Forever
The day of impact was life-changing. About a year after my motor vehicle collision someone asked me “why don’t you blog about your crash?” I thought this was such an odd thing to say to me. I was recovering trying to put my life back together so why on earth would I...
Summer Car Crash Check List
Are you ready for summer with gorgeous, sunny days behind the wheel? Who can blame you. After months of frigid white knuckle commutes, everyone is ready for the sun. But are you really ready for those sunshine roads? Most Canadians would be shocked to discover that...
Brain Injury- Jumbled Brain
As if facing a life time with a brain injury isn’t enough, you become more likely to have other accidents. Everyone will have accidents, that’s just being human. But brain injury survivors are at higher risk of injuring themselves. Yesterday I did another one, that...
The Way It Was & The Way It Is Now As a Crash Survivor
The way it was and the way it is now. I am a car accident survivor and my life changed on October 24, 2008. I was on my way to work when I was T-boned by a dump truck. That was the day my life changed and my path would never be the same. Before the car accident I...
The Challenge of Living with an Invisible Condition Called Pain
Since pain is subjective- each person ‘owns their own pain’ and has learned to use that word through their OWN experiences (injury, disease, condition). An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in...
Tips For Driving in Freezing Rain
Freezing rain is perhaps the most deceiving and destructive of all winter precipitation. Here are 10 important tips to remember when driving in icy conditions. If you don't have to drive, stay home! Ice and driving don't mix, and in freezing rain conditions the roads...
Four Important Tips for Healing After A Collision
Healing after a collision should be your first priority as physical trauma can cause severe injuries that prevent normal daily activities. Depending on the severity of the injury, it can take weeks or months to recover. It is crucial to listen to your body and allow...
GPS Navigation & Safety
It seems like yesterday that GPS equipment was expensive and hard to use. Now global positioning systems come on almost every smart phone out there and is almost to the point of being scary. Many young drivers have come to rely upon GPS as their primary method of...