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Posted: September, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

In March, I went on a two-week school service trip to Rwanda. I felt so much better symptom-wise, and I wanted to challenge myself. It was extremely hot, very sunny, and we had long days with intense physical service work. We spent a few days in Kigali before a daylong safari and ended with a long stay at Agahozo Shalom Youth Village, a boarding school for Rwanda\u2019s most vulnerable youth. Two years ago, I don\u2019t think I would have been able to go on such a strenuous trip. \u00a0This year I had an amazing time there and participated to the fullest. I took a 10 mile hike at midday where we were swarmed by kids from the local villages who walked with us and whom we taught the ABCs, I enjoyed long bus rides, and I formed amazing friendships with students I met in Rwanda and with my peers with whom I travelled. Taking that trip made me feel very confident that all the worst of my symptoms were gone and reassured me that my road to recovery was near complete — I want to tell you that yours is, or will be, too.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019ve read my previous blogs, and experienced them yourself, you know how rough concussion and PCS can be. I wanted to deliver you an update. I was out of school for the 2015-2016 academic year with some tough symptoms. Now, having had a great junior year, heading into my senior year, and looking forward to college, I can assure you that you can get so much better. It may not happen overnight, but looking back at my medical leave year and the blogs I wrote then, things have changed so much.<\/p>\n

Through the Concussion Legacy Foundation and my website, Headstrong, I want to keep telling you my stories, the good and the bad. I think it\u2019s important to keep in mind where you\u2019ve been and how far you\u2019ve come in your recovery, wherever you are, but I also don\u2019t want you to feel that PCS is going to be forever.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s important to remember that thoughtful changes can make a world of difference: harnessing little memory tricks, opting for dinners with friends rather than parties with loud music, remembering your sunglasses. And having friends who understand makes a world of difference.<\/p>\n

Now, I feel that the worst is far behind me, and that I am able to successfully manage a few residual symptoms. I am capable of anything academically and professionally; I\u2019ve handled myself at a tough private school, and I undertook an intense internship this summer. At this point, other than contact sports, there isn\u2019t really anything that I cannot do.<\/p>\n

So if you feel that you\u2019re in for the long haul, the load gets a little lighter each week, and at some point, you\u2019ll barely notice the burden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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