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Amy Caperchione

Amy provides a complete history of her experiences after sustaining multiple brain injuries and the impact it had on various aspects of her life. Throughout her story she explains the difficulties she faced during the unpredictable recovery process and how she was forced to navigate through this complex landscape as a result. Read this article to learn more about our newest Concussion Advocate!

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Keep Going

While my concussion didn’t seem so bad compared to sports injuries and auto accidents, as the weeks passed we realized just how much I’d been affected. In the long list of possible symptoms I struggled with everything except for seizures, nausea, and light sensitivity. It was difficult to do the simplest of tasks, cooking was a nightmare, I was bruised from bumping into walls and furniture, and reading a simple sentence made my eyes ache. My head felt like it had been used for batting practice.

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Transformative

I have suffered from concussions for quite a few years now. My first when I was 10 and have suffered 4 others since then. In November of 2016 I suffered a concussion that was not diagnosed properly. Months later I was diagnosed with Post Concussion Syndrome and convergence insufficiency. In November of 2017 I suffered another concussion and was then diagnosed with POTS. After trying several treatments with no success I recently went to Connecticut for a week of “brain camp” and now I am finally starting to feel like myself again.

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Isolating

My name is Kayla and I am 23 years old. I was born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario. I recentl moved to Oshawa, Ontario and am currently enrolled in the animal care program at Durham College. I always wanted to be a nurse growing up, and in my eyes I still am, just for animals instead of humans. But my compassion doesn't end at just animals. I care more about others than myself.

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Emotional

I would want to advocate for concussion awareness cause i would really like to inform young teens, teenagers, adults that concussions could happen in any sport at any level. After my story slowly got out to my friends they doubted my injuries cause i never played “contact” sports or any high level sports. I’d really like to push on educated coaches, parents, players, student etc... that these injuries can happen at any level, any age and that it could really take a toll on someone whether is physically or mentally.

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Disruptive

Concussions have affected my life in many ways. Both indirectly and directly I've experienced and seen others go through what is and can be an extremely frustrating process. Those being all the unknowns that come with concussions (at least what used to be unknowns growing up and playing sports). As a teenager playing contact sports like basketball and hockey, concussion was a scary word, no one wants to have one, and frankly people avoided even bringing them up.

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Riddled

I have had at least 3 concussions in my upbringing as an ice hockey goaltender. Only one was documented and a part of my role would be to create more awareness from stepping away if you think you have suffered a brain injury. I was raised in the old era to stay in the game and athletes need to be more intune with their bodies. That is why I went to the lengths that I did to heal myself (yoga/spirituality/Cannabis diet). It affected my life because I was institutionalized.

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Ameliorate

Hi, my name is Ailish and I’m a fourth year Sociology and Legal Studies student at the University of Waterloo. I love to read, listen to audiobooks and podcasts, swim, workout, and do yoga! When I graduate university, I hope to attend a Canadian Law school and, eventually, become a Criminal Prosecutor. I am using this quarantine time to study for my Law School Admission Test (LSAT) in August and spread awareness about post-concussion recovery on Instagram!

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