Stories

Brain injury survivor Hong Nguyen shares her story of life after brain injury. She emphasizes the importance of living in the moment and taking recovery day by day.

Gus Thorne offers a vivid portrayal of how a motorcycle accident left him blind and brain injured.

Paul Tubby shares his experience of recovery from brain injury, speaking about some of the challenges he has faced, the importance of support from family and friends and offers advice to other survivors.

Encephalitis survivor Wendy Station speaks about her experience with brain injury. She stresses the importance of improving education around encephalitis and brain injury and shares stories of her recovery process.

Brain injury survivor Kalev Kasendi shares his experience of recovery.

Vancouver photographer Jon Pesochin shares his experience of recovering from a concussion. He speaks about how his brain injury impacted his professional and personal life and offers insights to other survivors.

Brain injury survivor Melanie Caple shares her experience. She speaks about the importance of education around the topic of brain injury, offers insights for family and friends, as well as advice for other survivors.

Brain injury survivor Ian Young describes his personal experience of brain injury, speaks about his hospitalization and offers advice to other brain injury survivors.

Tim Readman, the Executive Director of the Stroke Recovery Association of BC, talks about his connection to the brain injury community. He offers professional insights and advice about moving through the stroke recovery process and the experience of brain injury.

Mitch Loreth speaks about the inspiration for building www.brainstreams.ca, describes his connection to the brain injury community and offers advice for survivors, as well as their family and friends.