Month: September 2023

I had known Bill for many years, when I learned he had suffered a TBI. He’d had a lengthy road of recovery the past couple years, and then a severe car accident too. Bill was always strong as a bull, and few have had a more colorful past and turn around. Between his own addiction, chronic pain, and mental health challenges – He fought like the warrior he had always been and overcame, continuing to live a life of service. In spite of his challenges, Bill had a heart bigger than most. I was blessed to have him as part of my life for so long. Bill Keck was a dear friend who passed in 2021, but his story lives on. Prior to his retirement, Bill, a US Navy Veteran who did two tours in Nam, developed an alcohol and drug treatment center, within a Homeless Shelter. He worked there for almost 20yrs, during which he wrote a book about recovery and miracles. Please watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHjh6OZvwug We were out of touch for a few years, so I was shocked to hear about his brain injury. After being a host for so long, I wonder if he had prior blows to the head during his service, either to our country or at the shelter.

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month! Few of us who survived them, had ever heard of one until that fateful moment … And then our lives were changed forever. 1 in 50 people have aneurysms. I’m 1 in 50, are you? We have a great slate of guests that represent all walks of aneurysm.. Our recently departed friend Rico also weighs in comments he made in 2018. Help me kick off the Awareness Month with your experience on this Special Edition – Voices & Faces of Brain Aneurysm, and learn some some cold, hard facts about this condition .. The things your Dr’s usually fails to tell you .. Guests – Me – (01/09/1995), Rico Principe (02/09/04), Niki Anoniem (06/07/18), Tammy Buck (01-01-11), Lynn Vanderhoof Lawrence (12-01-1976), Micki Turner (07/13/17), Adam Mate (1986), Cathee Cao (04/24/18), Joyce Boyle (10/24/16), Todd Grissom (03/06/14), Yasmine Jennings & Leo Palisano (11/10/2009), LesPaul Morgan (12-18-84) .. and more! This show is a gathering place for anyone seeking recovery from the challenges of life on life’s terms. We discuss useful tools that have helped us lighten the load, of our journey through recovery. More will be revealed! This is a “we” recovery program, because it is in the “we,” that we find the new “me.” We focus on the four A’s of Recovery: Awareness, Acceptance, Action and Adaptation. This is a place for survivor’s striving to become thrivers, which takes a good bit of Warrior! Hosted by Kim Justus, author of In a Flash: Miracles Here and Beyond and Hootie’s Hollow and the Magic Tree found at inaflash.org and “Like” me at facebook.com/inaflash.org too!

September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month. An estimated 6.7 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm or 1 in 50 people. The annual rate of rupture is approximately 8 – 10 per 100,000 people. About 30,000 people in the United States suffer a brain aneurysm rupture each year. A brain aneurysm ruptures every 18 minutes. There are almost 500,000 deaths worldwide each year caused by brain aneurysms, and half the victims are younger than 50. Ruptured brain aneurysms are fatal in about 50% of cases. Of those who survive, about 66% suffer some permanent neurological deficit. Approximately 15% of people with a ruptured aneurysm die before reaching the hospital. Most of the deaths are due to rapid and massive brain injury from the initial bleeding. We recently lost a valued advocate in the Brain Aneurysm Community – Rico Principe. He founded one of the largest online aneurysm support pages on FB, helping thousands. We’d like to pay tribute to him and the service he provided so many. The shock of his passing has rocked the community. We will also hear from fellow Brain Aneurysm Survivors in the interest of sharing, educating, and raising awareness. All know of Heart Disease, Cancer, etc. Much fewer know about Aneurysm, unless their lives have been touched by it.