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04/21/2025

My wife, Jen as well as the Universe have worked very hard to help me “Survive the ICU.”
I was given the gift of a “Second Life and a Second Chance”, and therefore the CHOICE to create the new life that I am now living today.
In the early stages of my recovery after my severe Motorcycle accident, I had entered into a Conspiracy with denial and refused to accept that there was anything wrong with my brain or myself.
But as I continued to deny my problems, my problems only got worse.
I am very grateful for all the people and experiences that came into my life and helped me to accept my challenges.

It is by coming to grips with my problems and learning to accept them that I have been able to find some peace and feel a lot better about myself.

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
By: Maya Angelou

Anthony Aquan-Assee
“Always Believe” 🙏

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04/21/2025

The universe and my wife Jen,have worked very hard to help me “Survive the ICU.”
I was given the gift of a Second Life, and therefore the choice to create the new life that I am now living today.

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
By: Maya Angelou

Anthony Aquan-Assee
“Always Believe” 🙏

(1) YouTube Video for “I Survived”: https://youtu.be/am5YRkhqmcI?si=DYQTLr1aV0yL1au-
(2) https://anthonyaquan-assee.com/music/
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11/10/2024

“It didn't happen TO me,
It happened FOR me.”
It’s my Second life, my Second Chance.

“Always Believe” 🙏
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10/08/2024

I got my daily quota of steps today !
Today my volunteer shift in the Trauma Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit (TN-ICU) at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto was very busy.

Several seriously injured trauma patients had been airlifted to the hospital during the previous night.
As a result, there were many very worried family members wanting to visit their loved one in the ICU.
It is my job as the ICU volunteer to help the visiting families get inside the ICU to see their loved one as quickly as possible.

To do this, I have to communicate with the nurses, doctors and other medical professionals about the family members who are there to visit.

FYI - When a patient first arrives in the ICU there are many medical procedures the nurses and doctors must perform before they allow visitors to come in to see a patient.
An ICU volunteer acts as the intermediary between the doctors/nurses and the visiting family members.

Witnessing the extreme sadness of the visitors always motivates me to give as much as I can to help.
I know very well the horrors that my own family experienced when I was a patient in this very ICU, 27 years ago. 🙏
“You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.”
(By: Winston Churchill)

“Always Believe” 🙏
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03/06/2024

We are all so extremely different with over 100 billion neurons in our brain and these are all interconnected in so many different ways for all of us.

In addition, we also have very different life experiences, different backgrounds, different families, different perspectives and different inherited attributes. This makes us an extremely rare person. In fact, there is no one alive that is exactly like us.

Everyone has their own strengths and challenges so it makes sense to say that we are all differently-abled.

“Always Believe” 🙏
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10/11/2022

I really don’t like 3 AM.
It is has been stated that sleep is the third pillar of good health, alongside diet and exercise.
From: Matthew Walker, Professor of Neuroscience & Psychology

"Always Believe"
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09/28/2019

An Excerpt from my most recent book, "RETHINK, REDO, REWIRED".
The Light
"I looked around. I was surrounded by bright lights everywhere. I felt an extraordinary feeling of peace, comfort, and bliss.
Looking down, I saw myself swerving on my motorcycle to avoid the car. It was coming straight at me, and I couldn’t avoid it. There was a head-on collision, and I wouldn’t survive.
The car smashed into me, and suddenly here I was.
Where am I? Some kind of tunnel. Somewhere? Everywhere? Nowhere. It was all the same.
What’s all this around me?
Never-ending streams of light were everywhere, and orbs of light were floating all around. I had never seen this before, but I wasn’t scared. It was wonderful and very peaceful. Images of my life appeared right in front of me. I watched, remembered, and I understood. Everything that had happened in my life began to make sense.
Not just the accident, but also from the time when I was a child. It all was part of the plan for me for something bigger. Everything that had happened had prepared me for this day. It was all part of the same puzzle.
Now I get it, I thought. Then it all ended. I opened my eyes, and I was in the Neuro-Trauma Intensive Care Unit (ICU)."
"The time has come for all the players in modern medicine to be more open to learning from their patients and not to discourage them from pursuing alternative treatments as an avenue toward healing. It is time for us to rethink, redo, and rewire ourselves to harness the mind, the body, and the spirit as allies in healing. We can heal ourselves."
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08/22/2019

"Storms make trees take deeper roots."
By: Dolly Parton

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08/15/2019

You can Rewire your Brain after a Brain Injury.
A Brain Injury is a very difficult injury to recover from. The time following a Brain Injury is when the brain is capable of making important changes to its structure and ability to function. In other words, the brain has Neuroplastic abilities and can adapt to changes caused by an injury.
Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to form new connections and pathways and change how it is wired.

A brain injury survivor may feel as if there is a never-ending cycle of problems that block their recovery.
Thankfully, the brain’s neuroplastic abilities can help a survivor change how their brain works thus allowing them to RETHINK, REDO and REWIRE their brains.

It will take some time and effort but it is possible for a brain injury survivor to manage, treat and perhaps even cure some of the problems they are plagued with.
For example, a very common problem that many survivors deal with is anxiety.
Neuroplastic approaches to managing anxiety include:
(1) Changing thought patterns.
Mindfulness meditation can help someone notice and extract themselves from a cycle of negative thoughts.
This, in turn, can help someone feel less anxious.

(2) Listening to music.
“Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”
By: E.Y. Harburg

Listening to music can help to change your mood.
For more long-lasting effects, the brain must be actively engaged in learning to make music for there to be positive long-term changes to the brain’s structure and function.

Research has demonstrated that musical training can improve one’s memory and improve various skills, such as fine motor skills, that are directly related to the music instruction.

These neuroplastic approaches will strengthen specific neural pathways leading to long-term changes in the brain.

With sustained effort and a healthy lifestyle, a brain injury survivor is capable of promoting positive changes and growth in their brains.
There is always hope.

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06/16/2019

"I Survived The ICU".
If you "Survived The ICU" as well, be proud and tell the world what you have accomplished with this T-Shirt. Not many people "Survive the ICU". If you are interested, please visit my website at: https://anthonyaquan-assee.com/shop/t-shirt-i-survived-the-icu/ Thanks for your support :)

01/18/2019

Please visit my websites at:
https://anthonyaquan-assee.com and at: http://rethinkredorewired.com

Thank you for your interest and support.

Rethink, Redo, Rewire Yourself ! Learn how to awaken your brain’s healing capacity. Have you ever heard about someone who, “Saw The Light” after a near-death experience? Well, Anthony Aquan-Assee is one of those people. Anthony is a Motivational Speaker, Author, Educator and an Authority on Br...