I’m John Centofanti.

 

One day in January 2018, I went for my daily run.

Shortly after I would become a cardiac arrest survivor.

I’m a writer and creative professional, as well as a husband, father and grandfather.

When your life ends in an instant, there’s no guidebook to show you how to build a new one while you live with the effects of anoxic brain injury.

This is why I’m sharing my story of losing my previous life and my journey to build a new one I love. My hope is to help others who are learning to thrive, not just survive.

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Same Run. Same Route. Life-Altering Event.

Author’s Note: I write this having suffered an anoxic brain injury. Cardiac arrest stopped my breathing for 11 minutes, and another four times on the way to the hospital. Years ago, this was called brain damage, but now the softer sounding phrase is brain injury. Same thing….

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Invisible Illness: How I Look Doesn’t Reflect How I Feel

There are so many people with serious health conditions that suffer from what doctors call invisible illness. Invisible does not mean a patient is fabricating a health issue. It means that the condition is not observable by others. This makes sense. It’s logical. Yet, most people falsely believe if they can’t see a clear indication of illness, then whoever they are looking at must be healthy. This is very common with neurological disorders.

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