Author page: Anthony Aquan-Assee

Anthony Aquan-Assee

Anthony Aquan-Assee is a survivor of a Traumatic Brain Injury.
He worked as a Teacher with the Toronto District School Board for thirty years.
Since 1999, Anthony has volunteered every week in the Trauma & Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit at St. Michael's Hospital in downtown Toronto.
Anthony also volunteers, in memory of his Mother, in the Palliative Care Unit at St. Michael's Hospital.
Anthony is also a Motivational Speaker, an Author and an aspiring Musician.

99 articles published

My Spiritual Solution

In 1997, Dr. Wayne Dyer prayed and meditated beside my hospital bed when I lay in a very deep coma in the Trauma and Neurosurgery ICU (TN-ICU) at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto.  A close friend of mine, Sam, had gone to a presentation by Dr. Wayne Dyer that he and I had purchased tickets…

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Cancer Care is a Shared Decision

I am learning a lot in my cancer journey.  I recently learned that I am S.O.L., which means “Something Out of Luck”, as I don’t swear,  at least not online. (Lol).  When I was diagnosed with Stage 4, Metastatic Prostate cancer, the Oncologist told me that the first line of treatment will be with Hormone…

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CT Scan

Cancer Care – What You Can Do

CT Scan I had another Medical Imaging procedure (CT Scan) to help my Oncologists determine how much cancer is in my body and how far it has spread.  Oncologists informed me that the same Inherited genetic mutation that causes aggressive Prostate Cancer in men also significantly increases the risk of breast cancer in women, within the…

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Real Magic

Anthony volunteering by playing his guitar in the Palliative Care Unit at St. Michael's Hospital. There is an invisible energy that is part of us.  Some may call this mind, spirit, soul, thoughts, consciousness or whatever they like.  This invisible force connects everything in our physical life all together.  Surviving my extremely serious motorcycle accident forced…

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My Real Truth

Please read what I write here with an open mind. 🙏 "Why me ?"  "Why did this happen to me ?"  These were some of the initial questions that plagued me in the early stages of my recovery, following a horrific motorcycle accident.  I had sustained a severe Traumatic Brain Injury as well as numerous…

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I Survived

“I Survived” is the title of my first song I recorded in a professional music studio in Toronto.  My song discusses the story of my Survival and my Recovery from a severeTraumatic Brain injury.  “I Survived” is now available on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube as well as on other music streaming platforms.  If you wish,…

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