The AMP (Al Mega Podcast) - Daniel MacQueen

Dan MacQueen is an inspiring entrepreneur and motivational coach who has persevered and overcome a traumatic brain injury. On the Almega podcast, Dan shares his story of how he overcame his injury while living in London, England in 2014. Dan was working in tech and moved to London after completing a master’s degree in Sweden. He faced a range of challenges in his recovery, but he persevered and is now helping others to achieve their goals. Dan is an up and coming speaker and uses his story to inspire and motivate others to never give up and to reach their dreams.

Dan was enjoying life in London when he started to get severe headaches and his vision would go black for a few minutes. He visited the emergency room twice and was told to get his eyes checked by an optometrist. During the exam, the optometrist stopped and gave him a sealed envelope, telling him to go directly to Moorfields Hospital. At Moorfields, the tests were escalated and he was sent to Cherry Cross, where it was discovered that he had a dangerous build-up of pressure in his brain caused by a non-cancerous tumour.

Dan was rushed to the hospital with an emergency brain surgery due to a cyst that burst and caused a brain hemorrhage. They were in a coma for four weeks and when they woke up, they had lost the ability to speak. They pointed to their brother and asked for a pen and paper to write down Get me out of here and then had to relearn how to walk, talk, and smile again. They were alone in London when the incident occurred, but their family came when they were in a coma. The speaker also remembered a dream they had while in a coma of being on a submarine with a massive aquarium, not understanding why it was there since it was underwater to begin with.

Dan was in a coma for months and when he woke up, his leg had frozen at an angle and he was in a wheelchair. He had to wear a splint to help it work again, but it was incredibly painful. It took him 45 minutes to get into the wheelchair and he had to gradually get faster until he was able to do it in 30 minutes. He used to be able to play lots of sports, but now he was in a wheelchair and it was a difficult battle to get back to walking. The speaker expressed that it was frustrating as all hell and asked about the emotional moments during this time of difficulty.

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