August 14, 2025 • 25 mins
After surviving a stroke in July 2023, Manny completely transformed his life—losing 80 pounds, giving up alcohol, and embracing a Mediterranean-style diet. In this inspiring conversation, he shares how lifestyle changes, family support, and adaptive tools have helped him regain independence, improve his health, and rediscover joy in fishing, gardening, and his dream of returning to the grill. Manny emphasizes that your commitment to recovery defines its speed and impact. You are in control of your progress.
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Speaker (00:08):
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or the Brain Injury Network.
This podcast is forinformational purposes only, and
it's not a substitute forprofessional medical advice, the
diagnosis or treatment.
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(00:29):
questions you may have regardinga medical condition.
Thank you.
Carrie (00:35):
Hi, I'm Carrie, a stroke survivor and a member of BIND.
Brittany (00:39):
And I'm Brittany.
I'm a TBI survivor and a memberof BIND.
Today we will meet with ManuelDurate Jr.
Or Manny, who made a massivelifestyle change.
He went from 278 pounds to 198pounds after his stroke on July
19th.
2023.
Let's hear how he did it.
(01:00):
And welcome, Manny.
manny-duarte (01:02):
Thank you for having me.
Welcome.
Brittany (01:04):
Thank you.
Thank you.
manny-duarte (01:06):
So it, it all started, you know, with, uh, my
whole lifestyle, it was, uh, notdoing right as far as eating.
Uh, I ate a lot of red meat andfried foods.
Uh, I also had a big problemwith drinking and then I wasn't
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taking care of myself by takingthe medication that my doctor
prescribed me.
I would wait a week or twobefore an appointment to start
taking my blood pressuremedication so it would be okay
by the time I go see him.
So after the stroke, I stayedaway from red meat, no fried
(01:51):
food.
I really.
Hit more like a Mediterraneanstyle diet.
Uh, as far as exercising well, Iwas only able to do so much
because I lost on my side, leftside, my use of my right, left,
uh, left arm and leg.
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So it really all came down toeating right.
I learned how to, uh.
Eat moderate with moderationbecause before the stroke it
was, I'd get full, but I wasn'tfull.
To me it wasn't full until Ifelt I fooled up to my neck.
Carrie (02:35):
I understand.
So now
manny-duarte (02:37):
I understand that my body tells you when you're
full and I learned how to listento my body.
Carrie (02:44):
Okay.
manny-duarte (02:44):
Uh, also.
I stopped drinking.
Well, it was something that mydoctor told me at first to stop
doing.
I mean, he does allow me now onedrink, but I choose not to do it
because I'm okay with not havingto drink.
Uh, I enjoy mocktails, even anon-alcoholic beer, just for the
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taste of it, but it wasdefinitely hard.
Uh, letting go of red meat.
I'm a guy that loves tobarbecue.
Well, used to barbecue haven'tbarbecue since the stroke, but I
plan on getting back to do it.
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Was it easy?
No, it was very hard.
Carrie (03:37):
Okay.
manny-duarte (03:37):
Being around other survivors when I was at, at
inpatient care, at NeuroRestorative in Houston.
Everybody was eating whateverthey wanted to and their family,
bringing them whatever theywanted to eat.
But I was more stuck on a morestrict diet,
Carrie (03:56):
so manie.
But
manny-duarte (03:57):
I started to like to see the changes going on in
my, in my body and my healthfeeling better.
So after I was discharged from,from inpatient care, I had, uh.
Rehab without walls to come inand help me.
I had a nutritionist who reallyhelped me a lot.
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I learned how to read thenutrition facts on the boxes and
packages at the grocery store,which made a big difference.
My A1C level when I had thestroke was at a 13, which is
very high for diabetic.
I am at a 5.1 now, so I'm prettyclose to hopefully my doctor's
(04:42):
saying, I don't need dia, Idon't need, uh, Metformin
anymore.
So that in itself keeps mewanting to keep eating and doing
things right.
Carrie (04:55):
That's really good.
I'm gonna back up just a minute.
Um, let's, can we talk a littlebit more, um, what kind of
stroke did you have?
I know you said you wereaffected on the left side.
I was affected on the left sidetoo.
Did you, do you know, did youhave a hemorrhagic or a Um, I
had a
manny-duarte (05:09):
ischemic.
I had a right MCA ischemicstroke.
Carrie (05:13):
Okay.
Okay.
So, and I guess, you know, Iknow you said, we talked about
you had a heart attack too, wasyour, your heart attack was
before your stroke.
All right.
manny-duarte (05:21):
Yes.
I had a heart attack in 2017.
Carrie (05:24):
Okay.
manny-duarte (05:24):
And it was crazy because I had started a diet
with my, uh, uh, a nutritionist,and, uh, my brother and I were
doing it together.
I got down to 2 25.
So at that point, I was in mybest weight out of my adulthood
life.
And then I had a str, I had theheart attack.
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So after that.
After the, after the heartattack, my thought changed to
like, why eat right?
Why do the things right?
If I'm still gonna have a heartattack?
I'm like, be jolly and happy.
Eat whatever you want, buddy.
You good.
What?
Well, doing that, I put myselfin the situation that I'm in
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now, but you know, I can sithere and complain all about it,
but.
The silver, silver lining ofthis is I went from 2 78 to 1 98
and I feel much better.
I don't get as tired as fast asI used to, not because of the
weight.
Now, I get tired more nowbecause of the stroke that I
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had, which is a physicaltiredness and also mental
fatigue as well, which istotally different.
But I enjoy doing things morethan I used to.
Everything's harder to do, but Istill enjoy it.
Mm.
Brittany (06:45):
Alright.
So you just talked about, um,physical and mental fatigue
after your stroke.
Was there any more challengesthat you had to overcome after
your stroke?
manny-duarte (06:54):
Oh, definitely.
Just the fact of not being ableto walk at first, the fact that
I had to have somebody turn onthe lights for me, turn off the
lights, gave me, help me getoutta bed in bed, had to help me
go to the restroom.
Shower, all those things that aperson can do.
(07:15):
Before, you know, prior tohaving a stroke, I had to depend
on somebody to do it.
Now there's still a few thingsthat I depend on people to do
for me.
One being the driving part, Ican't drive.
I did lose a little bit of myvision on my left side,
especially the peripheral view.
Mm-hmm.
Like I can only see so far on myperipheral view, but.
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I kind of enjoy people drivingme around.
Carrie (07:42):
That's good.
And my, um, my stroke wassimilar to yours.
I was completely paralyzed onthe left side as well.
My arm doesn't quite work likeit should either.
So that's why you saw I had tohave Jessica help put my
headphones on.
manny-duarte (07:55):
Yes.
Um,
Carrie (07:56):
do and I wear an AFO on my ankle.
Do you have to wear an AFO?
manny-duarte (08:00):
Yes, I do.
Okay.
Carrie (08:01):
But are you walking now?
manny-duarte (08:03):
Yes, I'm walking now.
But let me just go a littlestory on the AFO.
Hm.
So I had started developing acalus on the side of my foot.
So I went to podiatrist.
Well, he thought he was gonna behelpful and he cut a hole in my
AFO.
Wow.
So I went to Hanger, the companythat does my AFO Sure.
(08:23):
To see if they could fix it.
Well, come to find out thedoctor doing that voided my
warranty.
Brittany (08:29):
Mm-hmm.
Ooh,
manny-duarte (08:31):
yes.
So I had to wait on a new, a newAFO to be made.
Which it took about a month anda half.
Carrie (08:37):
Yeah.
manny-duarte (08:38):
And now I've been fighting almost another month
trying to get it right, becauseit still bothers my foot.
Carrie (08:44):
Yeah.
They're, and I
manny-duarte (08:45):
have missed, I have missed over two months of
therapy for not being able towalk.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Carrie (08:50):
Yeah.
AFOs are hard.
I, um, I found my, I had to goto a podiatrist as well, because
my foot completely rolls.
And my toes, I have found thatI've got, I get calluses or
they're not calluses.
I don't know what they are.
They called'em on my toe.
And so it hurts.
But because Sure, you know, thestroke and the nerves, I can't,
(09:10):
I don't really know what hurts.
I just know something hurts.
So I go in there and he is like,oh yeah, we've got cut this
growth off your toe.
Mm-hmm.
And we've done that.
But he was, when the first timeI went to see him, he actually
recommended me to a different,um, prosthetic company.
Prosthetic.
Did I say that right?
Yeah, I think I did.
But yeah, it didn't sound rightin my head to a different
(09:31):
company, um, other than Hangarthat's local to DFW that I
really like.
Um, I really like these and thatit's done a lot better, so I
like it.
But yeah, people don't thinkabout all the extra issues with
a AFO Yeah,
Brittany (09:45):
definitely.
I
Carrie (09:45):
hate that the, the podiatrist should have known you
can't mess with equipment.
You
Brittany (09:50):
know
Carrie (09:50):
That's true.
So I'm sorry to hear that.
That's no fun.
Brittany (09:53):
Especially
manny-duarte (09:53):
when it's not your own equipment thing.
So even now I'm having to go seea care wound doctor to care for
that wound on my foot.
Carrie (10:00):
Ooh.
And which is now getting
manny-duarte (10:02):
better.
Carrie (10:03):
Oh, good.
I'm glad it's getting better.
Yeah.
And, um, hopefully you're, butyou're still getting some
therapy.
Hopefully they can come in andthey're still working with you.
Um, well,
manny-duarte (10:12):
no.
Um, I got discharged from RehabWithout Walls.
Okay.
Carrie (10:16):
So
manny-duarte (10:16):
I was doing outpatient at Methodist here in
Houston.
And I stopped going because theysuggested I not walk on the foot
the way it was.
Sure.
Brittany (10:26):
Yeah.
manny-duarte (10:27):
And now that I'm seeing a care wound doctor, A
wound care doctor, sorry.
Brittany (10:32):
It's okay.
She wants
manny-duarte (10:33):
me to walk'cause she wants to see how much the
AFO is actually affecting myfoot.
Yeah.
Brittany (10:36):
Mm-hmm.
manny-duarte (10:38):
Which I'll have an appointment with her tomorrow to
see the progress of the woundcare that she did for me last
Friday.
Brittany (10:44):
Yeah.
AFOs are not fun.
Not fun because with my afo not,and they're heavy.
Yes.
And hot.
I had a full black AFO, I'm notan AFO anymore.
I kind of got better and Igraduated to A A SO, which is a
ankle, um, stabilizer instead ofa ankle foot orthotic.
But with my orthotic, my boneactually start popping out.
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And it was weird'cause like itjust like had a lump on my foot
and it's like actually my bone,it wasn't a callous or anything.
They touched it.
It was my bone.
But I guess since I graduated,it kind of like neutralized
though.
But I still have problems withmy foot.
I had my AFO because of footdrop,'cause of my brain injury.
So foot drop is
manny-duarte (11:21):
hard.
Carrie (11:22):
Yep.
Mine was a combination of thefoot drop and the rolled foot.
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
It's hard to walk if you can'tput your foot flat.
manny-duarte (11:29):
Yeah.
So the other thing that I haveto deal with.
Yes, on my left foot a long timeago, like in the early nineties,
I had a surgery, so I have ascrew in my left foot.
Carrie (11:42):
Oh.
manny-duarte (11:42):
Which the doctors, the doctors thought that the
screw was backing out and thatwas a problem getting me a, me
getting a calus there.
But it wasn't that, it was justthe a o uh, my foot rubbing
against the afo.
Carrie (11:55):
Yeah, they're, it's a lot of fun stuff.
Um, but.
So, um, I wanna, now let's goback and talk a little bit about
you.
I mean, I was the same as youbefore my stroke.
When it came to the medication.
Like about a year before mystroke, my doctor said, oh, I'm
(12:19):
37, or I was 37.
I wish I was 37.
I was 37 at the time.
And my doctor was like, oh, youhave slight high blood pressure.
And I'm like, okay.
37, slight and high bloodpressure, no big deal.
So yeah, I would take, stillyoung, I would take a pill and
I'd be like, you know, youdon't, and then like a week
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would go by and I'd be like, oh,I should probably take another
pill.
I, you're supposed to take'emdaily.
Uh, and then, you know, about amonth later, I had my stroke and
then it, it took years to get myblood pressure under control
with the right medication.
So yeah, if you're listening.
And you don't think you have anyissues, but you might have high
blood pressure, please take yourmedicines like you're supposed
(13:00):
to take'em.
Yeah, for sure.
I take a me, I'm not doctor, butI play one on a podcast.
manny-duarte (13:04):
It's easier to take medication than it is to
deal with a stroke.
Carrie (13:06):
Absolutely.
I agree with you.
I mean, I take more medicationsnow.
Than I did if I would've justtaken what I was supposed to
take.
manny-duarte (13:14):
That's right.
Yeah, you are right.
Carrie (13:16):
So I feel you on that.
But
manny-duarte (13:18):
just my morning meds is seven pills.
Yeah, mine's something
Carrie (13:21):
like that.
Now I, but I wanna go back.
You just, you made the decisionon your own to change.
You're eating.
Yes.
It wasn't the doctor.
I mean, the doctors all tell usto eat healthy today.
Now, I, I am very proud of youand I also think you're a little
crazy.
'cause I'm sorry, I am notgiving up my meat and potatoes.
You're not, I am not giving upmy red meat Uhuh.
manny-duarte (13:42):
So what I do is I have it once a month.
Carrie (13:45):
Okay.
manny-duarte (13:46):
And I'll think about what I want.
Do I want a burger or do I wanta steak or tacos?
What do I want?
Carrie (13:54):
Okay.
manny-duarte (13:54):
And then when I decide my family will take me
wherever I want to go and I havemy beef for that month.
For that, for that month,
Carrie (14:01):
well, that's one way to do it.
So, so what do you, I mean, yousaid Mediterranean style, but
help me, like, so what do youeat?
What?
What all do you eat that?
manny-duarte (14:13):
So I eat.
Like my wife makes groundTurkey.
Carrie (14:17):
Okay.
manny-duarte (14:18):
And my daughter does too.
She, my wife and my daughtertakes turn cooking here for us.
So we'll have ground Turkey,we'll have salmon, we'll have
tilapia chicken, of course.
Carrie (14:35):
See you always, people always lose me when they start
talking about fish.
I'm not, I'm not a fish eater,but it's a texture thing for me.
I'm mm-hmm.
So I, I don't know.
And so I
manny-duarte (14:44):
used to, I used to be a big fisher and I used to
fish before the stroke, soeating fish was perfect for me.
Carrie (14:56):
That's good that, that's helpful for changing your
lifestyle for food.
Mm-hmm.
Because yeah, fish is supposedto be really good for you.
Yeah.
Brittany (15:04):
Okay.
So then what resources have youfound especially helpful in your
journey, both physical andmental?
manny-duarte (15:14):
So for me.
Being involved in, uh, like Zoomcall groups.
Like we have what we have twowith, uh, we have Without Walls.
We have the, uh, BIBC, which isBrain Injury Virtual Connect
(15:35):
Group.
Carrie (15:36):
Yeah, I was trying to think of that.
And on Friday we
manny-duarte (15:37):
have coffee chat and I think, uh, well no, on
Saturday we have a peer party.
Peer party chat.
Carrie (15:45):
Yeah, we, and
manny-duarte (15:46):
then of course I joined, I joined Jess's chats
that she has the once a monthand she has two different ones
that I join.
And I love those.
Those help me out a lot.
Carrie (15:59):
Oh yeah.
We're, I keep meaning to joinJess's.
I, I'm bad.
I like, I get all the emailsfrom Veronica all the chats.
Mm-hmm.
But I kinda am doing so much,I'm usually doing something else
at the time.
We've had Veronica on thepodcast, so we, we are familiar
with all those.
And anyway, I keep telling JessI'm gonna go to hers.
(16:20):
You were on it once and yeah, Iwas on it once, but, um, I'm
not, I'm not good.
I, I do this, this is enoughcamera time for me.
I'm just kidding.
Um, but, um, mm,
manny-duarte (16:32):
also the biggest help that I had during my
recovery, especially on the dietpart.
With my family, my wife and mydaughter and my son helped me
out making sure that I wasn'tdoing the wrong things and
making sure I was eatingproperly, which at first, I
mean, I was, I mean, I didn'twanna hear it, but you know
(16:53):
what?
I did wanna make a changebecause I told myself if I ever
have another stroke or heartattack, it's not gonna be
because of me.
It's gonna be because somethingoutta my hands.
I'm not gonna be the cause toput any more pain and suffering
on my family.
Carrie (17:08):
Oh, that's a good way to look at it.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Brittany (17:09):
Very, very positive outlook.
So after you said that, what'snext in your journey?
manny-duarte (17:17):
Next in my journey?
Mm-hmm.
Is to, uh, get back to, uh, mybarbecue pit.
I do fishing again now, buthopefully eventually.
I get enough movement on my leftleg that I can get back on my
bicycle.
It's all riding my bike againand just keep enjoying life.
Carrie (17:42):
Yeah.
Do you have a, a regular bike ora recumbent bike?
manny-duarte (17:45):
to be honest I'm not always this happy all the
time?
No, there is sometimes that Ihave hard times, certain times
that I deal with differentthings in my, in my brain just
keeps putting stuff in my headand just fighting with it.
But.
Then I find a moment that I justchill, relax, and enjoy life.
Carrie (18:06):
Yeah, that's good.
Um, mental fatigue is a hardone.
Um, so yeah, I can imagine thatfishing helps a lot with that
mental fatigue to get outsomewhere.
Oh, yes, definitely does.
Nice and quiet and peaceful andjust one with nature.
I wish we had something closeraround here that I could go do
on my own, and I don't know, doyou have issues?
(18:28):
Fishing.
I'm curious now, do they makeadaptive fishing equipment?
manny-duarte (18:31):
I have a, I use a, uh, adaptive rod reel holder.
Okay.
And, uh, which makes it a wholelot easier for me, which it was
suggested to me by myrecreational therapist from
Rehab without Walls.
So we got it.
And, uh, I've gone fishingseveral times.
Carrie (18:50):
Yeah.
It's amazing.
I you think little, like, I justthought about that when you were
talking about fishing.
I was like, and I know you'vegot issues with your left hand.
So I was like.
That.
How do you fish one handed?
Because like, I've tried to puttputt one handed, it's kind of
fun.
Or bowl, you know, I refuse touse that little bowling thing to
slide the ball down.
manny-duarte (19:09):
Yeah, I use that little bowling ball.
I
Carrie (19:10):
don't wanna do it.
I'm, I'm too stubborn.
I'm, I'm gonna get the lightestweight ball and I'm gonna throw
it and I'm gonna do it.
But the problem with that isit's so lightweight and I can't
throw hard enough by the time itactually finally breaches the
pins.
It's going so slow it's gonnastop.
It just kind of barely hits, soit doesn't knock over very many
pins.
But I, I like that idea.
(19:32):
There's, I have been todifferent resource fairs for,
you know, for the disabled andthings and there, and people
don't think about, there are somany different activities that
we can do for adaptive.
Like,
manny-duarte (19:47):
another activity that I like to do is gardening.
Ooh, yeah.
Gardening.
Have a raised bed garden in thebackyard.
In my patio, I got jalapenopeppers.
Serranos, I had cilantro, but itbolted already.
Oh.
And I also had onions, whichthey didn't make it Texas heat,
(20:07):
but gardening is very soothing.
Carrie (20:10):
Yeah, I've heard that too.
Mm-hmm.
Again, eh.
Yeah, I know.
I mean, but yeah, there, it'sgreat to know that there are so
many different idea things thatwe can do to make adapt, like we
have a raised.
Garden here at the clubhouse.
Yeah.
So, and we try to grow somevegetables, but you know, Texas,
it's so hard to maintain aproper garden.
(20:32):
'cause you know, the weather isso bipolar.
Yeah.
Brittany (20:35):
And the zoning too.
Carrie (20:36):
Yeah.
It does make it interesting.
All righty.
So,
manny-duarte (20:42):
um, also, the one thing I like to say is whoever's
listening, don't ever give up onyourself.
You are the only one that canstop you.
Whatever anybody else tells youshouldn't matter to you.
You are the only one, one thatcontrols your progress.
I 100% agree with you.
Depends on what you put in.
That's how much you get out ofit.
Brittany (21:01):
Mm-hmm.
Carrie (21:02):
Yep.
Brittany (21:03):
I had a question.
So you're talking about adaptivelike items, like what other
adaptive items do you have thatyou use?
Like for instance, you have likea fishing rod, and then for the
bike you have an adaptive bike.
manny-duarte (21:20):
No, not yet.
I haven't got back on a bikeyet.
Brittany (21:22):
Okay.
manny-duarte (21:23):
I wanna get a recumbent bike, but not yet.
Yeah.
Do you?
Um, I have too too muchspasticity on my left leg.
I do have a baclofen pump.
Okay.
That's supposed to be helpingme, but it hasn't got to that
level yet.
Carrie (21:38):
Sure.
Now, and again, Brittany'stalking about adaptive, so now
my brain's thinking.
I'm wondering, I know you saidyou wanna get back to grilling.
I'm wondering.
If there's, I mean, because Iknow there's all kinds of
adaptive tools for the kitchen.
manny-duarte (21:52):
The only thing that's holding me from going
back to grilling is this.
They going AFO.
Carrie (21:56):
Okay.
But that's why I was gonna say,do do think you're
manny-duarte (21:59):
in too much?
I can't stand too long.
Carrie (22:00):
Right.
But I'm thinking, are you gonnaneed any extra equipment to help
you with the grill?
Like
manny-duarte (22:06):
no flipping or No?
You talking to one of my otherbuddies who's also a stroke
survivor and he's a barbecue guyand he just tells me to.
Have everything closed rightthere where you're at, set a
table up with everything.
He has a buggy that he pullseverything out there at one time
and, uh, just barbecues at, atone time.
(22:28):
He has nothing, nothing at, at,uh, access.
I mean, not, uh, adaptive.
Carrie (22:35):
Okay.
Uh, yeah.
Wasn't sure what you might need,just
manny-duarte (22:39):
the fatigue part of it.
Carrie (22:41):
Yeah.
Right.
And that, that, I thinkhonestly, Manny, I would say
with that.
Um, how long ago was yourstroke?
Your stroke?
It is gone
manny-duarte (22:51):
on through, I'm going on three years.
Yeah.
Carrie (22:52):
So I'm gonna tell you that just comes with time.
Like my stroke was 16 years ago.
I still get fatigue, but I don'tget it as bad as I used to.
Like I used to always, every dayI needed a nap.
Now, you know, I couldn't take anap if I wanted to.
I try to sit still.
And it doesn't work for me, youknow?
Now I may go to bed earlysometimes, but, but I'll tell
(23:14):
you, the fatigue level willcome.
That again, is just somethingyou gotta train your body to
work on.
That over time we get there.
Um, but again, I've been doingit a lot longer than you, so
hopefully you get to do it thislong.
I think for me,
manny-duarte (23:26):
with the barbecue pit, because I use a, uh, what
do you call it, a pellet grillso I don't have to light nothing
up.
So it's the automatic, I justturn the switch.
And it lights up.
Carrie (23:40):
That's awesome.
Well, so next time we come toHouston, we're gonna come have
barbecue with you.
Yes.
Yep.
You can have fish.
And I'm having red meat though.
Sorry.
Can you cook me red meat, evenif you're not eating it?
Brittany (23:50):
Yes, steak.
I'm cooking red meat.
Carrie (23:52):
Okay.
Awesome.
Well, Manny, I wanna thank youso much for joining us today.
Taking time out of your day toshare your story with us and our
listeners so that we can get toknow a little bit about you and
have.
Some encouraging words forfuture survivors.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Yes.
I
manny-duarte (24:07):
want to thank y'all for having me and Jess for
the invitation.
Carrie (24:10):
All righty.
She says you're welcome.
Brittany (24:13):
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I read all the good buttons,especially notify on YouTube so
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manny-duarte (24:37):
I'm already following y'all
Carrie (24:38):
and Oh, awesome, Manny.
That's great.
Thank you for following us.
Um, just continue liking and ifyou have ideas, let us know.
We're happy to share and go fromthere.
Brittany (24:47):
Yep, and you can find all our episodes on all your
favorite platforms.
Until next time.
Carrie (24:53):
Until next time.
manny-duarte (24:54):
Thank you guys.
Thanks,
Carrie (24:55):
Manny.
Thank you.
manny-duarte (24:56):
Have a blessed day.
Carrie (24:57):
You too.
Bye.
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Carrie (00:35):
Hi, I'm Carrie, a stroke survivor and a member of BIND.
Brittany (00:39):
And I'm Brittany.
I'm a TBI survivor and a memberof BIND.
Today we will meet with ManuelDurate Jr.
Or Manny, who made a massivelifestyle change.
He went from 278 pounds to 198pounds after his stroke on July
19th.
2023.
Let's hear how he did it.
(01:00):
And welcome, Manny.
manny-duarte (01:02):
Thank you for having me.
Welcome.
Brittany (01:04):
Thank you.
Thank you.
manny-duarte (01:06):
So it, it all started, you know, with, uh, my
whole lifestyle, it was, uh, notdoing right as far as eating.
Uh, I ate a lot of red meat andfried foods.
Uh, I also had a big problemwith drinking and then I wasn't
(01:30):
taking care of myself by takingthe medication that my doctor
prescribed me.
I would wait a week or twobefore an appointment to start
taking my blood pressuremedication so it would be okay
by the time I go see him.
So after the stroke, I stayedaway from red meat, no fried
(01:51):
food.
I really.
Hit more like a Mediterraneanstyle diet.
Uh, as far as exercising well, Iwas only able to do so much
because I lost on my side, leftside, my use of my right, left,
uh, left arm and leg.
(02:14):
So it really all came down toeating right.
I learned how to, uh.
Eat moderate with moderationbecause before the stroke it
was, I'd get full, but I wasn'tfull.
To me it wasn't full until Ifelt I fooled up to my neck.
Carrie (02:35):
I understand.
So now
manny-duarte (02:37):
I understand that my body tells you when you're
full and I learned how to listento my body.
Carrie (02:44):
Okay.
manny-duarte (02:44):
Uh, also.
I stopped drinking.
Well, it was something that mydoctor told me at first to stop
doing.
I mean, he does allow me now onedrink, but I choose not to do it
because I'm okay with not havingto drink.
Uh, I enjoy mocktails, even anon-alcoholic beer, just for the
(03:11):
taste of it, but it wasdefinitely hard.
Uh, letting go of red meat.
I'm a guy that loves tobarbecue.
Well, used to barbecue haven'tbarbecue since the stroke, but I
plan on getting back to do it.
(03:33):
Was it easy?
No, it was very hard.
Carrie (03:37):
Okay.
manny-duarte (03:37):
Being around other survivors when I was at, at
inpatient care, at NeuroRestorative in Houston.
Everybody was eating whateverthey wanted to and their family,
bringing them whatever theywanted to eat.
But I was more stuck on a morestrict diet,
Carrie (03:56):
so manie.
But
manny-duarte (03:57):
I started to like to see the changes going on in
my, in my body and my healthfeeling better.
So after I was discharged from,from inpatient care, I had, uh.
Rehab without walls to come inand help me.
I had a nutritionist who reallyhelped me a lot.
(04:20):
I learned how to read thenutrition facts on the boxes and
packages at the grocery store,which made a big difference.
My A1C level when I had thestroke was at a 13, which is
very high for diabetic.
I am at a 5.1 now, so I'm prettyclose to hopefully my doctor's
(04:42):
saying, I don't need dia, Idon't need, uh, Metformin
anymore.
So that in itself keeps mewanting to keep eating and doing
things right.
Carrie (04:55):
That's really good.
I'm gonna back up just a minute.
Um, let's, can we talk a littlebit more, um, what kind of
stroke did you have?
I know you said you wereaffected on the left side.
I was affected on the left sidetoo.
Did you, do you know, did youhave a hemorrhagic or a Um, I
had a
manny-duarte (05:09):
ischemic.
I had a right MCA ischemicstroke.
Carrie (05:13):
Okay.
Okay.
So, and I guess, you know, Iknow you said, we talked about
you had a heart attack too, wasyour, your heart attack was
before your stroke.
All right.
manny-duarte (05:21):
Yes.
I had a heart attack in 2017.
Carrie (05:24):
Okay.
manny-duarte (05:24):
And it was crazy because I had started a diet
with my, uh, uh, a nutritionist,and, uh, my brother and I were
doing it together.
I got down to 2 25.
So at that point, I was in mybest weight out of my adulthood
life.
And then I had a str, I had theheart attack.
(05:47):
So after that.
After the, after the heartattack, my thought changed to
like, why eat right?
Why do the things right?
If I'm still gonna have a heartattack?
I'm like, be jolly and happy.
Eat whatever you want, buddy.
You good.
What?
Well, doing that, I put myselfin the situation that I'm in
(06:08):
now, but you know, I can sithere and complain all about it,
but.
The silver, silver lining ofthis is I went from 2 78 to 1 98
and I feel much better.
I don't get as tired as fast asI used to, not because of the
weight.
Now, I get tired more nowbecause of the stroke that I
(06:30):
had, which is a physicaltiredness and also mental
fatigue as well, which istotally different.
But I enjoy doing things morethan I used to.
Everything's harder to do, but Istill enjoy it.
Mm.
Brittany (06:45):
Alright.
So you just talked about, um,physical and mental fatigue
after your stroke.
Was there any more challengesthat you had to overcome after
your stroke?
manny-duarte (06:54):
Oh, definitely.
Just the fact of not being ableto walk at first, the fact that
I had to have somebody turn onthe lights for me, turn off the
lights, gave me, help me getoutta bed in bed, had to help me
go to the restroom.
Shower, all those things that aperson can do.
(07:15):
Before, you know, prior tohaving a stroke, I had to depend
on somebody to do it.
Now there's still a few thingsthat I depend on people to do
for me.
One being the driving part, Ican't drive.
I did lose a little bit of myvision on my left side,
especially the peripheral view.
Mm-hmm.
Like I can only see so far on myperipheral view, but.
(07:39):
I kind of enjoy people drivingme around.
Carrie (07:42):
That's good.
And my, um, my stroke wassimilar to yours.
I was completely paralyzed onthe left side as well.
My arm doesn't quite work likeit should either.
So that's why you saw I had tohave Jessica help put my
headphones on.
manny-duarte (07:55):
Yes.
Um,
Carrie (07:56):
do and I wear an AFO on my ankle.
Do you have to wear an AFO?
manny-duarte (08:00):
Yes, I do.
Okay.
Carrie (08:01):
But are you walking now?
manny-duarte (08:03):
Yes, I'm walking now.
But let me just go a littlestory on the AFO.
Hm.
So I had started developing acalus on the side of my foot.
So I went to podiatrist.
Well, he thought he was gonna behelpful and he cut a hole in my
AFO.
Wow.
So I went to Hanger, the companythat does my AFO Sure.
(08:23):
To see if they could fix it.
Well, come to find out thedoctor doing that voided my
warranty.
Brittany (08:29):
Mm-hmm.
Ooh,
manny-duarte (08:31):
yes.
So I had to wait on a new, a newAFO to be made.
Which it took about a month anda half.
Carrie (08:37):
Yeah.
manny-duarte (08:38):
And now I've been fighting almost another month
trying to get it right, becauseit still bothers my foot.
Carrie (08:44):
Yeah.
They're, and I
manny-duarte (08:45):
have missed, I have missed over two months of
therapy for not being able towalk.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Carrie (08:50):
Yeah.
AFOs are hard.
I, um, I found my, I had to goto a podiatrist as well, because
my foot completely rolls.
And my toes, I have found thatI've got, I get calluses or
they're not calluses.
I don't know what they are.
They called'em on my toe.
And so it hurts.
But because Sure, you know, thestroke and the nerves, I can't,
(09:10):
I don't really know what hurts.
I just know something hurts.
So I go in there and he is like,oh yeah, we've got cut this
growth off your toe.
Mm-hmm.
And we've done that.
But he was, when the first timeI went to see him, he actually
recommended me to a different,um, prosthetic company.
Prosthetic.
Did I say that right?
Yeah, I think I did.
But yeah, it didn't sound rightin my head to a different
(09:31):
company, um, other than Hangarthat's local to DFW that I
really like.
Um, I really like these and thatit's done a lot better, so I
like it.
But yeah, people don't thinkabout all the extra issues with
a AFO Yeah,
Brittany (09:45):
definitely.
I
Carrie (09:45):
hate that the, the podiatrist should have known you
can't mess with equipment.
You
Brittany (09:50):
know
Carrie (09:50):
That's true.
So I'm sorry to hear that.
That's no fun.
Brittany (09:53):
Especially
manny-duarte (09:53):
when it's not your own equipment thing.
So even now I'm having to go seea care wound doctor to care for
that wound on my foot.
Carrie (10:00):
Ooh.
And which is now getting
manny-duarte (10:02):
better.
Carrie (10:03):
Oh, good.
I'm glad it's getting better.
Yeah.
And, um, hopefully you're, butyou're still getting some
therapy.
Hopefully they can come in andthey're still working with you.
Um, well,
manny-duarte (10:12):
no.
Um, I got discharged from RehabWithout Walls.
Okay.
Carrie (10:16):
So
manny-duarte (10:16):
I was doing outpatient at Methodist here in
Houston.
And I stopped going because theysuggested I not walk on the foot
the way it was.
Sure.
Brittany (10:26):
Yeah.
manny-duarte (10:27):
And now that I'm seeing a care wound doctor, A
wound care doctor, sorry.
Brittany (10:32):
It's okay.
She wants
manny-duarte (10:33):
me to walk'cause she wants to see how much the
AFO is actually affecting myfoot.
Yeah.
Brittany (10:36):
Mm-hmm.
manny-duarte (10:38):
Which I'll have an appointment with her tomorrow to
see the progress of the woundcare that she did for me last
Friday.
Brittany (10:44):
Yeah.
AFOs are not fun.
Not fun because with my afo not,and they're heavy.
Yes.
And hot.
I had a full black AFO, I'm notan AFO anymore.
I kind of got better and Igraduated to A A SO, which is a
ankle, um, stabilizer instead ofa ankle foot orthotic.
But with my orthotic, my boneactually start popping out.
(11:04):
And it was weird'cause like itjust like had a lump on my foot
and it's like actually my bone,it wasn't a callous or anything.
They touched it.
It was my bone.
But I guess since I graduated,it kind of like neutralized
though.
But I still have problems withmy foot.
I had my AFO because of footdrop,'cause of my brain injury.
So foot drop is
manny-duarte (11:21):
hard.
Carrie (11:22):
Yep.
Mine was a combination of thefoot drop and the rolled foot.
Mm-hmm.
Yes.
It's hard to walk if you can'tput your foot flat.
manny-duarte (11:29):
Yeah.
So the other thing that I haveto deal with.
Yes, on my left foot a long timeago, like in the early nineties,
I had a surgery, so I have ascrew in my left foot.
Carrie (11:42):
Oh.
manny-duarte (11:42):
Which the doctors, the doctors thought that the
screw was backing out and thatwas a problem getting me a, me
getting a calus there.
But it wasn't that, it was justthe a o uh, my foot rubbing
against the afo.
Carrie (11:55):
Yeah, they're, it's a lot of fun stuff.
Um, but.
So, um, I wanna, now let's goback and talk a little bit about
you.
I mean, I was the same as youbefore my stroke.
When it came to the medication.
Like about a year before mystroke, my doctor said, oh, I'm
(12:19):
37, or I was 37.
I wish I was 37.
I was 37 at the time.
And my doctor was like, oh, youhave slight high blood pressure.
And I'm like, okay.
37, slight and high bloodpressure, no big deal.
So yeah, I would take, stillyoung, I would take a pill and
I'd be like, you know, youdon't, and then like a week
(12:40):
would go by and I'd be like, oh,I should probably take another
pill.
I, you're supposed to take'emdaily.
Uh, and then, you know, about amonth later, I had my stroke and
then it, it took years to get myblood pressure under control
with the right medication.
So yeah, if you're listening.
And you don't think you have anyissues, but you might have high
blood pressure, please take yourmedicines like you're supposed
(13:00):
to take'em.
Yeah, for sure.
I take a me, I'm not doctor, butI play one on a podcast.
manny-duarte (13:04):
It's easier to take medication than it is to
deal with a stroke.
Carrie (13:06):
Absolutely.
I agree with you.
I mean, I take more medicationsnow.
Than I did if I would've justtaken what I was supposed to
take.
manny-duarte (13:14):
That's right.
Yeah, you are right.
Carrie (13:16):
So I feel you on that.
But
manny-duarte (13:18):
just my morning meds is seven pills.
Yeah, mine's something
Carrie (13:21):
like that.
Now I, but I wanna go back.
You just, you made the decisionon your own to change.
You're eating.
Yes.
It wasn't the doctor.
I mean, the doctors all tell usto eat healthy today.
Now, I, I am very proud of youand I also think you're a little
crazy.
'cause I'm sorry, I am notgiving up my meat and potatoes.
You're not, I am not giving upmy red meat Uhuh.
manny-duarte (13:42):
So what I do is I have it once a month.
Carrie (13:45):
Okay.
manny-duarte (13:46):
And I'll think about what I want.
Do I want a burger or do I wanta steak or tacos?
What do I want?
Carrie (13:54):
Okay.
manny-duarte (13:54):
And then when I decide my family will take me
wherever I want to go and I havemy beef for that month.
For that, for that month,
Carrie (14:01):
well, that's one way to do it.
So, so what do you, I mean, yousaid Mediterranean style, but
help me, like, so what do youeat?
What?
What all do you eat that?
manny-duarte (14:13):
So I eat.
Like my wife makes groundTurkey.
Carrie (14:17):
Okay.
manny-duarte (14:18):
And my daughter does too.
She, my wife and my daughtertakes turn cooking here for us.
So we'll have ground Turkey,we'll have salmon, we'll have
tilapia chicken, of course.
Carrie (14:35):
See you always, people always lose me when they start
talking about fish.
I'm not, I'm not a fish eater,but it's a texture thing for me.
I'm mm-hmm.
So I, I don't know.
And so I
manny-duarte (14:44):
used to, I used to be a big fisher and I used to
fish before the stroke, soeating fish was perfect for me.
Carrie (14:56):
That's good that, that's helpful for changing your
lifestyle for food.
Mm-hmm.
Because yeah, fish is supposedto be really good for you.
Yeah.
Brittany (15:04):
Okay.
So then what resources have youfound especially helpful in your
journey, both physical andmental?
manny-duarte (15:14):
So for me.
Being involved in, uh, like Zoomcall groups.
Like we have what we have twowith, uh, we have Without Walls.
We have the, uh, BIBC, which isBrain Injury Virtual Connect
(15:35):
Group.
Carrie (15:36):
Yeah, I was trying to think of that.
And on Friday we
manny-duarte (15:37):
have coffee chat and I think, uh, well no, on
Saturday we have a peer party.
Peer party chat.
Carrie (15:45):
Yeah, we, and
manny-duarte (15:46):
then of course I joined, I joined Jess's chats
that she has the once a monthand she has two different ones
that I join.
And I love those.
Those help me out a lot.
Carrie (15:59):
Oh yeah.
We're, I keep meaning to joinJess's.
I, I'm bad.
I like, I get all the emailsfrom Veronica all the chats.
Mm-hmm.
But I kinda am doing so much,I'm usually doing something else
at the time.
We've had Veronica on thepodcast, so we, we are familiar
with all those.
And anyway, I keep telling JessI'm gonna go to hers.
(16:20):
You were on it once and yeah, Iwas on it once, but, um, I'm
not, I'm not good.
I, I do this, this is enoughcamera time for me.
I'm just kidding.
Um, but, um, mm,
manny-duarte (16:32):
also the biggest help that I had during my
recovery, especially on the dietpart.
With my family, my wife and mydaughter and my son helped me
out making sure that I wasn'tdoing the wrong things and
making sure I was eatingproperly, which at first, I
mean, I was, I mean, I didn'twanna hear it, but you know
(16:53):
what?
I did wanna make a changebecause I told myself if I ever
have another stroke or heartattack, it's not gonna be
because of me.
It's gonna be because somethingoutta my hands.
I'm not gonna be the cause toput any more pain and suffering
on my family.
Carrie (17:08):
Oh, that's a good way to look at it.
Mm-hmm.
Yeah.
Brittany (17:09):
Very, very positive outlook.
So after you said that, what'snext in your journey?
manny-duarte (17:17):
Next in my journey?
Mm-hmm.
Is to, uh, get back to, uh, mybarbecue pit.
I do fishing again now, buthopefully eventually.
I get enough movement on my leftleg that I can get back on my
bicycle.
It's all riding my bike againand just keep enjoying life.
Carrie (17:42):
Yeah.
Do you have a, a regular bike ora recumbent bike?
manny-duarte (17:45):
to be honest I'm not always this happy all the
time?
No, there is sometimes that Ihave hard times, certain times
that I deal with differentthings in my, in my brain just
keeps putting stuff in my headand just fighting with it.
But.
Then I find a moment that I justchill, relax, and enjoy life.
Carrie (18:06):
Yeah, that's good.
Um, mental fatigue is a hardone.
Um, so yeah, I can imagine thatfishing helps a lot with that
mental fatigue to get outsomewhere.
Oh, yes, definitely does.
Nice and quiet and peaceful andjust one with nature.
I wish we had something closeraround here that I could go do
on my own, and I don't know, doyou have issues?
(18:28):
Fishing.
I'm curious now, do they makeadaptive fishing equipment?
manny-duarte (18:31):
I have a, I use a, uh, adaptive rod reel holder.
Okay.
And, uh, which makes it a wholelot easier for me, which it was
suggested to me by myrecreational therapist from
Rehab without Walls.
So we got it.
And, uh, I've gone fishingseveral times.
Carrie (18:50):
Yeah.
It's amazing.
I you think little, like, I justthought about that when you were
talking about fishing.
I was like, and I know you'vegot issues with your left hand.
So I was like.
That.
How do you fish one handed?
Because like, I've tried to puttputt one handed, it's kind of
fun.
Or bowl, you know, I refuse touse that little bowling thing to
slide the ball down.
manny-duarte (19:09):
Yeah, I use that little bowling ball.
I
Carrie (19:10):
don't wanna do it.
I'm, I'm too stubborn.
I'm, I'm gonna get the lightestweight ball and I'm gonna throw
it and I'm gonna do it.
But the problem with that isit's so lightweight and I can't
throw hard enough by the time itactually finally breaches the
pins.
It's going so slow it's gonnastop.
It just kind of barely hits, soit doesn't knock over very many
pins.
But I, I like that idea.
(19:32):
There's, I have been todifferent resource fairs for,
you know, for the disabled andthings and there, and people
don't think about, there are somany different activities that
we can do for adaptive.
Like,
manny-duarte (19:47):
another activity that I like to do is gardening.
Ooh, yeah.
Gardening.
Have a raised bed garden in thebackyard.
In my patio, I got jalapenopeppers.
Serranos, I had cilantro, but itbolted already.
Oh.
And I also had onions, whichthey didn't make it Texas heat,
(20:07):
but gardening is very soothing.
Carrie (20:10):
Yeah, I've heard that too.
Mm-hmm.
Again, eh.
Yeah, I know.
I mean, but yeah, there, it'sgreat to know that there are so
many different idea things thatwe can do to make adapt, like we
have a raised.
Garden here at the clubhouse.
Yeah.
So, and we try to grow somevegetables, but you know, Texas,
it's so hard to maintain aproper garden.
(20:32):
'cause you know, the weather isso bipolar.
Yeah.
Brittany (20:35):
And the zoning too.
Carrie (20:36):
Yeah.
It does make it interesting.
All righty.
So,
manny-duarte (20:42):
um, also, the one thing I like to say is whoever's
listening, don't ever give up onyourself.
You are the only one that canstop you.
Whatever anybody else tells youshouldn't matter to you.
You are the only one, one thatcontrols your progress.
I 100% agree with you.
Depends on what you put in.
That's how much you get out ofit.
Brittany (21:01):
Mm-hmm.
Carrie (21:02):
Yep.
Brittany (21:03):
I had a question.
So you're talking about adaptivelike items, like what other
adaptive items do you have thatyou use?
Like for instance, you have likea fishing rod, and then for the
bike you have an adaptive bike.
manny-duarte (21:20):
No, not yet.
I haven't got back on a bikeyet.
Brittany (21:22):
Okay.
manny-duarte (21:23):
I wanna get a recumbent bike, but not yet.
Yeah.
Do you?
Um, I have too too muchspasticity on my left leg.
I do have a baclofen pump.
Okay.
That's supposed to be helpingme, but it hasn't got to that
level yet.
Carrie (21:38):
Sure.
Now, and again, Brittany'stalking about adaptive, so now
my brain's thinking.
I'm wondering, I know you saidyou wanna get back to grilling.
I'm wondering.
If there's, I mean, because Iknow there's all kinds of
adaptive tools for the kitchen.
manny-duarte (21:52):
The only thing that's holding me from going
back to grilling is this.
They going AFO.
Carrie (21:56):
Okay.
But that's why I was gonna say,do do think you're
manny-duarte (21:59):
in too much?
I can't stand too long.
Carrie (22:00):
Right.
But I'm thinking, are you gonnaneed any extra equipment to help
you with the grill?
Like
manny-duarte (22:06):
no flipping or No?
You talking to one of my otherbuddies who's also a stroke
survivor and he's a barbecue guyand he just tells me to.
Have everything closed rightthere where you're at, set a
table up with everything.
He has a buggy that he pullseverything out there at one time
and, uh, just barbecues at, atone time.
(22:28):
He has nothing, nothing at, at,uh, access.
I mean, not, uh, adaptive.
Carrie (22:35):
Okay.
Uh, yeah.
Wasn't sure what you might need,just
manny-duarte (22:39):
the fatigue part of it.
Carrie (22:41):
Yeah.
Right.
And that, that, I thinkhonestly, Manny, I would say
with that.
Um, how long ago was yourstroke?
Your stroke?
It is gone
manny-duarte (22:51):
on through, I'm going on three years.
Yeah.
Carrie (22:52):
So I'm gonna tell you that just comes with time.
Like my stroke was 16 years ago.
I still get fatigue, but I don'tget it as bad as I used to.
Like I used to always, every dayI needed a nap.
Now, you know, I couldn't take anap if I wanted to.
I try to sit still.
And it doesn't work for me, youknow?
Now I may go to bed earlysometimes, but, but I'll tell
(23:14):
you, the fatigue level willcome.
That again, is just somethingyou gotta train your body to
work on.
That over time we get there.
Um, but again, I've been doingit a lot longer than you, so
hopefully you get to do it thislong.
I think for me,
manny-duarte (23:26):
with the barbecue pit, because I use a, uh, what
do you call it, a pellet grillso I don't have to light nothing
up.
So it's the automatic, I justturn the switch.
And it lights up.
Carrie (23:40):
That's awesome.
Well, so next time we come toHouston, we're gonna come have
barbecue with you.
Yes.
Yep.
You can have fish.
And I'm having red meat though.
Sorry.
Can you cook me red meat, evenif you're not eating it?
Brittany (23:50):
Yes, steak.
I'm cooking red meat.
Carrie (23:52):
Okay.
Awesome.
Well, Manny, I wanna thank youso much for joining us today.
Taking time out of your day toshare your story with us and our
listeners so that we can get toknow a little bit about you and
have.
Some encouraging words forfuture survivors.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Yes.
I
manny-duarte (24:07):
want to thank y'all for having me and Jess for
the invitation.
Carrie (24:10):
All righty.
She says you're welcome.
Brittany (24:13):
Um, and then if you would like to contact us, you
can email us atBindwaves@thebind.org Follow us
on Instagram at Bindwaves andvisit our website,
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Carrie (24:27):
And don't forget to hit the like button, the share
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I read all the good buttons,especially notify on YouTube so
you can again, yes, for sure.
If you wanna watch us, you canwatch us on YouTube.
manny-duarte (24:37):
I'm already following y'all
Carrie (24:38):
and Oh, awesome, Manny.
That's great.
Thank you for following us.
Um, just continue liking and ifyou have ideas, let us know.
We're happy to share and go fromthere.
Brittany (24:47):
Yep, and you can find all our episodes on all your
favorite platforms.
Until next time.
Carrie (24:53):
Until next time.
manny-duarte (24:54):
Thank you guys.
Thanks,
Carrie (24:55):
Manny.
Thank you.
manny-duarte (24:56):
Have a blessed day.
Carrie (24:57):
You too.
Bye.
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