There are a ridiculous amount of medical terms you learn as a cancer patient. There are about 130 different types of brain tumors alone. Never mind having to learn about the areas of the brain the tumor may affect, then what part of the body that area of the brain it controls, and on and [...]
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“Lucky Number 7”, or At Least I Hope So
A very brief post on Surgery No. 7
So, Freddy Krueger And I Walk Into A Bar…
Oh, Freddy. You really did some damage during that surgery! My 3rd Brain Surgery: 12+ Hours, Boy Am I Glad I Was Asleep! It's officially a week and a half since my 12-hour brain surgery/plastic surgery/infectious disease surgery/whatever it is that just happened to me. I know that there will be several (okay A LOT) [...]
Having a Seizure
I could probably come up with a more witty, more descriptive title for this post, but the experience of having a seizure is too horrifying to encapsulate in just a word or two. I've now suffered two seizures in my life, just about two years apart from one another. I've had some intermittent "seizure-like episodes", [...]
Here we go… again
I certainly never expected to be sitting here, again, awaiting brain surgery. I started writing this blog with the notion that I would be reflecting upon past experiences and how they affected my life now. I also believed that sharing my experiences could possibly comfort or maybe even inspire others facing similar challenges. I didn't [...]
