The Night Before Knowing I was heading into possible, life-threatening surgery the next day, my friends and family were quite a mess. I found myself trying to manage them, as opposed to dealing with my own worries. However, one of the most beautiful moments was when a close friend came over. As she was leaving, [...]
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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", [...]
Things can always be worse
I don't expect this to be a long post, or even entirely sensical (I'm just a week out of surgery, so be kind). My last post described my upcoming, essentially emergent surgery. So, so much has happened in almost 2 weeks from then. After several days in the hospital, waiting to determine when the [...]
“I Can’t Sit Still”
Wanderlust a strong desire to travel a strong longing for or impulse toward wandering The concept of "wanderlust" truly only entered my world following my diagnosis. Did I always have a "strong desire to travel"? Of course. However, I was that typical person who dreamed of traveling to far-off, exotic places, but who made excuse [...]
