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Posted on January 14, 2019January 14, 2019

Life After Brain Surgery: Memory (Part 1)

I cried again tonight. This time for something that I realized had been happening and what I realize is happening now. So the period of time that I struggled for answers to my health problems was about 3 and a half years. It was June 16, 2015 that I woke up with a headache that …

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Posted on December 30, 2018

Life After Brain Surgery: Adjustment Disorder with Depressive Mood

As you can see in the title, I'm struggling a bit with this new area of my life. I still cannot wrap my head around the fact that my one planned surgery led to 4 total hospitalizations and 3 total surgeries. This issue is multifaceted. It isn't just something I can easily explain in one …

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Posted on December 5, 2018

Life After Brain Surgeries

Yes, you read that right. Surgeries. My one planned brain surgery turned into 2 brain surgeries, several procedures, and 3 hospitalizations. I never planned on this. I realized, after chats with my bestie, that people only see what I allow them to see. I post on social media with updates and I always seem so …

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Posted on August 15, 2018August 15, 2018

Life With Chronic Illnesses

A couple weeks ago I visited my rheumatologist to discuss my fibromyalgia. I haven't had too many "bad" days, so it was just a routine visit to discuss meds and whatnot. He informed me that a new medicine I was on (prescribed by neurologist) would likely lower my white cell count causing me to have …

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