I just finished reading the first chapter of a book given to me by my dear friend Sara, How to Survive a Shipwreck by Jonathan Martin. This last section of the chapter hit me like a ton of bricks, so I feel the need to share it with you. I think I’m going to end…
I’ve been thinking about this post for awhile. I’ve been thinking about whether or not I’m brave enough to write it. And once it’s written, am I brave enough to post it? Because it has to do with a stigma that is damaging to the patients it affects. And it has to do with…
Four weeks from today is my brain surgery. Yes, I’m still terrified. Yes, I wish I didn’t have to have it. But with each passing day, I’m more and more sure it was the right decision to make. This has been a rough week for me. Every day I’ve had bouts of dizziness so…
Why do I do this? I’m not a professional writer. I’m not even really an amateur writer. I haven’t taken an English class since high school (although that’s because I tested out of all three required college classes by scoring a 5 on the AP English Literature exam, so I’m not exactly a hack…) I’m…
Day 10: What little things make your life easier? Little things making my life easier? Like having a dishwasher? The existence of Amazon, since I buy everything online so I don’t have to leave my house? I’m not too sure any of these things are “little,” but these are the things that make my…
Today, August 8th, is a bittersweet day. Today is the day I was supposed to be returning to work from leave after my surgery in Atlanta. I was supposed to work night shift this week. I would have been ready. At least I can console myself with that much. If that were my only…
I’m so dizzy this morning. I can barely sit up. It doesn’t help that we had a bag of pool shock explode while my husband was carrying it up the basement stairs, so now the whole house reeks of pool chemicals and it’s making me feel sick. I lit a bunch of candles to…
It’s 2 am. I’ve spent almost the last 36 hours in bed. I was planning on getting up today, but I woke up with a horrible migraine. Thankfully, now that I’m off the meds for my brain tumor, I can take my abortive migraine meds, so I was feeling a little better within an…
It’s 3 am. I was so far behind on sleep from the last few days of not being able to sleep hardly at all that, having gotten up at 7 am when David left for work, I slept from 3 pm-12:30 am. (David snuck in and took that picture when he got home. He…
It’s 3:40 am. I went to bed at 8 pm since I didn’t sleep the whole night of my depressive episode, wasn’t able to calm myself down until noon, and only got 2 hours of sleep in the afternoon before I got woken up by unnecessary phone calls. Two hours out of 24 when…
