I know at this very moment in time, your head is probably reeling with questions and your body is experiencing fears beyond anything you’ve ever experienced. The moment you heard the words, you probably shut down a bit or tried to absorb every word coming out of the doctor’s...
Articles for August 2016
Why let work make you anxious?
How often don’t we let work stress us out? Is it really worth it? I’m sure, just like me, you’ve been there too. Getting all worked up because of something someone at work didn’t do or, because of the decisions management make that affect you negatively. Maybe you’re a...
September is Hydrocephalus Awareness month – help spread the word…
In exactly 2 weeks time, it will be the 1st of September (where has the year gone?). As most people in the Hydrocephalus community know, September is Hydrocephalus Awareness Month. In aid of this, I will be dropping the price of my eBook Hydrocephalus: Floating Faithfully to $1.99, for...
Hydrocephalus: “Mind over Matter”
There’s a little well-known phrase I’ve come to adopt of late, “Mind over matter“. My late grandfather used this quite a bit when he was still alive. He died from lung cancer about 8 months after diagnosis. The day he died, I was at his bedside but didn’t realise...
Facing brain surgery and how you can provide comfort and support for the patient
When I was facing surgery for the first time, I was overcome with mixed emotions. These lasted a few days from the time the surgeon told me that he would need to operate until the night before I had to go to the hospital. The days leading up to...