Medical insurance/aid…a necessity or a nice to have? You decide… Most people I speak to nowadays, seem so blasé about their healthcare, a feeling I drool over for a split second. They seem relaxed while spewing out things like “We have a free ambulance service” or “Our public health system will take care of me“….
Maybe that makes me sound weak…maybe it makes me seem like the biggest wuss…who knows? I’ve thought about why it is that every time I get a diagnosis (with the words life-threatening at the end of it), it gets me running around in a mental panic. I realise that amidst all of it, I probably…
As a person living with Hydrocephalus, be it yourself or someone close to you affected by this condition, it’s easy enough to understand the medical terminology. Well, at least better than anyone who is just an “acquaintance” of this condition. I remember when I was first diagnosed and heard the word Hydrocephalus. It was a…
“You’re awesome“, a response by someone whom I had told of my having had brain surgery. I was busy explaining to her about my short term memory loss as part of an apology in my forgetting our appointment. (I truly felt bad and beat up on myself, as I do, because I forgot and simply…
How nice it must be when you don’t have to worry about illness. When you don’t need more than one type of medication to treat some disease, condition or symptom. Extremely nice to not have to worry about surgery being your only option for certain things. Or my all time favourite, not to have to…
I’ve spoken before about the concerning aspect of the medical professionals, who treat Hydrocephalus patients, who are not on the same page. There are just too many people walking around without proper aftercare or dealing with medical staff who are uneducated in terms of Hydrocephalus. I myself am one of these people and am also…
Being prescribed antidepressants a few weeks back to control my headaches more than anything else, I put starting them off because of my Hysterectomy surgery. (Though, I can’t say I was all for the idea either). I didn’t want the drugs to interfere with each other. I’m no pharmacist but after watching stories about the…
Abdominal Adhesions/Scar tissue “Abdominal adhesions are bands of fibrous tissue that can form between abdominal tissues and organs. Normally, internal tissues and organs have slippery surfaces, preventing them from sticking together as the body moves. However, abdominal adhesions cause tissues and organs in the abdominal cavity to stick together.” https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/abdominal-adhesions Scar tissue…something I’ve mentioned before…
These few little words have the power to evoke all sorts of feelings in me once uttered by someone else. A few days ago we went out for a team lunch and one of the women in the group asked me how I was doing as she had heard I was feeling unwell. I told…
Ever feel like the beginning of a headache is the same as playing the game of Chicken? A few weeks ago, I had a lurking pain that started off subtly but like so many times before, had me wondering if it’ll turn into something more. At times like these, I remain aware of the pain…
