I have worked in IT for more than 20 years of my life. After starting my career as a secretary, I soon moved into IT and learnt as much as I could, on the job. It was a field I felt drawn to. Over the years, I have successfully...
Articles with the Tag Facing the Unknown
The hard reality of living with a brain injury…
***TRIGGER WARNING: This post touches on suicidal thoughts and death*** When you sustain a brain injury, in the prime of your life, things change in an instant. It hits harder still if you’re a high functioning person, independent and always doing everything for everyone else. Nothing can prepare you...
Reclaim your power
It’s easy to feel powerless when you’re diagnosed with an incurable and invisible condition like Hydrocephalus. And, having to learn to navigate life with a brain injury. When life changes within the blink of an eye and your circumstances are unrecognisable. When the person staring back at you in...
Brain surgery: What you may not have considered…
Concussion, based on a true story, is currently playing on Netflix (until 9 June). It’s scary how being able to relate to something, so serious, can hit you so hard. Despite it being centred around the National Football League (NFL), the bottom line of this movie, and how it...
Brain bleeds are serious and need attention
2 years ago I posted this: There’s always risk with any operation. Despite having a brain bleed during surgery last week, the reason for the blood in my CSF, I feel fortunate to just wait it out and have the blood clear. The discomfort and side effects of nausea,...
No one asks for a brain injury.
There are so many reasons why this happens to people: Concussions, domestic violence, sports injuries, motor vehicle accidents, etc. And yes, even brain surgery. You (literally) go from one moment to the next…injured beyond your own understanding. Like a butterfly, you have a rebirth of sorts. Becoming someone else...
When you feel like sinking to the bottom…
Today marks two years since my repeat ETV. An operation that placed the cherry on my hydrocephalus cake. I’m navigating a brain injury caused by the bleed I had during surgery. It’s been hard to accept. It still is. (Time, patience and understanding is what I need, especially from...
Celebrate the milestones, it’ll help you face the next one!
A year ago today, I had a VP shunt placed. That was just less than a year after my repeat ETV (Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy). A surgery which sealed my fate with a brain bleed (A post for another day). Statistically, shunts fail within the first year of placement. That...
Ever feel like you’re losing your mind..? Part 2 of 2
For context, you can read Part 1 of 2 here. I’ve always been one to take care of others, especially my children. The thought of “slipping”, is leaving me feeling quite perplexed! C. A. Marriday I know there’s not much I can physically do to change any of what...
You can get angry, you can get sad but, no matter the emotion; You HAVE to keep going.
I wrote this a few weeks ago, it was meant to be my way of motivating anyone who needed it. But, I never actually got around to finishing it. Now, lying in a hospital bed (yet again), I find it more suited to my own situation. Current state: I...