There’s no manual for surviving, or living with, hydrocephalus. The effects of the condition, and the consequences of treatment options, touch every aspect of a person’s life. Also, we all experience the condition differently. I still maintain, how YOU feel about YOUR own journey, is up to YOU. Don’t...
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Acceptance and understanding go hand-in-hand
So much of what we face in life we have no control over. Some things we can change or simply eradicate from our lives. (That goes for some people too). But, sometimes there aren’t choices given with the challenges we have to endure. The only choice we get, is...
There’s so much more going on beneath the surface than you realise!
An iceberg seems appropriate for this post and, the sinking of the Titanic, is a perfect example of not realising the full extent of what lurks beneath the surface, hence the image I chose to use. IMHO! The unseen can sometimes cause more damage than what’s apparent to the...
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...
Brain damage is not easily undone, after the fact! What you need to know…
When glass is shattered, you can try to piece it all back together, however, the cracks will show, altering the appearance. And, any tiny shards you may have missed, will undoubtedly leave some holes and weak spots. C. A. Marriday The risk of inaction As someone diagnosed with Hydrocephalus,...
Happy Thanksgiving…
Yesterday Facebook notified me of Thanksgiving. I personally have never celebrated it but when I saw it with the suggestion to wish people on my Friends list…I thought “Why not?“. It doesn’t matter whether or not I celebrate a special day to be thankful. What matters is what it...
When doctors develop a God-like complex
I had a consultation with a specialist earlier this week, not Hydrocephalus-related, who uttered the words “When doctors develop a God-like complex“. These words struck me a bit and got my mind wandering. The consultation itself was one, which left my mind reeling as now I’m facing surgery…yet again....
Who will take care of me when I can’t?
A concern most people have…I’m sure. Something, which insurance companies prey on…and, in hindsight understandably so (I’m sure they would justify it with “it’s the risk we take at the cost of making our money”). With that said though, no insurance company will touch you with a feather if...
How do I explain to her that I will not live forever…
A few weeks ago, I was mindlessly watching something on TV…the name escapes me now but it was much like CSI. In the end, some crazy guy shot and killed a teenage girl’s parents and little brother in front of her. At the time, I didn’t realize that my...