Challenges and Changes Pt 3 (Steroid withdrawal is Scary)

Recovery from brain surgery continued to go very well at home. While tired and struggling a bit with word finding and putting concepts together we didn’t notice a great deal of change in behaviour or personality, at first, but I’ll get to that in a bit. The first thing that I noticed when we gotContinue reading “Challenges and Changes Pt 3 (Steroid withdrawal is Scary)”

Challenges and Changes Pt2

September 17: Surgery Day Surgery day arrived early (4am early) on September 17. Dave had to be at the hospital by 5am to check in for surgery that we were told would start at 7:30am. We were surprisingly calm and unworried when we arrived at the hospital to check in. We both likely anxious, butContinue reading “Challenges and Changes Pt2”

Challenges and Changes Pt 1

Big changes happening very fast. I thought that I was adaptable, that change didn’t scare me so very much, but apparently I wasn’t being honest with myself.  The last two months have been the most challenging months that I have ever had to face and the journey isn’t over.  It might never be fully over. Continue reading “Challenges and Changes Pt 1”