Bloody Brain: Why do you refer to me as The Bloody Brain? ME: That’s a difficult one. It started very close to the beginning, certainly before the surgeries. Was it something that came up in a conversation with Cindy? It started as a joke. I guess it just stuck. BB: Come on! Let’s be honest, … Read more
ME: So let’s see…where did we end the previous interview? BLOODY BRAIN: Oh who cares. Just get on with it. ME: Okay, here goes. What if I hadn’t been able to manage it all? BB: Good question. Would I have messed with you then? I’m not sure. Maybe not quite as much as I did … Read more
Dear Bloody Brain, How long has it been? Eight? Nine years? Let’s see… You slammed into my life in March of 2007, turning my world upside down. So that would make it nine years. Though if I counted from the surgeries, August of 2007, that would be about eight and a half years. Whatever. Somehow … Read more
At the pilot’s words, “We are starting our descent.” all the anxiety I felt about this trip to Israel vanished as if it had never been. Yes, I was exhausted, and yes, I went into sensory overload mode while in transit. The headache was ever present and I was wobbly much of the time. But … Read more
EEG exhibiting seizure activity. Dr. Robert said that I only had two angiomas. Dr. Stuart told me that of my multiple angiomas only two had bled. But according to the brain MRI report, there were indications of “hemorrhage scattered throughout the hemispheres and in the right middle cerebellar peduncle.” (The cerebellar peduncle is the part … Read more
