ME: So my neuropsychologist asked me about overdoing things. BLOODY BRAIN: Haven’t you slowed way down? ME: Yes. Especially when you compare to my pace before the bleeds. I look back, and I can’t begin to imagine how I did it all. Working full time, weaving, reading, WARP board stuff, all that knitting, and raising … Read more
What can I do versus what I should do versus what I want to do. I really want to go to the movie, but I know I’ll pay a price the next day. How heavy a price? Is it worth it? Should I say no to the meeting, postpone it to the next day? How … Read more
I saw a quote on Facebook: “You’ve got it backwards actually—I’m faking being well!” I’m done faking it. All this time, more than eight years since the surgeries, I’ve worried about being a malingerer. I’ve worried that I was over-dramatizing some of my symptoms, that really, I just need to try harder, that I’m not … Read more