Skating with a Brain Aneurysm, Part 2: Aborted Surgery
Once upon a time . . . that is, one day, I don’t know when, in the upper right eyelid–the space you would not use dark eye shadow necessarily, if you did that kind of thing–I noticed “a heartbeat” on …...
View ArticleIdentifying IT: #3 in “Skating With A Brain Aneurysm”
If you’re following this series re’ “Still Skating with A Brain Aneurysm,” we left off last time with an aborted surgery on February 5, 2015, and a referral to another specialist in another state: As...
View ArticleStay? or Go HOME? #4 in “Skating with a Brain Aneurysm”
If you’re new to this series, I’m blogging my experience with a “very large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” The previous...
View ArticleAm I Well Enough To Get The Procedure That Could Save My Life? #5
If you’re new to this series, I’m blogging my experience with a “very large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” The previous...
View Article“Just the facts, ‘Mam”– Brain Aneurysm #7
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with a “very large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Finally curious...
View ArticleSkating With A Brain Aneuirysm, #8: Gratitude
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with a “very large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” I wasn’t sure...
View Article#9: Cosmic Thump!
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with a “very large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Yesterday I had...
View Article“Where Did Everybody Go?” #10
I read the brochures mailed to me (snail mail) by Swedish Hospital re’ brain aneurysms and the RIA procedure. Naturally, facing “just the facts, ‘mam” invited the reader (moi), especially if they’ve...
View ArticleRuptured vs. Unruptured Aneurysms #12
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with a “very large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Three more days...
View ArticleUnfair Check of Faith! and “About Death” #13
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Oops! In the last post...
View ArticleFixing the Aneurysm & Celebrating EASTER!
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” I’d been told I would...
View ArticleSwedish Hospital Journey: #15 Aneurysm Series
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Monday, April 7, 2015:...
View ArticleWeek After Procedure #16 Aneurysm Series
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Monday, April 13, 2015...
View Article#17 Aneurysm Series: Billing
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” During the entire...
View ArticleWeek After “Coil & Stent,” #18 Aneurysm
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Tuesday, 04.14.2015:...
View ArticleThe Human Side of Doctors, Aneurysm Series, #19
I’m sharing this email exchange with “Dr. B,” the second M.D. I contacted in my search to identify IT–ultimately, a large brain aneurysm–because without his participation in my plight, even though...
View ArticleMonth After “Coil & Stent,” #20 Aneurysm Series
New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with “a large brain aneurysm” for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?” Today, May 15, It’s...
View Article3-month update: “aneurysm repair”
[New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with a brain aneurysm for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?”] My doctor for the RIA...
View ArticleUpdate: No More Plavix!
[New to this series? I’ve been blogging my experience with a brain aneurysm for family and friends as explained in the first post, “Still Skating With A Brain Aneurysm?”] When I got home from the gym...
View Article6-month follow-up after coil & stent
[This series is about discovering a brain aneurysm before it ruptured and the healthcare journey that followed with the elective medical intervention to fix it rather than accept being a walking...
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