Mother’s Day weekend is the anniversary of my craniotomy. I haven’t thought about it much in this past year because I’ve been preoccupied by the loss of my son. Since the anniversary is here, I thought I’d post an update. My hair has grown back as much as it probably ever will. Last year, there [...]
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Craniotomy two years later
Posted in Craniotomy, tagged brain surgery, Craniotomy on May 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One Year Anniversary…Part 5
Posted in Craniotomy, tagged Baltimore Sun, brain surgery, brain tumor, Diana Sugg on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Three days after being in the hospital, I came home. That is amazing to me because I spent three days in the hospital after having my son, Ethan. I was glad to head home. The constant interruptions, from nurses doing their rounds to housekeepers vacuuming in the middle of the night, kept me from sleeping [...]
One Year Anniversary…Part 4
Posted in Craniotomy, tagged brain surgery, California State Fair, Craniotomy, Mother's day on May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What more could a mom want on Mother’s Day than to lay in bed all day, have meals prepared for you, no dishes, people asking how you’re feeling, a few hours to yourself without the yelling and bickering of children, full control of the remote? Spending Mother’s Day recovering from brain surgery in the hospital [...]
One Year Anniversary…Part 2
Posted in Craniotomy, tagged brain surgery, Craniotomy on May 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last year we arrived at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus before the sun rose. There was already quite a crowd in the waiting room. Large mounted screens indicated the status of patients. My hospital experience to date had been limited to giving birth to my children. So, I was surprised to see the assembly-line efficiency [...]
One Year Anniversary…Part 1
Posted in Craniotomy on May 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today was an almost exact duplicate of this same Thursday, one year ago. I went to class. The weather in Ohio, though, was much warmer and sunnier than anything I’ve yet to see in cool, overcast Oregon. After school my mom and I picked up Ethan and walked him home. He was shorter, with chubbier [...]
Nine Months Later
Posted in Craniotomy, tagged brain tumor, craniotomoy on February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It has been nine months since I had brain surgery. I thought by now I’d have more hair. So far, it has grown just long enough to stick up on top and slightly feather back on the sides. Not pretty. I’ve thought about cutting the rest of my hair really short, but I have permanent [...]
Fate, Luck, Destiny?
Posted in Craniotomy, tagged brain tumor, pay it forward on February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This evening I’ve been poking around online in a preliminary investigation for a potential research project on how people with health conditions use the Internet to cope, and I came across an announcement about a woman named Beth Younggren Glassman, who died in February after battling brain cancer. The similarities of our lives rocked me. [...]
Audio-Visual Story Posted
Posted in Craniotomy, tagged brain surgery, brain tumor, Craniotomy on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Michael DiBari, the photojournalist who was my family’s shadow throughout our close encounter with the brain tumor, has posted an audio-visual slideshow of the project http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~md285806/lisa/ Considering that he took more than 3,000 pictures, I was impressed he managed to condense his work into a two-minute presentation. He said the story made one person, who [...]
Stitches Out
Posted in Craniotomy, Uncategorized, tagged brain surgery, brain tumor, Craniotomy on June 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The stitches were removed today. Other than the IV, it was the most painful part of this entire experience. The sides of my head are a little tender. I have very little feeling in the top of my head and no feeling in one spot. So, I really felt the stitches as they were being [...]
Two Weeks Later
Posted in Craniotomy, Uncategorized, tagged brain surgery, brain tumor, Craniotomy on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe it has been two weeks since the operation. At this time, two weeks ago, I was unconscious with my brain exposed. The recovery is going great. Most of the time, I feel normal. My head itches. The swelling where the skin was stitched has gone down. Right after the surgery it felt [...]
