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I Remember When I Joined Ep

I joined EP July 11,2010. I was looking for others who had had the same brain surgery as me, which was extremely difficult as you could probably imagine. There was someone who'd posted on EP about an almost identical surgery, so I eagerly joined the site to reply to them.. sadly they'd posted in 2007 and must have stopped visiting the site because I was still awaiting a response when EP closed. :/
My mother had a brain tumor removed. My friend's son has a brain tumor that can't be completely removed. I have chronic pain. Everyone has something.
@KayraJordyn everyone has something, you're right. That's very sad about your friend's son. I was just looking for someone who had to have part of their brain removed. I was eager to learn about how others dealt with various problems that happened due to their surgery (I went almost completely blind in my left eye.. but because my eye was fine and it was the brain causing the problem, I couldn't tell I'd lost the vision. I would run into stuff all the time, and had a very hard time adjusting, because I'd forget I was missing the vision).
I was also wondering how to deal with relearning to walk and the intense frustrating that came with trying to do something as simple as clipping your own finger nails or putting on your pants, knowing the correct motions to do it, trying to do it, but failing over and over just because my brain wouldn't send the proper signals.
That and dealing with the bullying that I was facing at school because of needing to wear a brace to walk and running into things.
I'm sorry, I realize now that was incredibly stupid to say, and trivialized a battle you waged with grace and dignity. Please forgive my ignorant statement.

Dang, you've gone through some stuff! I'm so sorry it cost you so much. About the eye being fine, but the brain not recognizing sight, isn't that amazing? Everything starts and ends with the brain. (Even just pain, the signal goes from the brain to the pain point, and then that spot sends a pain signal right back to the brain, and then you're caught in a cycle. I can only imagine the pain you've endured.) I'm really proud od you for doing such intensive work to relearn difficult tasks, things most people take for granted. The fact that you were running into things makes me smile, only because it means you regained the ability to walk, and that's not easy. That's so cool to me.

I hope you find some good support here, and pay zero attention to the haters. They'll hate whether you're doing well or not.
Teachocolate · 51-55, F
Hope you are ok now.
@Teachocolate I am thank you.
Teachocolate · 51-55, F
@boklenholley7 Good to know.
ScarletWitch · 26-30, F
Are you okay now?
@ScarletWitch yeah. I'm trying to fix my leg and hand now to work like before the surgery and am making progress. (:

 
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