Flashback: Battle of the illnesses – #BrokenBrain update
I’m in an odd place. I have higher highs, lower lows, and less capacity to predict and manage.
Author: RK Crosby
Political and communication strategist, habitual ranter, migraine warrior and founder of Migraine Australia. Tikkun Olam.
Flashback: The almighty botox backfire
Having reached the bottom of the barrel in terms of my options, I finally gave in and agreed to botox treatment.
Flashback: Playing the long game (#brokenbrain update)
I just have to play the long game, be patient and pray this migraine attack will break.
Flashback: Two years.
It has been two years today since I was carted off to hospital with the left side of my body numb.
Flashback: What’s important
There are some stark realities looming. It’s time to decide what’s important.
Flashback: Losing Time
I had to admit a new symptom. A bad one. Losing time.
Flashback: The Diagnosis Problem
One does not realise until one gets sick how unbelievably critical a diagnosis is.
Flashback: It’s alive…
My right foot has been permanently numb since the second brain break in July last year – so basically a full year. And in the last week or so, it’s started to wake up.
Flashback: The beauty of saying nothing.
I lost a very dear friend of mine today. A friend who had never been able to say a sentence to me, yet who meant so much.
Flashback: A relief to go to hospital?
Twice in the last 2 days I saw the inside of a hospital. And I had this odd sense of relief.
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