Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to me, again! today is my four month anniversary since my gamma knife brain surgery. only four months? it feels like a year! i am not even halfway yet! i have my first MRI check up in august, which is also my birthday and when we are moving into our new flat. so, that will be a very auspicious month! i have also had to tell my school that i will maybe be returning to work only in november (which is also when my taiwan work visa expires - another complication for a later post), but there is no way to tell for sure, as my recovery so far has been very erratic.

the surgery is definitely the most compelling part of the story, but the recovery is by far the hardest to deal with, both mentally and physically. i think i need to devote separate posts to those two issues as i have been struggling with both recently. mainly because, after the treatment, you expect things to be A-Okay! but they're not. and friends and family tend to forget that the drama isn't over after the surgery, the drama is just beginning, and the greatest test of one's will and inner strength is still ahead. i have to admit i am a bit scared ...