2 years 11 months.

Well. Here we are. There has been some most amazing stuff going on since my last monthly update! Including yesterdays day of mind blowing

Originally posted on (b)human which has since lost it's legs.

It was a summer day like any other. I walked down to the school to pick up the boys just as I did every school day. Just after I walked through the school gates my head exploded with pain. I made my way slowly to a bench to sit and wait for the boys to come out from their classes. While I waited I realised this was no ordinary headache. Walking was increasingly difficult and I was extremely nauseous. I called a friend and asked her to come and pick us up from the school and drop us home as I didn’t think I would be able to walk back home again.

2013 in Review

2013. You were better than 2012 but in your own way have thrown up many challenges and celebrations. You were a big year for education in our family as well.

There were frustrating and often painful times this year when my brain has let me know I have been pushing it. The first saw me cut chemistry and Pure maths out of my course. This last one is more permanent.

2 years 10 months

Yes, It is late.

As you know, I write these posts on the 16th of each month. December 16th is the anniversary of my mothers passing. I felt it important to spend that time with her.

I graduated with honours across the board! Graduation was pretty nifty. I will miss some of my teachers and class mates. I am waiting to find out if I made it into the courses I applied for. Next round of offers is January 16th, so I may or may not have news :) 

I saw the neuro ophthalmologist. He was in a rather large hurry to have a look and see what my brain was doing so I had an MRI the Friday of that week and a follow up appointment the following Tuesday. I am very pleased to say I have a clear brain scan. I have binocular diplopia (double vision in both eyes) they could put prism in the lenses of my glasses to help me to be able to see properly. I also have small cataracts and 'opaque lenses' and surprise surprise weakness in the muscle of my left eye..... seriously.

I have an appointment with my new neurologist January 22nd. Meanwhile Christmas is just around the corner and life is hectic. Dad has needed a lot more help this year. There have been a few family events which have made this month a lot better.

By the time I write my post in January I will have become 40. I had not expected to make it to forty and yet here I am. It is another mile stone and another badge of honour. I would not have made it to forty if not for my amazing brain surgery by the wonderful Charlie Teo. I continue to fund raise for the Cure for Life foundation in the hope that one day, brain tumours will not be death sentences.

If you'd like to help out you can donate here

My incredible husband has completed his Graduate Certificate in Information Systems. He has also received an award for academic excellence for a GPA of 6.75. All this while caring for our family and working full time! Very proud of him.

Check it out here!

I hope you all have a wonderful, safe and healthy Christmas and that 2014 brings you all you desire.

2 years 9 months

Still no time to breathe! This is my 101st blog post .... cos that is somehow significant.

James turned 17 at the beginning of November, He graduated from year 12 on November 15th, so he was 17 for a whole 11 days before graduating.

I have found a wonderful psychologist who has been helping me work through some stuff and I am feeling much better.

Everything is full steam ahead here. I have an exam tomorrow and another on Monday which 'should' be my last for the year. December 3 rd will be my graduation.

I have a couple of specialist appointments coming up as well. I ACTUALLY made appointments! I have one on December 3 rd... sound like a familiar date? That one is with the neuro ophthalmologist to see what is what and what could/can/may be repairable with my funny double vision. I can't wait to see the back of that! He is a bit excited and moved the appointment from January 14th to December 3rd which has me a wee bit bothered but it just means a faster result :)

Neuro anything means brain scans... all of them... ever. So today I put together a new scan bag to hold my 3kgs of brain scans. I also popped in to the local hospital to get a copy of the scans they did in A&E when I had my ambulance adventure last month.

Today I finalised the paperwork to go to QTAC for my application to do a Bachelor of Science at Griffith with a mid year start for 2014.

I'll make a whole new post when I have more time.

2 years 8 months

Where to start? Oldest to newest I think! I made a list of things to tell you about so I wouldn’t forget.
To begin this extra-long post, I had a bit of a rough time at the end of last term, so much so that I was seriously considering quitting the whole course. It wasn't a fear of failure thing; it was a problem with one of my teachers. Said teacher was completely unprofessional and was effecting not just me but a number of my classmates. I decided to talk to the teacher and allow an opportunity to have a conversation about the issues. It went fairly smoothly though I don’t know how much difference it has made. Oddly enough I do not have the marks back from that subject at this point.

NOT a Bucket List

I don't like the "bucket list" I am not about to kick the bucket, I've been at that point already in my life and when asked what I wanted to do I said, people. It's not places or things, for me it is people.I want to see people.

So now that I have the whole rest of my life out there in front of me there are things I want to do, places I want to see and people I want to meet.