Moving Forward

A surgery like this doesn’t end when you leave the hospital. It carries both a physical toll and a psychological weight. Recovery isn’t linear — it’s unpredictable, and patience becomes your closest friend.

Old struggles rise to the surface as you become more aware of your inner world. Doubt and concern can follow you through the day, drawing your attention inward.

At the same time, new challenges can quietly emerge in the background, unnoticed until you have the distance to see them clearly.

The side effects came as predicted. Verbal memory, my ability to recall names and words, has dimmed. I lean on backup systems now, small habits that bridge the gap between thought and speech.

Onwards

As I write this, a year has passed since surgery. It feels right to build this website now; a place for reflection, for gratitude, for making sense of what remains and what’s been rebuilt.

It’s easy to see the bad. It’s also easy to miss the good. A piece of my brain was destroyed, but if its main contribution was chaos, then good riddance.

“I still felt like me,” I wrote once, and I still do.

What Comes Next

This website is what comes next.

It’s the continuation of recovery, through storytelling, connection, and awareness.

If you live with epilepsy, I hope these pages remind you that you’re not alone; that progress is possible, and that science is moving forward faster than ever before.