Oh my goodness Sumaya! I have just spent the last 30 minutes reading about 'occipital neuralgia' which doesn't even touch on the time necessary to understand fully the implications behind such a diagnosis... I felt sick just reading, I can't even begin to imagine the thoughts that ran through your mind when you were finally given the results from the MRI. And, to have been admitted into hospital at that time when we were all so scared of Corona Virus too... I truly don't know if I would have been brave enough to have left my family that day, I really don't...
I am scared by your last sentence too, "The ones that would send me hurtling into the darkness." how can it possibly become worse when you're already living a nightmare of gargantuan size?
I am already poised on the edge of my seat for the next chapter with fearful anticiation...
With love and admiration for you and this courageous beautiful writing.. xxx
I feel you with me Susie!! Thank you! A few more hard chapters and then my story will start unfolding into the light. Oooof! This part is hard! I’m trying to resist the urge to want to speed it up. But being fully immersed in it in this way is so healing. I just need to breathe and let it unfold. It was a hell of a time…
Such a deep expression of what it feels like to be inside that kind of panic. Just when we need someone to save us, left more on our own than ever. I feel your exhaustion and your strength. So clearly. Wow.
So vivid. Reading this I feel like I was right there and, yet, unable to reach out and comfort you. Such a scary time. It's making me recall times when I was in similar states of pain, confusion, and medical kaleidoscope-ia. You describe those feelings so well.
Oh my goodness Sumaya! I have just spent the last 30 minutes reading about 'occipital neuralgia' which doesn't even touch on the time necessary to understand fully the implications behind such a diagnosis... I felt sick just reading, I can't even begin to imagine the thoughts that ran through your mind when you were finally given the results from the MRI. And, to have been admitted into hospital at that time when we were all so scared of Corona Virus too... I truly don't know if I would have been brave enough to have left my family that day, I really don't...
I am scared by your last sentence too, "The ones that would send me hurtling into the darkness." how can it possibly become worse when you're already living a nightmare of gargantuan size?
I am already poised on the edge of my seat for the next chapter with fearful anticiation...
With love and admiration for you and this courageous beautiful writing.. xxx
I feel you with me Susie!! Thank you! A few more hard chapters and then my story will start unfolding into the light. Oooof! This part is hard! I’m trying to resist the urge to want to speed it up. But being fully immersed in it in this way is so healing. I just need to breathe and let it unfold. It was a hell of a time…
Thank goodness the light returned Sumaya, I can read on with that in mind at least. It already feels like a dark and terrifying place to have visited.
Beautiful woman! I feel all of this with you. So so scary.
I love that you’re with me Amy❤️
Such a deep expression of what it feels like to be inside that kind of panic. Just when we need someone to save us, left more on our own than ever. I feel your exhaustion and your strength. So clearly. Wow.
Thank you Adge. It feels really good to be seen by someone who can relate so fully to the experience. ❤️
So vivid. Reading this I feel like I was right there and, yet, unable to reach out and comfort you. Such a scary time. It's making me recall times when I was in similar states of pain, confusion, and medical kaleidoscope-ia. You describe those feelings so well.
Oh my goodness, Sumaya! You describe so vividly the horribly painful and utterly terrifying experience. I can feel its echoes in my soul.
Thanks for reading, Leah. Happy for have you here!
I had “truthbumps” listening to this, Sumaya!
Thank you for sharing your memoir, and I love that we now can hear it recorded with your voice and intonation.
You’re a beautiful, vulnerable, powerful spirit, and courageous to share all this in such depth.
✨🙏🏻✨
truthbumps!! What a delightful word Brigitt! Thank you for that and for all your kind words. I’m so glad to be able to share my story with you.
Thank you for reading, my friend❤️