The things your loved ones put up with
Melanie is my best friend, and she was helping me try on clothes since my shoulder is still stiff from surgery. If you were in the ladies dressing room at Macy’s today, you may have overheard this conversation between Mel and I. Liz: Oh, don’t look at my underwear. I didn’t realize when I was...
We’re going to take very good care of you
Note: This was written almost one year after my second brain surgery. This is a reflection on that moment. There is one moment we can experience on earth that is as close to dying as we can get. At least, that’s the way I see it. You let your loved ones go. They watch...
Thinking of you
Dear Kaiser: The smell of your bathroom soap triggers memories of every hospitalized experience I’ve had in the past year. One minute I’m checking out my hair, running my hands under the hot water wondering when my prescription will be refilled, and the next I’m standing half-naked in a hospital gown, head shaven with an...
Email from the neuro-hospitalist
Liz, Your personal involvement and commitment to your illness and care are remarkable. Keep up this level of interest and enthusiasm to be sure that you optimize your care! … Great to see you and I wish you all the best! Dr. A
Post-operative rock out
This is less than 24 hours after brain surgery. I taped this as a nurse was changing the sheets in my bed. I seriously thought I was rocking out when I videoed this moment. This is the most spaced-out I can be.
