Simone Giertz

Like there's nothing there.

I haven't had any seizures.

I haven't had any cognitive issues.

I haven't had any headaches even.

Like how is that even possible?

So you go through a lot of different stages of just trying to understand what it is.

And I think I remember...

being hit right as I found out when we were in an Uber, poor Uber driver, from where I had my MRI scan to the ER where they sent me.

And I was really, both really grateful that I've gotten so much more out of life than I ever thought I would.

I've had...

hell of a life.

And even if it would have ended really early, I would have done so much more than I ever thought.

But I was also really, really sad that I hadn't had kids yet.

Like, that was my big grief of like, fuck, I haven't had time to have kids yet.

But no, it's terrifying.

I mean, the prospect of somebody cutting up your head, like, that's terrifying.

But it honestly wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

I think surgery was both harder and easier than radiation treatment because it was harder because it was so much more intense.

And it's such a dramatic thing, like going to the hospital that morning and being like...

I don't know, and you feel so awful when you wake up.