Hydrocephalus: shame on you [Part 1]
My fellow hydro warrior - and writer - Celeste Daniels brought up a VERY GOOD point in her blog yesterday. That is, oftentimes, we have to remind those closest - our families - that it affects each of us differently. Take me for example, even though I have had Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV) surgery, I am still prone to seizures if I am exposed to rapidly flashing lights such as strobe lights on a fire truck or a rapidly flashing Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) file. The seizures are the result of photosensitive epilepsy which causes persons that have it to have seizures resulting from visual stimuli such as the GIF file I mentioned above. Something else that Celeste said that I completely agree with is that we should NEVER HAVE TO APOLOGIZE for the shortcomings caused by our incurable condition. For me, one of those is my short-term memory, or, should I say the lack of it? Although it has improved greatly since my ETV surgery, I still can be in the midst of a conve
