My selfish blog

I have spoken at length about all of my health issues over the past five years but today I wanted to step back and selfishly congratulate myself.

I still have a long way to go to get back to normal life after surviving 12 brain surgeries and one failed eye surgery. I would not wish this on my worst enemy. This has been a extremely difficult, slow and a long process not only for me but also for my family and friends.

I am extremely grateful for the love and support that I do have. While I didn't ask for or expect any of this my family and friends didn't either. I am extremely grateful to them all. I am a lucky guy who has the love and support of my wife and daughter, my parents, brothers, extended family and friends and all of Jenny's family has been great as well. They never asked for this either. 

While I do have speech issues, mobility issues and issues with my short term memory, I have come a long way in the past five years and hope to continue progressing towards eventually getting back to normal life. Jenny and Eliana deserve nothing less for all that they have given me. 

I went from being 100% dependant on others for everything in my daily life, to now less so. I am still more dependent on others than I want to be, due to my speech and mobility issues but I am not paralyzed thank God and I still have a lot of life left to live.

I went from losing weight until I weighed almost nothing, and being on a total liquid diet to now being able to eat whatever I want. I have spent roughly nine months of my life in the hospital cumulatively over the past five years.

However, since my wonderful doctor in Barcelona managed to fix my two shunts in 2022, I have not needed to have another brain surgery. Hopefully, I am through the worst of it now.

I still have a long road ahead of me to get back to normal life but I will continue my daily speech therapy and going to my physical therapy 4 times a week to work on my balance issues. Additionally, I have returned to teaching English online, not to make a ton of money but to improve my speech. My life is not ideal but, it could be much worse. I am thankful and grateful to everyone for their love and support and while I am not fully independent, I am not paralyzed or in a coma either. I do not want to be dependent on others forever nor do I want to be a burden to anyone. I want to return to being a normal husband and father.

That is all for now. Til next time, Tyler