I'm a mom too!

 It is no accident that I'm doing so well. I logged many hours, reprogramming my brain with speech therapy, reading (including reading aloud), lumosity, brain baseline, and playing memory with my girls. Candy crush and conversations on facebook didn't hurt either. wink emoticon  And due to my job I have to read aloud, speak, speak clearly, and force my brain to explain. You may not notice but I have to concentrate on this every.single.day Disclaimer: When you do come across my typos, please ignore. I'm still a work in progress. Find out more about neuroplasticity here.

 I don't need another for 6 months!!!! Today I feel very thankful. I'm thankful for my family for putting up for me, my friends for feeding me and making me laugh, the prayers, the doctor who cut my tumor out and very thankful for the nurse who got my contrast IV painlessly into my little vein (using the accuevein ( ‪#‎ thestruggleisreal‬ ,  ‪#‎ nursesrock‬ ). Today was the most painless MRI ever. All restrictions are lifted and can workout and jazzercise again! Does that mean I have to start doing cooking, cleaning and laundry again? ‪#‎ goodnewsbadnews‬   ‪#‎ lifeisgood‬

17.5 week update. The day I was diagnosed with a meningioma I knew that I would still always be a wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend but I wasn't positive I would ever be a teacher again however I believed that I would. The next day when I woke up in ICU not able to speak I believed. Three days later when I took my first wobbly steps after brain surgery I believed. I continued to believe and wh en anyone asked me if I was going back in the fall my answer was YES! My eyes were always on that prize because that means I was back. Back to normal or as close I could possibly get. 10 weeks later I took giant steps backwards with my second brain surgery. I asked the doctor, "Can I teach in the fall?" He answered, "Yes." I asked, "How long is recovery this time?" He answered, "Six weeks." There were exactly 6 weeks until my next contract started. Aug. 11. Thank God for that and the slightly later start date. 14 weeks later I was packing for a vac...