Medical Gaslighting happens every day, and it kills and disables women permanently. 

I'm here to stop it.

Was I really ready for this? My body was so exhausted. This was going my be my third neurosurgery in ten months. Could my relationship with Nathan handle another extended period of post-operative care? Caretaker fatigue and secondary trauma are common and completely understandable. I wasn't the only one about to go through another surgery.

Special thanks to Vanderbilt University Medical Center for granting me permission to have my best friend/photographer follow me along on this journey. This will be my third neurosurgery in ten months, but my first at Vanderbilt.

If you're a regular reader or listener of my podcast, then you may already know this, but for those not in the know, I am going in for spinal fusion of my C6 and C7 vertebrae on Thursday, July 18.

I received word on July 8 and scheduled the surgery immediately. So, I've been trying to prepare by recording extra podcast content in advance, sending my partner on a large grocery shopping excursion, and prepping for surgery and life post-op for the past several days.