7 years shuntaversary

Hi Jhana's supporters. It's your writer and disability advocate Jhana. I apologize for not blogging for a few weeks. Before the break that begins on Monday, I have been working on my schoolwork, but everything is due tomorrow. I'll make an effort to regularly write more blogs. This takes place every Saturday and Thursday. Let's return to this blog now. 

 

I was faced with a choice seven years ago. At the time, I used to smoke. To survive, I had to either give up smoking and get surgery, or continue smoking and perish. I went with survival. Suicidal thoughts never occurred to me as a reason to make that decision. Anyway, I gave up smoking cigarettes in September of 2016. Then, a few days into stopping smoking, I made the decision to give my neurosurgeon a call and schedule a surgery for December 14, 2016. But before I did my surgery, I did my MRI to see how bad it was. Then I went to my doctor’s appointment so he could tell me what was going to happen. My mom was there and asked if I am going to survive this. He assured us that I will survive it. After surgery on December 14th, my mother informed me, when I was in the recovery room, my shunt was malfunctioning, which was the reason I was experiencing headaches and lightheadedness, which nearly sent me falling down the stairs. I mistakenly believed that it was because I smoked marijuana. So I quit that to do a little experiment, I found out that Marijuana wasn’t the reason why I was dizzy. It was because of my shunt Malfunctioning. 

I would not have survived if I had not had the procedure. Without it, I couldn't pursue my passion of writing and supporting individuals with disabilities. And I never would have met Rob, the love of my life. Furthermore, I also wouldn’t be with my family. There’s nothing I would have changed. My partner at the time didn't want me to have surgery because he believed I was seeking attention, which is why my PCP at the time yelled at him and said I need to do my surgery. That’s all I have to say about that is that. 

I had a book published before I removed it to edit it, and by 2025, I want to have another one out. And I'm enrolled in college to try to earn a creative writing degree, which I hope to do by 2025. Despite having only one year of school, I have a 3.29 GPA and am a member of the honors society. My goal is to maintain a GPA above 3.0. I disproved everyone who said that my impairment would prevent me from succeeding. I intend to achieve my goals in spite of my limitations. It's acceptable if I work a little differently or more slowly than those without a disability. I'm still able to go.