Dealing with Multiple Health Issues at Once

Yes! An MRI showed 4 issues in my brain, on top of multiple issues I have elsewhere in my body. It’s a lot to deal with, I know. All you can do is cope with it one day at a time. In my brain, I had a meningioma, an arachnoid cyst, and empty sella syndrome, caused by high intracranial pressure. They removed the tumor and installed a shunt to help relieve the pressure. The cyst I can just live with for awhile I guess. In between the two brain surgeries, which were two months apart, I had two spinal surgeries to help relieve severe sciatic pain. Yeah, four surgeries in four months, what a treat! I think my “diagnosis list” is up to 17 conditions now or something like that. My friend who is in the same boat and I joke about it all the time. It’s the way we cope with it. Please feel free to reach out directly if I can be of help. I’m happy to share experiences, provide a shoulder or an ear as needed, or just be a sounding board.