I’ll be on my own for a weekend and looking for a book as a movie or limited series. I’ve done The Summer I Turned Pretty, His & Hers, tried 9 Perfect Strangers (no for me), The Housemaid, and A couple of Colleen Hoover ones that came out. Anything else?
It’s been almost 30 years since my second brain tumor was removed. I was 8 the first time and that didn’t leave me with much of an issue other than schools became academically more difficult.
The second, at 18 years old, left me paralyzed on the left. I can walk now, albeit with a very pronounced limp that people stare at and ask about, but 30 years later I’m just now realizing how isolating it is.
No one has had a similar experience to relate to. I don’t think people see me as different - which is a blessing and a curse. I’m slower than they are and they don’t wait up. I can’t do the things they can do and sometimes they look at me as lazy. I’m tired all the time and people get annoyed. I try REALLY hard not to complain about it. Not to let it identify me. But…when no one can relate to your experience, when no one walks like you or has the same physical difficulties, it’s very isolating. I’m just now coming to this conclusion.