It's All In My Head

Today I got in my car and drove off only to find that I was confused
about which way to go. (I have lived in my house in Colorado Springs
for 30 years.) I was afraid that the brain tumor, which had been in
the parietal or perceptual area of my brain, was coming back.

Fortunately, the doctor assured me that it was NOT coming back at
this time. My MRI on June 22 showed NO signs of cancer. The cancer
could not come back so soon! That means the perceptual problems
seemed to be "in my head," just signs of stress.

This afternoon I saw my occupational therapist, Judy Pierson for
integrated manual therapy. She explained that I had "leaky blood
vessels" in my head. She has had some special training and was able
to work on correcting that problem. Now my head has stopped hurting
and my perceptual ability is beginning to come back. It turns out
that the problem was "in my head," but in a physical way, It was not
simply mental stress. Judy said that the physical problems led to my
experiencing more stress than I would have otherwise.