Facing Trauma Head On
For the longest time I didn’t truly understand what trauma meant. I didn’t believe you could have PTSD without seeing wartime. I was very wrong. In the past couple of years, I have been trying to understand and learn from my traumas. Of course, they will never go away but understanding and accepting them helps. This year, between work, life, and everything else, I planned my yearly post-transplant check up on the same week as my actual transplantaversary. Looking back now that was a huge mistake. There is a certain type of anxiety leading up to the anniversary and a very different anxiety leading up to going back to where it all began. This year not only did I have to face those head on but I had to face the fact that: My Islet Cells are probably not working well, if at all I am officially insulin dependent For the longest time I really thought I would have an ostomy bag before I ever had to have a constant glucose monitor and an insulin pump but here we are! While placing my first eve...