05/03/2024
Looking forward to another year of running in the Grey Matters 5K. Brandon Robinson is a dear friend who has been more like a brother to me for 12 years. Brandon and Stephanie refuse to let his own health struggles slow down their charitable efforts. Grey Matters Whitesburg, Inc. is the first organization my law office sponsored, and we will continue to support it every year. Come join us in Whitesburg next Saturday!
Hey friends!
We officially have entered , so there 10 DAYS LEFT UNTIL RACE DAY! Remember, online registration cuts off May 8th. Link: https://runsignup.com/Race/KY/Whitesburg/GreyMatters5K
There will also be on site registration starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday, May 11th at the Letcher County Veterans Museum. We take cash or card if you want to wait until race day to sign up.
Now, as we often do, we feature our first story: Mine.
I won’t bore you with my first two surgeries, because that’s what got all this started, but I instead focus on the third.
On December 8th, 2023, I signed off from WYMT thinking it was going to take about two weeks to heal up. Here we are six months later.
I had a mostly awake craniotomy on December 13th. Everything was going good until suddenly I lost feeling in my right hand. I told the doctor, who immediately stopped. Thankfully, he had got all the tumor that was visible, but told Steph and my friend Keela that I was at the end of my surgical options.
I was told in two months I would regain the use of my hand. Ok, no big deal right?
It was a little bit later once the anesthesia wore off that something else was wrong. I was diagnosed with expressive aphasia. That means I’m in here, but I get my words jumbled a little bit and I have to focus on what I’m saying before I can get my point across. My speech therapist Savannah says I’m improving. 😁
I was making steady progress with my hand until one night I had a focal seizure involving my right arm. I was back to square one. With the help of Ryan, my occupational therapist, I’m regaining what I lost.
That brings me to now. I’m doing a lot better than someone who’s has his head cut open three times has a right to be. Sure, I have my down days, but I remember I’m lucky to be alive. I give all the credit to God and thank Him daily for his blessings.
There’s a reason I’m still here. I believe it’s to spread awareness to this awful disease that has plagued so many of us. That’s why we . 🩶🧠