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MEMOIRS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE

Life and recovery after a Brain Tumour

MEMOIRS: EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE

Life after Brain Tumour

Welcome to Memoirs: Episode IV - A New Hope. In a Galaxy far far away......I'm Kym, 35 and living my new life after a brain tumour and the associated side effects of brain injury. I decided to start a blog in July 2019 exactly 1 year to the day that my Brain Tumour was discovered. The blog name...? Well... George Lucas didn't start his Star Wars saga until half way through and lets face it episodes 1-3... pretty awful... My first few 'episodes' after my diagnosis and first brain surgery were pretty awful too so why not start on the now and work backwards when I am ready to reflect.This is my very first blog and a very passion filled project. My life does seem to be a cataclysm of exciting achievements, napping and embarrassing events which, I am certain, if I add enough punctuation will provide a tale of life with brain injury, life after a brain tumour and will hopefully be someone else's survival guide one day. ...The force is strong with this one...

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Kymberley Byrne

Feb 10, 20202 min read

I have a fifth sense...

**Barometric Pressure** Tinnitus, migraine, sinus pressure, tiredness, clumsiness, dizziness, awful pain on the Cranioplasty join (yup...

Kymberley Byrne

Jan 9, 20202 min read

You're never fully dressed without a smile

I had to do what I felt was one of the hardest things yesterday, and looking back now it seems almost farcical that I would have been...

Kymberley Byrne

Dec 31, 20192 min read

10 Year Challenge

My 10 Year Challenge... So many people posting some amazing and some hilarious pictures across all the social media platforms for the '10...

Kymberley Byrne

Aug 21, 20193 min read

Benign is not fine

When you google the word 'Benign' it reads as follows; benign adjective 1. GENTLE AND KIND kindly, kind, warm-hearted, good-natured,...

Kymberley Byrne

Aug 17, 20192 min read

Eye spy with my little eye.... something beginning with Brain Tumour

I hope that stories like my own can encourage others and their families to keep up with their regular eye health checks as part of their...

Kymberley Byrne

Aug 17, 20191 min read

Be you, Bravely

Postman comes. You know the colour of that envelope. You know texture of it before you even pick it up. You know the colour of the paper...

Kymberley Byrne

Jul 23, 20192 min read

The Clean Vic

So much has happened within the last week to 10 days and I will catch you all up on that BUT I came across this article and thought it...

Kymberley Byrne

Jul 16, 20192 min read

A lot can happen in a year...

This time last year everything was so different. 365 days ago following a routine eye test my Brain Tumour was discovered. It was all a...

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