My Moya Moya Events

I have writer's block today.  Don't know why I just do.  I decided the write of the events preceding Moya Moya diagnosis and afterwards, aftermath as I call it.  These events will be blurbs not paragraphs. This shouldn't be that long - I promise.  These events mostly likely become the chapters of my book so bear with me.

1. 1976 Migraines start and continue even now
2. Patrick and I teaching here and overseas
3. 2000 - Coming home
4. 2000-2001 Jenan's pregnancy and birth
5. 2003 Shane's pregnancy with a ton of problems and migraine city!
6. Shane birth - December 5, 2003
7. One hospital visit because of TIA's after his birth and before the stroke
8. First Stroke on December 18, 2003
9. A History of strokes in my family - my father's side
10. January 17th to 19th - Hospital Stay
11. Rehabilitation - Second Time
12. February  - Released from Rehab and ready to go back to teaching
13. March - Cerebral Angiogram and Moya Moya diagnosis
14. Mid March - first visit with Dr. Neil Martin, my surgeon. Connecting with other patients who are waiting - truly amazing stories
15. April 29th - bypass performed on the left side
16. April 30th - second stroke - some time between midnight and 5 am
17. Rehabilitation - First Time
18. January 17, 2004 Grand Mal Seizure in the bathroom
19. April 30 to May 9th - ICU for 10 days - serious speech issues 
20. May 9th - Mother's Day out of ICU and a small TIA (my last one) affected my right hand
21. May 11th - released from UCLA
22. May 24th until July 29th - Rehab for the Third Time - so angry
23. Early August - went on vacation to Oregon
24. Late August - return to teaching Kindergarten
25. September - Second surgery of the right side. Out of hospital in 5 days
26. October to December 2004 - rested at home 
27. January 2005 - return to work part time
28. February, 2005 to June, 2006 - teaching Kindergarten with daily headaches and/or migraines and missing a lot of work
29. June through August 2006 - trip to New Zealand and Australia with serious problems sleeping
30. September 2006 - started my Master's in Education and dropped out quickly.
31. Mid-September - my mental crash and burn. No more teaching for me.
32. October to January - trying to find the right medicines for my brain and body
33. December 2006 - Dad has Alzheimer's and moved him to Palm Springs
34. January 2007 to now - Acceptance of being disabled and now retired per CalSTRS
35. March 2015 - Bell's Palsy scare
36. January 2016 to now - Working as a Substitute teacher for Palm Springs Unified 

I think I have a book.  An adult survivor and what happens after.  Now I need to start writing it!