#know yourself
Don’t get attached to a heart that isn’t for you…
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelou
May: Brain Cancer Awareness Month
The most common symptoms of brain cancer are:
- Headaches
- Seizures
- Difficulty thinking/speaking
- Personality changes
- Tingling/Stiffness on one side of the body
- Loss of balance
- Vision changes
- Memory loss
- Nausea
- Disorientation
- Muscle weakness
- Anxiety/Depression
These are not all the symptoms of brain cancer, and brain cancer is NOT the only cause of these symptoms. If you suddenly or frequently experience any of these, go to your doctor so they can determine the cause.
[ID: An illustration of the side view of the human brain, with each lobe colored differently, with the most common symptoms arranged to follow the shape of the brain/lobes. The lobe-specific symptoms of brain cancer are in list formats outside the brain and correlate in color to the lobes. Frontal lobe: Personality changes, Increased aggression/irritation, Apathy, Weakness on one side of the body, Loss of smell, Difficulty walking, and Vision / Speech problems. Parietal lobe: Difficulty speaking/understanding, Problems reading/writing, and Loss of feeling in part of the body. Occipital lobe: Vision problems. Meninges: Headache, Nausea/vomiting, Sight problems, and Neck pain. Pituitary Gland: Lack of energy, Weight gain, Mood swings, High blood pressure, Diabetes, Enlarged hands/feet, Irregular/infrequent periods, and Infertility/impotence. Temporal lobe: Forgetting words, Short-term memory loss, and Seizures (often associated with strange smells/feelings). Brain Stem: Issues with coordination, Eyelid/mouth droops to one side, Difficulty swallowing, Difficulty speaking, and Double vision. Cerebellum: Issues with coordination, Uncontrolled eye movement, Nausea/vomiting, Neck stiffness, and Dizziness. Spinal Cord: Pain, Numbness, Weakness in legs/arms, Loss of bladder/bowel control, and Difficulty walking. End description.]
Most of us, I feel, are in a constant state of becoming. Becoming what? I don’t know, but we are becoming it at full speed all the time and once we’re there it’ll be AMAZING! When will we get there? I don’t know, but when we do get there we will transcend! I don’t know what, or when, or how. But whatever, whenever, or wherever it is we are becoming it regardless.