Stories

This is part II to my story, Mouths Open, Mouths Close, where I share potential responses to uncomfortable comments about my migraine. A. My reply: "True." (Better to keep it...

A girl in the 10th standard in school asked me once, "Why does your voice always sound like you woke up from sleep?" I didn’t have an answer at that...

Two days ago, I went outside my home for 4.5 hours. I had fun at the mall and the mini zoo nearby. I gave myself a treat of americano after...

Was this a good idea after three decades Of not experiencing something obnoxious? Just for me, not for anybody else. I am me, they are them. The desire to leave...

I was being woken up by my sister to get in the bath and get ready to school. "Please just leave me to sleep," I said as she kept tapping...

I know people die. I know many are about to die. I know people lose body parts. I know too many eat junk and die of the impurities accumulated in...

Reading a novel is a nightmare for me. That's why I have to give up many of them after reading a portion. Spacing out my reading helps me understand and...

It’s okay for one to not digest my 2 dozen symptoms as a cause for the limitations in my life. It’s not easy to do so. One may somehow digest...

Throughout my academic life, I was told to score high on all the tests at school and college. That only good grades can get you a good job (meaning a...

I take a lot of time to understand things. The first encounter with a new task is a nightmare. Learning new things is a struggle. I bet you can guess...

I was always told to wear shoes to keep my feet in good condition, I listened to my well-wishers and wore shoes whether they fit my big feet or not...

Since March 2023, I started using the phrase "two dozen symptoms" instead of calling it migraines or sickness or illness. Terms like illness and sickness had some terrifying power as...

Forgot the diary But didn’t forget my mind. I’m busy writing four novels But still, I found time To chalk out a poem On a paper napkin, Wobbly at best...

That Neuro Thing I have — it Won’t leave me alone for a moment. It’s always in the nesting stage, Always a fetus, needing nourishment From its host, The body...

The fluid in my inner ear Gets jumbled up sometimes. I feel vibrations in the lower half And the upper half. I rather not get up. If I am up...

I’m feeling so old. I just turned 70 in May and I keep thinking about my mom at this age. She passed away a year ago at 101.5 years old...

I try once and I fail. I try twice, then set sail To find hope elsewhere. I try thrice and I am full of despair. I should have given up...

I am the sole soul who needs to take care of the triggers around me. I can’t ask anyone else to remember my triggers and behave accordingly. I shouldn’t expect...

When my life-long migraines became chronic in 2005, I was told that regular exercise would help. So I developed a walking habit that, I guess, helped me. I couldn't tell...

For more than two decades I was in the dark as to what was causing so much pain in the upper abdomen near the lower rib cage. The modern medicine...