Ryan's Journey - Reconstructing With Ryan

I’ve been told that I have an interesting story to tell. I’ve also been told that by doing so might […]

15/7/12 I felt ‘a bit off’ at work one day in July 2012. So I asked the receptionist Leonie to […]

July, 2012 In an instant, our happy little life turned upside down. A CT scan in the Geelong emergency department […]

August, 2012 At St Vincent’s, the neurologists told us that the mass in my brainstem wasn’t a tumour after all, […]

August 2012 Within two weeks, I was back on Level 10 at St Vincent’s. Sadly, the bleed had grown larger. […]

My bodily functions gradually declined and unfortunately I was totally conscious of it all. Dee read to me to keep […]

22/8/12 I lay in bed helpless for a few days, waiting for the surgeon to return from a conference in […]

24/8/12 I woke up in the intensive care unit. I couldn’t move and so assumed the surgery went badly. I […]

As soon as I managed to move a little, I realised that I had been lying on my side, staring […]

1 week after surgery

My previous life.

2012: Before & after surgery On the right hand side is my attempt at shutting both eyes firmly whilst smiling, […]