Tag: Resilience

Learning to Live with Change: Stroke, Retirement, and Independence

On By NurseferatuIn Retirement

So I think I might shift gears a little here. As many of you know—and if you don't, I'll tell you again—I had a stroke a little over a year ago. Things were already going poorly in my career, and that was the moment I realized why I had been struggling so much in the …

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Nurseferatu and the Weight of Secrets

On By NurseferatuIn Mental Health, MST

I feel like I’ve coasted all day, drifting between sleepiness and scattered thoughts. Before retirement, I worked mostly night shifts for over a decade. I was glad to take them—after all, I’ve always been something of a Nurseferatu. Today, I had a visit from some good friends passing through on their way to Burning Man. …

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