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10 pages- Post 1987Bill Perkins
"Your brain is not normal."
The neurologist gazed intently at a magnetic resonance image of my brain. The same brain a radiologist referred to when he said, “You have small vessel brain disease” (SVD) (I covered that half of the story in this article ). Still…
- Post 1983Bill Perkins
“You’ve got a brain disease,” she said.
A couple months ago I got a call from a radiologist who had viewed an MRI of my brain. I expected her to say, “Good news. It’s there.” Instead she said, “I’ve got good news and bad news.” I always want the good news first. If I get…
- Post 1599Bill Perkins
I Did A Few Things Right!
I have a friend who is dying. I’ve known Stan Giles since 1977 when we worked together at a church in Houston, Texas. He has brain cancer and every day is now a gift. For the last couple months he’s been sending an email to friends.…
- Post 1337Bill Perkins
Snatched From the Fire
It’s a horrible thing that’s happening in Iraq. Christians being slaughtered simply because they’re Christians. According to news reports, Christ followers are told to convert, pay a tax, or die. In the face of such horrible options…
- Post 1326Bill Perkins
Why I Didn't Take My Life
Depression is a horrible affliction. It’s as different from discouragement as a migraine is from a tension headache. One is devastating. The other distracting. When I slipped into depression several years ago, a black cloud enveloped…
- Post 1319Bill Perkins
The Night I Considered Suicide
When the future looks more horrifying than death, death appears more appealing than life. David Foster Wallace said it this way: Make no mistake about people who leap from burning windows. Their terror of falling from a great height is…
- Post 1269Bill Perkins
I Could Have Lost My Arm
Considering that emergency rooms aren’t the happiest places, the dark haired girl seemed unexpectedly cheerful. Kinda’ like the hostess at an upscale restaurant. Only she wasn’t greeting celebrating couples or relaxing friends, she was…
- Post 992Bill Perkins
An Appointment You Won't Be Late For
Thomas Wells I was saddened by the untimely death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. His body, dressed in boxers and a T-shirt, was found in a…
- Post 181Bill Perkins
An Old Friend Fell
I had an experience last week that got me thinking about how easy it is for us to take people for granted and assume they'll always be around. And then one day, they suddenly and unexpectedly, are gone. On December 20, 2001 I was with…
- Post 171Bill Perkins
A View of Death
While speaking at the commencement exercise at Stanford University on June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs said this: "When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: 'If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you'll most…