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Bill Perkins"Your brain is not normal."
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 looking
Bill Perkins“You’ve got a brain disease,” she said.
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 the bad
Bill PerkinsI Did A Few Things Right!
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. Last we
Bill PerkinsSnatched From the Fire
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 most ar
Bill PerkinsWhy I Didn't Take My Life
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 my min
Bill PerkinsThe Night I Considered Suicide
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 stil
Bill PerkinsI Could Have Lost My Arm
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 admi
Bill PerkinsAn Appointment You Won't Be Late For
Post 992Bill Perkins
An Appointment You Won't Be Late For
[caption id="attachment_987" align="alignleft" width="300"] Paul Perkins (www.paulperkins.com)[/caption] 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 bathroo
Bill PerkinsGet me out of here! Please
Post 208Bill Perkins
Get me out of here! Please
All of us periodically suffer from the myth of the greener grass. Haven't there been times in your life when you thought things looked better on the other side of the fence? In your drive to succeed, haven't you dreamed of a field with less
Bill PerkinsAn Old Friend Fell
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 my da
Bill PerkinsA View of Death
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 certainly