Hydrocephalus, Brain Surgery, and Building an Ordinary Life Anyway
About this episode
Val shares her journey living with hydrocephalus and the challenges of building an ordinary life.
Val was diagnosed with hydrocephalus before she was born, and the doctors gave her mom a number and a recommendation. She's 27 now, married, teaching special education, finishing her master's, and living with hardware in her head and her back that has to be replaced when it fails. We talked about what it costs to build a completely ordinary life inside a body that keeps interrupting it, and how much of that life you have to go out and take. For The Hayters is a podcast that normalizes hard conversations. Listener discretion is advised. If you are struggling, you can call or text 988 in the US to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Interview, narration, and editing by Becky Hayter, with post-production, scripting, and sound design by Emily Nadal. Don’t forget to subscribe, like, and share to help us continue bringing these stories to light. 🔹 New episodes drop every Sunday! 🔹 Join our community! patreon.com/beckyhayter 🔹 Follow us on Instagram: @forthehayters 🔹 Submit your story: info@forthehayters.com 🔹 Grab some merch! beckyhayter.com 🔹 A KILLR Network podcast! killrentertainment.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…
People in this episode
Host: Becky Hayter
Guest: Val
Topics covered
- hydrocephalus
- brain surgery
- ordinary life
- special education
- mental health
- personal stories
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Organizations: For The Hayters, Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, KILLR Network, PodcastOne
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