I know, I know. Reading a book called This is How You Die, seems a little morbid. But it's actually a really fascinating writing prompt. Each of these short stories features something called, "The Machine of Death." The machine can predict how you die, but not when you will die. All of the stories are …
Let Me Paint You A Picture
A couple of weeks ago, when I was talking to the psychiatrist at Lahey, I mentioned that my ability to imagine situations sometimes felt like an awesome gift and a dreadful curse. A curse, because it means that I tend to over think things in a very real and vivid way and because I have …
A Little Insight Into My Brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpmGXeAtWUw The other day Derek and I had an interesting conversation where I tried to explain how my brain works, or in this case malfunctions. Now I am going to attempt to explain it to all of you! The video clip above (sorry about the ad) is from WarGames and if you're familiar with that …
Live Donor Update #6
Today Yesterday, Derek and I headed down to Lahey for his regular, I'm-on-the-transplant-list, check-up. This appointment was scheduled the day we found out Derek was officially on the transplant list back in November and it was meant to be a check-in as well as a meeting about live donor options. The live donor option, as …
Piece of Me
Nikki asked: "What is your latest thinking about the fact that Derek will literally have a chunk of Logan living inside him after the transplant?" There's a symbolic way of looking at this, that when I decided to spend the rest of my life with Derek, I already gave him a piece of my heart, …
The Derek Janiak Hepatobiliary Forum 