Halloween was the first anniversary of my first surgery. The anniversary of the second surgery will be November 7th. Irene, my dear, life-long friend and Moyamoya sister had her surgeries at the same time. Dr. Steinberg's skill is amazing; that he could schedule and manage two surgeries at a time is beyond amazing. I got a call from Irene today. She and I are both happy, healthy and grateful for our lives. We're both do our best to make the most of every day. I will be forever grateful to Dr. Steinberg and his thoughtful and skillful team. You, Jill will be forever in the hearts of me and my family. Thank you, all.
Kim

CONGRAT on your one year anniversary. I will pray for the continue of your health and progress.

Congratulation!!!

Only MM family would understand how you've been go through one year.   We are pray for you MM families.  God bless you.

Congratulations Kim!  That first year milestone is especially huge.  I find myself spending serious time reflecting as each year passes.  The road one travels as they go through their moyamoya experience is indescribably profound.  You've come out "the other side" so to speak though, and I'm proud of you as I'm proud of all moyamoya patients.  You guys are my heroes!

Lots of love,

Jill  

Kim, Congrats!  We are at the beginning of this journey and it is so good to see your success story...it gives us such hope.  

Donna

Kim,
CONGRADULATIONS!!!! I will keep you inn my prayers for many more anivearcarys of Life!
Becky

Kim~

Congratulations on your ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY/ANNIVERSARY.
Life did just begin again, in a significant way.

Jack and I are so happy for you, so happy to have met you, so happy to look forward to more visits with you and David. To more LIFE.

Lots of love,

Linda A / Jack

Thank you. It is wonderful to have all of you to share this event with. Today is the anniversary of surgery #2. You Jill and all of the staff at Stanford are heroes; me, I'm just very, very blessed and grateful.

This summer, when I started in earnest to resurrect our soap making business and working on the short plat of my ten acres, I found I was nearly overwhelmed. I did OK post-surgery, when I was just maintaining the retail shop, and taking care of myself, but when it came to planning for expansion, I didn't know where to begin :D. The good news is that the property is "just about" ready for the final short plat review and we made our first sales to Whole Foods Markets in the Northwest region just this month - down to Oregon next week. Blood flowing to brain, sure does make a difference  ;).
Life goes forward... Lots of fun times ahead  :).
See you in Hawaii, Linda and Jack I'm ready to play in the surf.
Love to all my Moyamoya family,
Kim

Kim~

So delighted at all you've accomplished.

Jacks and my hearts go out with happiness to you.

getting the Hawaii gears moving.

Love and more love,

Linda
Jack

Congratulations Kim,  Our daughter has just celebrated her first anniversary for her surgeries so we understand completely the feeling.  Very best wishes for continued health!!

Thank you. Congratulations and best wishes to your daughters as well. Feels good to hit that anniversary. Somehow it helps the place the whole experience further from the foreground more into the background of living.
Merry Christmas,
Kim

Kim,

I never got a chance to say, congratulations on your one year mark.  Doesn't it feel good!?!  I wish you many more years of good health in the future.

Michelle

Thanks for the good wishes, Michelle. It sure does feel good. Now, I can stop worrying about myself and get to doing what I can for others. That's what makes me happy. OK, my psychologist says I have to find a little time for me somewhere in these busy days  ::). I'm so grateful to be able to make plans and bring my dreams into reality again. I hope that you too are healthy and lovin' your life.
Hugs,
Kim