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The memoir begins with a series of medical visits which lead to the discovery of a tumor, about the size of a walnut on the cerebellum. From the diagnosis and scheduled surgery the narrator leaves her old life behind. Post surgery she slowly relearns how to live with ataxia and double vision.

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At the age of twenty-three Lisa had brain surgery to remove a tumor, about the size of a walnut, from the cerebellum. She spent nine days in the hospital and for months was simply surviving. At an inpatient rehabilitation hospital she lived attending physical, occupational and speech therapy. Even since the surgery, she continues to struggle with double vision and ataxia. In 2017 to raise awareness and continue her recovery she hiked over a thousand miles on the Appalachian Trail. Recently graduated with her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College she is now planning her next journey.

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