"One sought not absolute truth.  One sought only a spool on which to wind the thread of history without breaking it." 

 

"History is not a book, arbitrarily divided into chapters, or a drama chopped into separate acts." 

 

"All history becomes subjective; in other words, there is properly no history, only biography." 

 

Here is where you can share the long, the short, the good, indifferent, bad and everything in-between, of how your symptoms manifested and how you began your SOM journey.

 

Here are some ideas to get you started.  Not all of them will apply to you, nor will everyone feel comfortable sharing everything.

 

Onset of symptoms, how long ago/i.e. # of years
Types of symptoms
Which eye has SOM, right or left
When you sought diagnosis
Who diagnosed you
How you found/was referred to that person
Proposed causes, i.e. head injury, illness
If you have been diagnosed with nerve compression
How SOM was explained to you
Your feelings and response to your diagnosis
The first treatments suggested to you
Your response to those suggestions, how you felt, what you did or did not do
Remissions
Research that you might have done on your own
Current SOM status
Your age
Your gender