Living with Chiari: 6 months later

It's been 6 months since I've received the diagnostic that changed how I view my future: a Chiari type 1 malformation , and syringomyelia . At first, I had a lot of very conflicting emotions: I felt validated and seen, but I also started feeling anxious about what it meant going forward. Even though it's not deadly, it can get pretty serious and in some cases lead to becoming paralysed and/or…