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Slowly But Surely Recovering

I wanted to start this post by saying thank you for all the wonderful get well soon wishes on my last post. I am slowly but surely recovering. This isn’t the worst cold I’ve ever had but it was still bad enough that I spent a couple of days in bed barely able to do anything. I almost fainted a couple of times too but that always happens when I take antibiotics so I’m not surprised.

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For the most part, I just slept and I think that helped with my recovery.

Something Weird

But something super weird also happened to me during the height of my illness. My imagination literally just stopped working. I’m someone who daydreams a lot and also I’m a visual thinker. Not being able to picture anything in my head for like three or four days was terrifying. As a writer, my imagination is my main thing. Without it, I’m just another brown girl called Pooja. I would sort of force myself to daydream or use my imagination but my mind was just so empty and blanks.

Has anything like that ever happened to you guys? This was a first for me and I hope it never happens again. Life is awful in the real world without my daydreams.

I also had an odd dream about Kanye West and his girlfriend. And another one about my old house and still being in high school. Cough syrup dreams are wild…

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124 responses to “Slowly But Surely Recovering”

  1. John Avatar
    John

    I’m glad that you are feeling better, Pooja. ❤️😊

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much ☺️❤️

      Reply
      1. John Avatar
        John

        🤙🏻😊😊😊😊

        Reply
  2. Stephanie Avatar
    Stephanie

    Cough syrup dreams are wacko, but oh so fun to remember! As for going days without imagination, I’m not sure if it’s the same thing but I often have times where there’s almost no thinking and find it pretty restful. Having to be ‘on’ when I’m in that mode is often just fine too, which shows me how little people pay attention to my attentiveness usually, hah.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      I wish I could switch my brain “off” like that, it would be peaceful for a bit.

      Reply
    2. Rachel McAlpine Avatar
      Rachel McAlpine

      That’s a lovely attitude, Stephanie, and helpful for the healing.

      Reply
      1. Stephanie Avatar
        Stephanie

        Thank you, Rachel.

        Reply
  3. SiriusSea Avatar
    SiriusSea

    So glad you are better, Pooja <3 … I usually have crazy dreams and yes back at school, in the wrong class, totally lost. lol ~ Please take care and forget your worries for another day or all together …

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks and the back to school ones are so odd, aren’t they?

      Reply
      1. SiriusSea Avatar
        SiriusSea

        Totally … Have had a reoccurring one forever … takes me to the same place (never been in real-life). A beautiful campus and lots of students, but I’m always lost looking for my class and inevitably am in the wrong class (lol)! The entire dream is of me anxious and running around looking for where I am supposed to me. It’s ridiculous and I awake just as frazzled (hahaha). What ta-do!!? Wish you a healthy happy day, Pooja <3 !!!!

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          Ah yes, such dreams happen. Thanks and you too!

          Reply
  4. Anthony Avatar
    Anthony

    I’m sorry if I missed on this, but I hope you feel better. Keep writing will be looking. I’ll be looking for your your great posts.

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much, I’m doing much better now and hope to blog regularly again.

      Reply
  5. Alice Avatar
    Alice

    Good to read you are getting better. What you experienced sounds like brain fog, total blank with the tiny inner voice saying there should be something there. Might happen again with menopause, that’s how I found out.

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. Yes, I think that’s what it was. I don’t look forward to menopause at all, I hated having brain fog.

      Reply
      1. Alice Avatar
        Alice

        I understand completely. Pro-tip: notebooks and review in the evening. It gets better!

        Reply
        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          Thanks, will keep that in mind!

          Reply
  6. ianscyberspace Avatar
    ianscyberspace

    I’m glad you are getting better. 🙂

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply
  7. Kevin Avatar
    Kevin

    The “no imagination” thing happens to me all the time. Several times a week, actually. There’s just…nothing. So, no, not just you.

    Glad you’re on the road to recovery, Pooja! Take care!

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      That’s so interesting, I think it happens when we’re exhausted or stressed out more often.
      Thanks so much!

      Reply
      1. Kevin Avatar
        Kevin

        That is likely yes. I don’t know but I know it happens to me a lot

        Reply
  8. Goin' the extra...aaamile Avatar
    Goin’ the extra…aaamile

    Dreams are good, you will laugh if I tell you about my dreams, 2 of which are repeated quite often… but on the other side, Pooja.. Get well soon.
    And did I read that u wrote… “…just another brown girl Pooja” that’s not so bad now, is it?

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Not at all, I like it but I also like this version of Pooja better. One that has something to say.

      Reply
  9. sandysbookaday Avatar
    sandysbookaday

    I’m glad to hear that you are now feeling better, Pooja. Sounds like we had the same bug. That dizziness was terrible! I was starting to think I had vertigo. Pete got me some sea-sickness tablets and they helped a lot. I have always been a vivid and bizarre dreamer.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. That’s so awful, it does sound like we had the same thing! I had to take medication for the dizziness too.

      Reply
  10. Heartland Echoes Avatar
    Heartland Echoes

    Good to hear you are feeling better pooja. As far as the losing your imagination, that literally happened to me today. It took me several hours to write a poem because of the intensive brain fog. But it also could be because I’m on steroids for my chronic back pain.

    So, no dear. You aren’t the only one. 💕🤗 We all have days like that. Including myself. But try not to freak out and worry yourself too much. Just try and focus on getting better. It will come back you.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. Oh that’s horrible, it’s a weird feeling not having any thoughts or imagination.

      Thanks and I think that is just what I will do 😊

      Reply
      1. Heartland Echoes Avatar
        Heartland Echoes

        You are very welcome 🤗 Good luck and wishes ✨

        Reply
  11. thomasstigwikman Avatar
    thomasstigwikman

    The no imagination thing was strange but perhaps it was from the exhaustion. I am glad you are feeling better.

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yes, I think it was from exhaustion. I was too tired to think. Thanks so much.

      Reply
  12. DEVANG UPADHYAYA Avatar
    DEVANG UPADHYAYA

    Take care
    Best wishes PG

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much.

      Reply
      1. Bianca Alina Avatar
        Bianca Alina

        I’m glad you’re feeling better, Pooja! Take care! 💗🌸

        Reply
  13. J M Negi Avatar
    J M Negi

    Good to know that you are recovering. Thanks for the share.

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much.

      Reply
  14. Destiny Avatar
    Destiny

    glad you feeling better, Pooja…take care 🤍🌷

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much 🤗💕

      Reply
  15. byngnigel Avatar
    byngnigel

    So pleased that you are on the road to recovery PoojaG. Yes, I have had that empty head vibe once. I was hospitalized for major surgery, and for days I felt like I had gone mad. It was like brain had just switched off to allow me to heal. I countered it by reading when I had the energy to do so. But I think it was the medicine. A lot of morphine those first few days. 😜 The good stuff.

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. It really is the weirdest feeling but reading certainly helps.

      Reply
      1. byngnigel Avatar
        byngnigel

        It’s good to see hear your doing great again..I gotta head over to Spotify to catch up. Last interview I listened to was Opher’s.

        Reply
        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          Thanks, another one is out and hope you’ll enjoy this one too.

          Reply
          1. byngnigel Avatar
            byngnigel

            I’m sure that I will. I saw it popped up on my notifications. So I’ll check it out

            Reply
  16. Opher Avatar
    Opher

    Glad to hear you’re on the mend. Keep dreaming!!

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  17. Bookstooge Avatar
    Bookstooge

    I can’t speak for all guys, but I do know we don’t think a lot, hahahaha 🙂
    Seriously though, there are times I’ll be zoning out staring at the wall or ceiling and Mrs B will ask “Whatcha thinking about” and I’ll realize my mind is a complete blank. She just looks at me and says “Lucky you”….

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      That’s actually lucky, I wish I could take a break from thinking once in a while like that 🙂

      Reply
  18. writinstuff Avatar
    writinstuff

    I like to think that your brain going on an imagination vacation is its way of helping you heal. Suspend all other processes so the body can do it’s thing! And when it returns it’ll be in full gear to make up for the hours/days it was on a break!

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yeah, I think so so too haha. Hopefully it’ll make a comeback soon!

      Reply
  19. Brian, Snarebox Avatar
    Brian, Snarebox

    I knew a guy in high school who chugged cough syrup to chase those weird dreams. 😜

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Apparently lots of people do that 😱

      Reply
  20. festo_sanjo Avatar
    festo_sanjo

    Sorry Pooja some illnesses get the most out of us, ipI think you should rehydrate mote often plus eat more fruits include them in your meals frequently. I’ve had that scenario too, like 2 days ago lol I my fun part is that I wasn’t sick I think it is because I had alot of things to deal with, and I pressured myself that I should accomplish them ASAP. I woke at 5 am then wanted to write something I planned the night before, you can’t imagine I stayed with an empty page for almost 2 if not 3 hours. Almost cried that I was going crazy 🤪. I closed my journal and went to bed, I released control and let go of the worry, guess what I woke up energised, the next day I was filled with lots of creativity.

    About dreams, I’ve come to accept that my main scenes in my dreamland will always be childhood moments and that’s cool to coz I get to relive them 😂

    Wishing you soon recovery

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Yes, I think staying hydrated helps a lot. Sorry you experiences that too- it really does feel like you’re going crazy 😅

      Thanks so much 😊

      Reply
    2. Rachel McAlpine Avatar
      Rachel McAlpine

      What a great story. Actually, it’s a parable!

      Reply
    3. Rachel McAlpine Avatar
      Rachel McAlpine

      My comment about the parable was meant for you, festo-sanjo.

      Reply
      1. festo_sanjo Avatar
        festo_sanjo

        Thank you Rachel!

        Reply
  21. David Avatar
    David

    Yes, I have experienced this deadening of the mind due to illness. It feels like someone stole my soul. Glad you’re recovering, Pooja, and congratulations on the book!!

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      It really does feel like that, it’s so bizarre. Thank you!

      Reply
  22. Eugi Avatar
    Eugi

    I am glad you are feeling better, Pooja. When I get a cold, it throws off my equilibrium and I get dizzy. I had bad earaches as a child and that is most likely the reason.
    You were probably exhausted so be sure to get some rest. Blogging and your book writng endeavors will be there once you are back up to par.💗

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. Yes, that could be it. I don’t often get dizzy but I’ve noticed when I have sinus issues I get very lightheaded.
      Will do 💕

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      1. Eugi Avatar
        Eugi

        You’re welcome, Pooja! ❤️

        Reply
  23. A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA Avatar
    A & J PEI Treasures/E Jean Simpson, BEd, BA, MA

    So glad you’re starting to feel better. Make sure to rest and get better.

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much, trying to do just that.

      Reply
  24. luisa zambrotta Avatar
    luisa zambrotta

    Happy to hear you are feeling better 💓

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much ☺️

      Reply
      1. luisa zambrotta Avatar
        luisa zambrotta

        You’re most welcome ❣️

        Reply
  25. Narisa Wahlang Avatar
    Narisa Wahlang

    I’m glad you’re feeling better Pooja. ❤️
    Not being able to imagine stuff is scary but I’m sure it’s all thanks to the medications.
    As wacko as it sounds, you should write about that dream about Kanye and his girlfriend. Writing anything helps get those creative juices flowing.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. It was very weird, not having my imagination felt like dying in a way.
      Hmm, maybe I will, thanks! ❤️

      Reply
  26. donnajburkholder Avatar
    donnajburkholder

    Im glad you’re feeling better too!

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  27. WellsFiction Avatar
    WellsFiction

    I’m so glad you’re feeling better. Losing the ability to daydream has definitely happen to me before. It normally happens if I feel really down or just not in touch with my creative side. I know it can be terrifying, but I think it’s normal.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. Sorry it’s happened to you too but thankfully it doesn’t last long.

      Reply
      1. WellsFiction Avatar
        WellsFiction

        Thanks Pooja. I appreciate your support. I’ve been learning it’s ok when it happens. I think sometimes our minds need to chill and we have to respect that. You’re a good friend. I’m glad we can talk about this with each other 🙂

        Reply
        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          You’re most welcome and yes you’re absolutely right. Sometimes our mind just needs a break. Glad we can talk about it too, it’s nice to have someone that gets it 🙂

          Reply
  28. clcouch123 Avatar
    clcouch123

    I’m relieved you’re feeling better and trust the improvement will go on until you’re well. How strange that it seems you lost your visualizing/imagining talent for a while. Certainly, I realy on this, too, and would feel freaked as well not to have access to it, let alone to be sure it had gone away. I hope everything is back now or forward or from wherever it was, champagne–I mean, cough-syrup–dreams notwithstanding.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. I think I was too exhausted to think let alone imagine. Thankfully it’s back now.

      Reply
  29. Warren Avatar
    Warren

    illness is weird. me, I thought I was, well, let’s just say thinking about ER Wednesday evening…..yesterday, I felt really good…today, a few coughs and I’m fine….this has lasted for most of the month. so I guess there’s always that hope that eventually we get better?

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      That’s what’s happening to me too, it’s ups and downs but I’m staying hopeful. Hope we both feel better soon.

      Reply
  30. Mary K. Doyle Avatar
    Mary K. Doyle

    I once read that Steven King based some of his thrillers on his nightmares. Hang on to those crazy dreams. You never know when they can be a source of inspiration. Glad you are feeling better, Pooja.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      That’s so interesting, perhaps I’ll do the same. Thanks so much.

      Reply
  31. Linda Avatar
    Linda

    As someone who often lives with brain fog, I tend to find it distressing rather than restful… I get scared when I look inside my mind and find nothing… especially when it is usually overflowing with ideas… Anyway – hope you’re fully recovered now! Linda xox

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      It’s definitely scary when that happens. Thanks so much, I’m like mostly fine now!

      Reply
  32. Joseph Glidden Avatar
    Joseph Glidden

    Glad to hear you are on the mend. I hope you are back to 100 percent soon.

    I sometimes went into what I called zombie mode when I was working shift work and got really overtired. I am not sure if that is the same as what you were experiencing, but I found it very difficult to create anything during my zombie mode.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks, I’m sure I’ll be fine in no time. I think it was the same for me, I was too exhausted to think.

      Reply
  33. Betty Avatar
    Betty

    The having-no-imagination sounds scary! glad you’re feeling better. take care ❤️

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      It was terrifying but thankfully my imagination is back now. Thank you ❤️

      Reply
  34. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    I’m glad you are getting better. Sounds like you were really down!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much, yeah I was really out of it for a while!

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      1. Steve Avatar
        Steve

        Sounds like it, whoa!

        Reply
  35. Luke Cross Avatar
    Luke Cross

    Cough syrup dreams are strange for me too. Once when I took cough syrup I had dreams in pencil and paper. It was weird. I’m glad to hear that you are feeling better.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      That is so weird, yeah cough syrup makes you have the strangest dreams. Thanks so much.

      Reply
  36. Wholeness Chronicles Avatar
    Wholeness Chronicles

    Take care and stay safe and well 🙏 🌸.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much and you too ☺️

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      1. Wholeness Chronicles Avatar
        Wholeness Chronicles

        Thank you.

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          You’re very welcome.

          Reply
  37. Shaunelius Sterns Avatar
    Shaunelius Sterns

    So good to know you are alright. There was a time when I couldn’t write for a whole year and some months. I could not think of one thing to write about. I couldn’t find inspiration anywhere. I was a completely blank piece of paper, and then one day inspiration came back. that was the worst writer’s block I had ever experienced.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you so much. Sorry to hear that, it sounds awful not to be able to write for that long. Hope you’re better now.

      Reply
  38. Carol anne Avatar
    Carol anne

    I can’t say that I’ve ever lost my imagination, but I’d be scared if I did! I am so glad your improving! I’ll definitely buy your book!

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      It was definitely scary and thank you!

      Reply
  39. Milena Alien Avatar
    Milena Alien

    Well, I’m glad you are back.
    Strange dreams happen at certain times of year, maybe it’s midsummer solstice or full moon messed you up. I always look for those kind of reasons for weird things taking place here and there. Makes me feel better when I can blame the moon or the stars lol

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Apparently it’s because of Mercury that this month is bad for Taurus’s but things will look up soon. Lol it’s easier to blame planets and the moon and stars.

      Reply
      1. Milena Alien Avatar
        Milena Alien

        Mercury in Gatorade someone said instead of mercury in retrograde, now it’s a joke we can’t let go of

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          I’ve also heard Mercury is in the microwave too lol.

          Reply
          1. Milena Alien Avatar
            Milena Alien

            Haven’t heard this one yet

            Reply
  40. Dawn Pisturino Avatar
    Dawn Pisturino

    Glad you’re feeling better!

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thank you!

      Reply
  41. Tamara Kulish from https://tamarakulish.com/ Avatar
    Tamara Kulish from https://tamarakulish.com/

    Glad you’re feeling better! Yes, I have gone through stretches of time, long and short, when I felt my creativity had gotten locked away from me. Those were usually time when I wasn’t feeling well physically, and one stretch lasted almost a year when I was struggling with depression. Getting better physically helped a lot, and making changes in my life to address the depression were crucial to getting my creativity back on track. So much of my mental health is wrapped up in creativity, so nurturing it and addressing what is causing it to break down is so very vital to me.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much! I think not feeling well physically or mentally definitely makes you lose your creative drive. I very much agree, mental health is a big thing with creativity. The better I feel the more I can write. So glad you’re much better now!

      Reply
  42. Janice Reid Avatar
    Janice Reid

    Hope you’re better Pooja, I’ve been gone for a while. Thanks for the reminder about the book.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      I’m much better now, almost okay. Thanks so much. Yeah, I’ve noticed you haven’t been active recently but nice to see you back.

      Reply
  43. Vanya Wryter Consulting Avatar
    Vanya Wryter Consulting

    Catching up on blog posts this week. Sorry to hear you were sick. Losing your imagination would be bad.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      It was quite scary but thankfully I’m okay now.

      Reply
  44. Belladonna Avatar
    Belladonna

    Ughhhh it takes so long to feel better! Glad you are even if it is slowly happening.

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      It does, it took me two weeks to even get a bit better! Thanks ☺️

      Reply
      1. Belladonna Avatar
        Belladonna

        I had covid three times, don’t know how I caught it but anyways it took me two weeks to get better. so now if someone even looks like they are about to sneeze or have watery eyes I run in the other direction. LOL

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        1. Pooja G Avatar
          Pooja G

          Omg three times is a lot, yeah I avoid sick people now too haha 😜

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          1. Belladonna Avatar
            Belladonna

            Right!!! LOL

            Reply
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  46. a-cute-weirdo Avatar
    a-cute-weirdo

    “Cough syrup dreams”
    Sounds like the title of a book or an album

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Lol or a band.

      Reply
  47. Karima Hoisan Avatar
    Karima Hoisan

    Hope you’re feeling better now Pooja and I just got your book and am starting to read it:) You are so talented.. On Amazon I am Karima_alma:)

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    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      I’m much better now. Wow, thanks so much! I really hope you enjoy it 😊

      Reply
  48. Rachel McAlpine Avatar
    Rachel McAlpine

    Pooja, congratulations on your book of poems. I’m glad you’re previous brain has settled down again. These things can be scary, for sure.

    Reply
    1. Pooja G Avatar
      Pooja G

      Thanks so much. Yeah, it was scary but so glad to be back to normal now.

      Reply

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