# The Dragon Fly

**URL:** <https://avmsurvivors.org/t/the-dragon-fly/11300>\
**Category:** Blog\
**Created:** [August 22, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/the-dragon-fly/11300 "2014-08-22T12:13:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![John\_P](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/avmsurvivors.org/john_p/32/49_2.png) [@John\_P](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/John_P)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/the-dragon-fly/11300/1 "2014-08-22T12:13:34Z")

</div>

It was in July or August following my AVM surgery and  
 I had just started back to my job part time. The two things I wanted the most in my recovery were returning to my full time job and getting my driver's license back.  
But would it all ever happen?

One day I was let off in front of the house from a car and  
 I came up to the front door with my key, and there next  
to the door was a large sort of spiral spider's web leading  
into a small hole in the door frame. A large dragon fly  
was caught in the web and he was frantic in wiggling to try  
to get away. The spider would soon come out and finish him off, and it all reminded me of something. It reminded me  
of being in that hospital room, nearly helpless waiting  
for that AVM to finish me off. I knew, and maybe you  
understand also how the dragon fly must have felt.

I hate spiders and their webs, but I cupped my hands  
 and tried to release the wiggling insect, but he  
was well caught. I tried again and this time I brought  
him out and I threw him up in the air and he powered  
up and in a second was gone. He flew away home. Now  
the dragon fly knew how I felt to have escaped the AVM.  
Just like many of you here understand.

Sorry for remembering something very trivial and stupid,  
 but it is something that I have remembered for all this  
time. Something that I understand.

July 2015. I would like only to add here that this account really happened sometime during the Summer of 2002, and actually this happened first this way, and a few weeks later I rescued another dragon fly from the same door frame. It was not pleasant to snatch those dragon flies from the web, but it all reminded me so much of myself caught by the AVM, that I couldn't resist.

May we all escape the web of our own AVM illness.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Susan\_T1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/avmsurvivors.org/susan_t1/32/3584_2.png) [@Susan\_T1](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Susan_T1)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/the-dragon-fly/11300/2 "2014-08-22T13:33:24Z")

</div>

Wow, John, you continue to inspire me with your blogs. Yay for you releasing that dragon fly and a bigger yay for sharing the memory.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tim3](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/avmsurvivors.org/tim3/32/5371_2.png) [@Tim3](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/Tim3)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/the-dragon-fly/11300/3 "2014-08-23T03:18:12Z")

</div>

Awesome blog, John. You definitely have a gift. Thanks for sharing with us.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![ModSupport](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/avmsurvivors.org/modsupport/32/10771_2.png) [@ModSupport](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/ModSupport)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/the-dragon-fly/11300/4 "2020-06-07T20:19:24Z")

</div>

Bump to the top of the Blogs!