Five years ago, HuffPost published an essay I wrote about my 2019 brain bleed operation that left four significant “holes,” or dents, in my skull. I described in the piece my struggle to accept my new somewhat “deformed” appearance. Here’s part of what I wrote: “Yet, the surgery left me with four significant ‘holes’ (dents) in my skull — a freakish sort of look on my bald head that is a bit overwhelming for me. It is a radical change in my appearance that has created profound feelings of