November 2002 rediagnosed with a recurring tumor I am going to bring you through the whole fun thing
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This is where you stick random tidbits of information about yourself.
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Brain Tumor History And Other Rants
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Friday, April 01, 2005
4/1/05
Well, the nurse did not show up yesterday, and I have no idea what time she meant by coming on this afternoon.
The saga continues……
Now on Monday things started jumping around the hospital. All the doctor’s were back on duty. I saw my surgeon, seizure doctor, nurse visits with steroids and anti-biotics. And it was brain mapping day lot’s of fun. Here I had 2 doctors working on me at the same time one on each side if me. One worked the computer that monitored my brain map where all the wires went and also sent electrical charges to spots that both of them agreed on in my brain. The second dr. on my left kept track of what was happening where. So it was like battleship they would call out coordinates, and they would shoot juice there. Now I know you want to know if this was painful, no you don’t feel any pain. But what happens is they find the area that triggers your seizures and areas that trigger sensations and things like finger movements. So sometimes you will feel like someone is running their finger across you’re the inside of your finger tip. They make your tongue wag, arm move, eye twitch the works. And then for surgery they know boundaries of where they can cut up to without hurting you, or making you lose sensation. Kind of cool, and makes the operation a lot safer. The whole test was probably like an hour. They got great borders for my noodle and great seizure data. So I was all set for surgery or was I. The surgery lab was on the 6th floor of the building I was in on the 12th floor. But they needed my room for someone else. So there was a move put in for me to go to the other side of the hospital for the last 16 hours before my surgery. Then after the surgery keep in mind I was coming right back to Neuro-ICU. So the move was silly in a way, but who am I to say.
So I move to this room with 4 people in beds in all 4 corners of the room and one nurse wit us at all times in the middle of the room. My wires are still all hooked up and a camera is still on me. A really great nurse here though. I am slightly paranoid at this point of my looming second surgery scheduled for around 10 in the morning. Wait until you hear about this one.
Cliffhanger…..
1:22 PM
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