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Socoder -> Off Topic -> Hospital Visit - Feb 2015

Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 05:30
Jayenkai
Today I went to see a new specialist.
My standard Neurosurgeon figured I'd gotten as far as he could get me, but figured it'd be nice to have an extra opinion, (one of MANY opinions on the subject of me!!) so sent me to see a Fluid expert.

The fluid guy deals with all that goop that we saw funnelled out of me over my stay in hospital.

For the first time, I actually got to see my own scans!! I'm not sure why Dr Leggate didn't show me my scans, but he didn't, and after three years, this is the first I've seen them.

So, he showed me the latest scan and said "here's where the fluid's filling up, and that's normal."
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Then he realised I'd never seen the "with my tumour" scan, and so showed me that one, too..

Once the tumour was removed, the fluid is filling up in the "fourth ventricle" where it's meant to have been, but obviously couldn't fit.
My balance issues are apparently all down to the fact that the large lump of tumour isn't there, and that this sack of goop is...
My body needs to kearn to cope with a HUGE change, and it'll take a long time, if at all, to recover.

The following is an approximation, but .. Yeah, pretty much THAT big!!



I expected to see a small clump of darkness on the scan..
.. It was NOT a small clump!!!

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Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 08:09
rockford
Nasty.
Tue, 24 Feb 2015, 13:35
spinal
So you basically have to learn to balance again? Might take a while. At least you know it will probably sort itself out eventually.

I know for a fact that your chin isn't that pointy!

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