Our brain surgeon is awesome. He has more computer screens than most software engineers. Four large vertical screens. He went through in detail exactly what was in my brain and why he recommended a removal of nearly all the tumor as possible as quickly as possible. We went for for it. This discussion was Thursday 31 July with the surgery scheduled for Monday the 4 Aug. (I need to check these dates) The surgeon described all the microscopes, alignment of the latest MRI with software so he could probe real time and know exactly where in the brain he was. "When in doubt, don't cut it out" is a standard mantra for brain surgery. I have a wild theory that maybe, just maybe instead of using all the fancy high tech equipment, he simply let a tumor eating zombie in to eat the bad stuff :-) Regardless, the surgery was very successful with 95% removed. That's about the best they can expect. There was no pain in recovery. There was some discomfort from the staples that held the bone/skin/remaining hair back onto the head, from the jaw by the left ear, from the blocked left ear, and a sore throat.
They did another MRI, which I slept though. I think this is to get alignment for the Radiation Therapy scheduled to start soon after.
Then it was on to recover in their ICU. After a day of me in the ICU, the head doctor said I was doing too well to stay, so they kicked me out into the next level down (where they wake you up every two hours instead of every hour). Less than 48 hours after surgery started, I was on my way out of the hospital in time to get to the airport for Erin's return from her mission in Oregon. I had to wear a funny hat so the sun stayed off the stitches and I got wheeled around in a chair. Seeing Erin was so much fun and the crowd of friends supporting her return was awesome!
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