Today is the day! About 16 months after I was first told I had a likely astrocytoma it is finally being removed today. The neurosurgeon has told me he can remove about 95% of it, but due to its location (near a blood vessel), he won't be able to remove the entire thing. What they are calling a low-grade glioma, likely an astrocytoma is located in my right medial temporal lobe. Some call that area the right mesial temporal lobe. The neurosurgeon told me he will also remove some nearby things that are often involved in the type of partial seizures I have. Hopefully I won't have any more seizures after brain surgery. If I'm seizure free for a few months, I will even be allowed to get a driver's license and drive again.
The waiting has been sooooo long. Being told in August of 2011 about this and then finally being scheduled for surgery, has made for a long wait. Surgery is scheduled for this afternoon, which means more waiting today. I'm not a very patient person by nature and the waiting for test results and a surgery date has been trying my patience. Of course after the surgery I'll be waiting for the pathology results of the lobectomy.
I'm hopefull that I won't have any deficits from the surgery. Several family members are traveling to town for the surgery. I told them they don't get to watch, but they are still interested. I'll try to post as soon as I can.
The waiting has been sooooo long. Being told in August of 2011 about this and then finally being scheduled for surgery, has made for a long wait. Surgery is scheduled for this afternoon, which means more waiting today. I'm not a very patient person by nature and the waiting for test results and a surgery date has been trying my patience. Of course after the surgery I'll be waiting for the pathology results of the lobectomy.
I'm hopefull that I won't have any deficits from the surgery. Several family members are traveling to town for the surgery. I told them they don't get to watch, but they are still interested. I'll try to post as soon as I can.
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