Monday, April 23, 2012

April 23rd 2012

Nine months later with an additional 2 more surgeries under my belt, I will say my life is wonderful.

A brief re-cap:
July last year a portion of my skull, called a bone flap, became infected and had to be removed. Due to this surgery a new benign tumor was found floating in spinal fluid between my lobes. December rolled around and it was removed. (no treatment necessary). On April 9th I was able to have a type of plastic surgery performed which took care of my missing bone flap.

Fast forward to today:
The last 2 weeks of recovery were not as easy as I had thought they would be. I was sleeping more than I was awake. The headaches, and I wasn't expecting any, were not my favorite either. Then last week Thursday my body decided it was time to feel better again. The best way I know to describe this is to talk about the weather. It is similar to 7 straight days of rainy, cloudy cold blahs and then the heavens open the clouds disappear and the sunshine is able to reach you.

I had staples holding things together post-surgery and as of this morning they were removed. Hahzah! No more need to wear camouflage. Although I will since I have become attached to my hats and scarfs.