My Head Examined (Has X-Rays, Be Warned!)

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Okay, fair warning: The pictures below are mine. Yes, these are the photos of the growth I had in the head on the left-side of the brain. If you're grossed-out, sorry, I tried to give you sufficient warning. Close the browser window and shake it off. :)

Left photo: From the front, bigger than an eye, it is entirely the area behind the eye. This area is entirely in the language part of the brain, yet nonetheless I can still speak. Apparently most brain parts are duplicated to some degree. The right side of the brain in the image is my left-hand side. Vision in my left eye has improved a touch.

Right photo: From the side. Brain growth that is clearly visible is appearing golf-ball sized an perhaps doughnut shaped (both aren't quite right.) It's enough to effect a lot of systems, and very central. Hits auditory association, a problem I have had for a few months, and was really problematic following surgery. (Click for the article with photos.)

The most important part to remember about the photos is what you are seeing isn't a photo, it is an MRI scan reduced to a small size and the black & white enhanced to show-off the details. Doesn't show-off my multiple sclerosis scars (three and small anyway.)

Surgery went in on my left by cutting my skull in a pattern shaped like a giant "C" above my left ear - about 4 inches across the top of the skull, then down behind the ear to just above where the ear attaches, then forward just above the ear. Almost the entire scar is in the hair or behind the ear (great!) and so will be hidden when I am allowed to grow hair more than the current 1/4" (a half-inch should cover it.)

No major sore areas, but the head part that was cut out is largely insensitive. I'm told this will pass, but it is still numb.

That's it for today! -Rog