All Kidding Aside
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The scan I had last week confirms that I did not have a stroke, and that I do not have brain cancer.
I met with a neurologist, and we looked over the images from the scan. I, apparently, have a pocket of spinal fluid in my temporal lobe. The doctor asked me a lot of questions (particularly about my history of migraines), and did a battery of in-office tests (most of which I had seen Robb do -- touch your nose with your eyes closed, that sort of thing). The doctor was interested, but not freaked out.
More tests are forthcoming.
I'm choosing not to expend any excess emotional energy on worrying. It accomplishes nothing, and just stresses me out. I'm taking a positive outlook about the whole thing.
The scan I had last week confirms that I did not have a stroke, and that I do not have brain cancer.
I met with a neurologist, and we looked over the images from the scan. I, apparently, have a pocket of spinal fluid in my temporal lobe. The doctor asked me a lot of questions (particularly about my history of migraines), and did a battery of in-office tests (most of which I had seen Robb do -- touch your nose with your eyes closed, that sort of thing). The doctor was interested, but not freaked out.
More tests are forthcoming.
I'm choosing not to expend any excess emotional energy on worrying. It accomplishes nothing, and just stresses me out. I'm taking a positive outlook about the whole thing.
Comments
Grumpy Grinch
To reassure both Robb and me.
It showed a very tiny cyst
Inside my brain; now she'll insist
More tests are needed to explain
The cause of fluid on my brain.
Again she tests my brisk knee-jerk
To tease out problems where they lurk.
She'll prob'ly want a better scan,
To probe the rest of my brainpan.
As tiresome as this may be,
I know she wants the best for me.
She'll look and scan and test and probe
To explicate my temporal lobe.
Grumpy (Frank)
I'm totally geeking out. I've never been able to see the inside of my brain. Was it awesome? Were you like' "oh look there is my frontal cortex, how cute."
I bet your brain is really wrinkly.
I have heard that the more we think the more wrinkles we develop in our brains.
Oh, and nice poem Grumpy!
Ki
Spiralseekers
Hope it all goes well in this yet-continuing-story-of-health-related "issues" to plague you two. Maybe during a further scan a creative doctor will find some loose change or something up there.
Since your previous story was about comsuming human flesh...at least find or do something useful, put your spinal fluid into soup or something. Since your previous posting was about brains, I don't feel a spinal fluid soup comment is innapropriate. I just would NEVER eat the human placenta soup I have heard touted by ultra-vegans, as the only non-death related flesh protein product to be consumed by people who MUST have had their brains eaten by aforesaid zombies.
Anyway enough about eating. I'm strangely hungry right now. Too bad you guys dont live closer. heh heh. Robb can't run very fast now, eh? Better you guys keep his bike close by in case of attack, other wise he will never outrun them. But given the high density of vegetarians in your area, maybe all your future zombies will eat heads of lettuce and cabbage instead..
Annalisa
My brain scan showed nothing.
And it never happened again--nothing even close.
Perhaps the fact that I never worried about it was key. Nothing one can do about such things so there's no sense worrying. Good luck with that.