Due to my age, and the fact that my tumour was so large, I was scheduled for an operation 6 days later on December 14th. They told me that there was a chance that I could lose some or all nerve connections to the right side of my body. They also said that the operation would take 5 hours.
As it was only 6 days until the operation, I was not overly concerned, as I felt that although it would be very difficult to deal with if I lost the feeling on the right side of my body, I would not worry unless it happened.
I went under for the operation, and I found out afterwards that it ended up being 12 hours long due to a complex blood vessel structure in the tumour. I remember the surgeon waking me up (1.5 hours after the operation) and asking me to wiggle all my fingers and toes, and they all moved!!! I was so relieved, and so thankful to the surgeon.
I did however look a little worse for wear...
As it was only 6 days until the operation, I was not overly concerned, as I felt that although it would be very difficult to deal with if I lost the feeling on the right side of my body, I would not worry unless it happened.
I went under for the operation, and I found out afterwards that it ended up being 12 hours long due to a complex blood vessel structure in the tumour. I remember the surgeon waking me up (1.5 hours after the operation) and asking me to wiggle all my fingers and toes, and they all moved!!! I was so relieved, and so thankful to the surgeon.
I did however look a little worse for wear...
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