Originally published October 27 on my old site.
The consult with the neurosurgeon was today. I give it a five. (The neurosurgeon gets a nine. I like him.)
GOOD NEWS: Yes, it seems to be a meningioma. I don't have to have radiation therapy. Um...that's about it.
BAD NEWS: Shit, I got plenty. The tumor has gotten into the bone at the back of my eye socket, the nerves that control my right eye movement, and may have an extension alongside the right side of my head. We are going to have to surgically remove it, it's going to take two brain surgeons plus bone reconstruction of my eye socket (which involves the phrase 'bone harvesting'), and the worst case scenario involves losing sight in my right eye.
Well, fuck. That's it, I demand an eyepatch embroidered with the Eye of Sauron if this doesn't work out.
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