Well…here it is! It’s my MRI. Just thought that you would like to see that I actually DO have a brain.
Okay, so you would like to have a recap of my day. First I went to my neurosurgeon. After he looked at the MRI and had a discussion with me he came to the conclusion that the “mass” had not attached itself to my brain (thank GOD!) and that it really needed to be referred to an Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) surgeon. So, after calling around they found one…a very good one…who was seeing folks today.
I went to the ENT surgeon and he had an intern to do the intake on me and to do the strength/resistance testing on me. I then had them to look up my nose (I know…how glamorous) with a scope. Good thing that they numbed my nose because it would have been quite painful. They told me that my septum was crooked as well and can be fixed at the same time that they remove my “mass”.
If you look at the MRI, you can see in the middle two black looking “i” shaped formations. The one on the left is longer than the one on the right. It’s because at the bottom of the one on the right os the gray looking mass that have them concerned. All in all, it looks to be the size of a marble, though it is not in a nice round shape.
The ENT surgeon wanted to have me take a CT Scan so that he could have a better image to go by in preparation for surgery. Surgery is what I chose over a nasal spray medication that he said could possible shrink it a bit. I told him that I wanted it out just in case it was cancer/malignant. He agreed that was a good choice and I went and took a CT Scan. I’ll see him on Tuesday to get his analysis of the scan and discuss surgery that will take place the first week of March. It should be an outpatient procedure. After the removal, they will do the biopsy on it to see if it is benign or malignant. I’m not going to worry about that portion at this moment.
Thank you for all of your support, prayers, love, concern, and advice. I appreciate you. Please feel free to leave me voice mail at 615-358-8255 or leave a comment here. You can also leave me an e-mail at: Thom@ThomTakesOnTheWorld.com.
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
Yup! I am dancing knowing that they got all of the cancer during the procedure a few weeks ago. Thank you for standing with me with your e-mails, comments, phone calls, and other ways that you sent me your love and well wishes. During this time of waiting, I have experienced the true sense of family from you. It was an incredible feeling knowing that even though I was alone physically in the consultation room today, you were there … right there with me in spirit!
