Well, the bitch tumor is back, and she brought friends.
Last Friday morning, I woke up with what I thought I was a sinus infection, which is not uncommon for me. By Saturday afternoon though, I was starting to get a lot of nausea and dizziness. [Happy first anniversary weekend...]
The last time I had that combination of symptoms was after I finished brain tumor treatment and went back to Steamboat, and my brain swelled while the tumor was breaking down.
[Cue K. suspicion]
To top it off, each time before I'd get dizzy/nauseated, I'd have something like a "scent memory" - I'd smell a certain unknown smell and have images flash through my brain, none of which I could place.
[Cue suspicion #2]
I was a complete space case at work on Monday and felt like I was in an alternate reality. That's when I decided to drive home, get N., and go to the ER at 11:00 am. After finally seeing the ER doctor at 3:00 pm, he sent an order for me to get an MRI (since I have brain tumor history - I was going to demand one anyway). It was 6:00 pm before we saw the doctor for the second time to hear the results from my MRI.
Words can't really describe the shock we felt about getting this kind of news for the second time. I was admitted to UW hospital Monday night.
The tumor is in my right thalamus again, but this time it's partially blocking the path between my third and fourth ventricles in my brain. I had ETV surgery on Tuesday afternoon to relieve the pressure in my brain from the cerebrospinal fluid not draining and reabsorbing properly. Surgery was successful, and I was discharged from the neuroICU Wednesday evening.
We are headed to the Mayo Clinic tomorrow morning to meet with my doctors from the first time to talk about treatment options.
Love and hugs ♡
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