Me and Holly had an appointment with Dr Sani at Rush Copley on 11/10/2010. He reviewed the MRI I had taken the the day before and indicated that there was a tumor and what appeared to be swelling in the area.
He indicated that the course of action would be to
1) put me on anti - inflammatory drugs to get the swelling down
2) put me on anti-seizure to stop symptoms
3) take another MRI in a week, with reduced swelling, and a 'tracktogophory' to map the nerves in the area.
4) have a CAT scan done.
He said that the surgery would be in 2-4 weeks, in hospital for 3 days, then off work for a month. NO DRIVING during this time.
I asked him about some statistics:
Mortality rate = 1/2000. Much lower for someone otherwise healthy.
Occurrence = 1-20K to 1-200L people get this.
Complications / collateral damage = 5-7%
He said a biopsy was needed to further qualify what this was.
The Complications / collateral damage could be:
-left side weak, numb
-ignore right side vision
-loose ability to concentrate (ouch for an engineer)
He said that it was a little smaller than a golf ball, but the swelling made it look bigger.
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