Victory!!

Hey everyone,

Well I'm out of the procedure and have made it through gamma knife radiation without becoming The Hulk! (Female, of course). Everything went well... I got my lovely first dose of anesthesia and knocked the (fuck) out, waking up with the metal placement screwed into my head already and in the MRI. The actual radiation took an hour... The only displeasing thing about it all was the two doses of Decadron that they gave me to control brain swelling... second dose made me pass out and I had to be put on a stretcher, LOL. I'm on the steroids for another 10 days, but at a very low dose, and accompanied by an antacid so it doesn't screw with my stomach. I've been overall sleepy, tired and with some headaches, but I'm good to go! Follow up MRI in 3 months, and I'm home free.

The one thing that surprised me was that this radiation was to control further growth of the tumor, not for removal of it. I guess I can ask my neurosurgeon when I see him again in a month.

As for my grandmother, the biopsy came back clean and she doesn't need chemotherapy! Cancer free, more than likely! We'll know when we finished checking her colon in 6 months, but the surgeon thinks he got it all out. She'll be home tomorrow night, and I'm super happy for that news. Everything has turned for the better with the strength of God and support of some amazing people.

Speaking of people, I got a lovely long call from my boyfriend today, along with an apology for not being here... I had been waiting for that apology for quite some time, and it was so nice to hear it. It was a simply "You mean so much to me, I'm sorry I wasn't there for you". That alone, just turned my day around. I mean, my day consists of some more sleep in a couple of minutes, lol, but yeah... It was nice to talk to him, and talk of our trip to Boston, and going to play tennis together, running a marathon, spending more time together... I feel like maybe he's making a turn around... perhaps a wee and 3 days of being nothing but partying with his boys is finally getting it out of his system, lol! Who knows.... all I know is that I love him with all my heart, and I pray that God will guide us in the right direction and illuminate our relationship so that we may come out on top.

Hope everyone is doing well, I'm going to get some sleep. Anesthesia is still lingering around my body, lol.

Namaste.
God bless you all.

P.S. - Added an old picture of me smiling from high school... hope it shows you how happy I am, lol.