Just When I Thought I Was Out...

This bloody cyst drags me back in again! Wow, I can’t believe I haven’t updated since March. The good thing about that is that that’s because there hasn’t been much news: Until recently. To say that things have not been going as expected lately may be a bit of an understatement. After my recent 2 month "vacation" I was feeling pretty good about things. My cyst had gotten smaller and now it had not needed draining for 8 weeks (instead of the 4 -5 days that used to be the norm). Then one fine day about 3 weeks ago I went for a great dinner at the Coleman compound and had a great time. The next morning I awoke with the worst headache and the good old double vision which meant it was time for another trip to Emergency to have my cyst drained. Disappointing, but hey, it was a good 2 months. The next Wednesday I had an appointment with my Neurosurgeon. Now this was weird: I was taken into a boardroom instead of an examination room and I sat down at a long conference table with about ten doctors who were looking at slides of my tumours (colour slides taken during my operation – gross), and my long list of CT scans with the dates of each one. While they were discussing my case like I wasn’t there they seemed very optimistic about how long in-between treatments it took so they scheduled an appointment for 6 months from that date. Things were looking up again. Unfortunately I had to make another unscheduled trip last Wednesday for another drainage. When I asked them why this thing keeps popping back up again they told me they didn't know but they were "working on it" (so I've got that going for me). As always, I guess I'll just keep rolling with the punches and keep up the F.U. attitude and keep updating as things happen. Until then, thank-you all again for your concern and kind words.