A medical update for those interested

[Postdog]

I haven't been on here apart from odd dips for ages.

As some people know, I have a brain tumour. I had an operation last November to remove it, but this couldn't be done because it wasn't the sort of tumour they hoped it it would be, and to even try and remove it that way would have done me more damage. On the bright side they did discover that it wasn't cancerous, just slowly growing.

I thought I was due for another operation in January (I assumed a full skull opening job rather than through the nose) but this was a hospital error, and I wasn't. Since then it's been further tests and scans, and at last I am going to get some treatment for it (it has only taken over a year since being discovered).

Unfortunately that treatment is only to stop it growing any larger, so how it is affecting me now is likely to remain (muscle weakness, balance problems, unable to walk far, occasional shakes and sometimes blurry vision) but on the other hand if the treatment works (a drug) I shouldn't get any worse. It won't shrink what is there already, and I don't know if it could be removed by surgery or any other way as yet, but I suppose it's something. In theory it is possible that unless stopped it will just grow and could have left me with permanent worse problems.

Mind you, how I am at the moment could be made worse by another medical condition I have, so maybe once that is sorted, I will actually start to feel a bit better - I've avoided hospitals all my life but in the space of six months I have been in three times. Maybe a fourth time if, as I suspect, something in me needs cutting out, which I am hoping to find out tomorrow.

Treatment for the other starts in a couple of weeks.

[tinkerbell23]

Good luck for tomorrow then postie! Do let us know, you do so well keeping positive etc. xxx

[DTCwordfan]

Postdog - good luck with everything. must say that I hate hospitals and have largely managed to avoid them other than a gall bladder and colon checks. You will be in all our thoughts.

[cazzz1975]

good luck tomorrow, I hope its not something bad x

[marval]

Thanks for updating us postdog, what a shame you couldn't have the operation you wanted. I hope that all goes well for you, and you can improve.

[Euphemia]

Hello Postdog. I'm sorry to hear of your health problems and hope the treatment you are about to receive is successful in stopping the growth of the tumour.

[rockyracoon]

Keeping my fingers crossed for you for tomorrow postie. x

[Jan1957]

Good luck tomorrow Postie, and for the future. x

[Brenden]

Everything crossed for tomorrow postdog, keep positive x

[Sqad]

Thanks for the update.....much appreciated.

[Traci66]

Best of luck for tomorrow xx

[wendilla]

I do remember you from awhile back. I wish you all the best for tomorrow and hope for the future.

[Lie-in King]

I wish you all the very best, Postdog

[anneasquith]

fingers/toes crossed pd for the future.

[furrypusscat]

Good luck for tomorrow, hope all goes well.

[vodkancoke]

Good luck for tomorrow xx

[jno]

sorry to hear that, postdog; I hope they get you sorted, preferably with minimum invasiveness.

[beckersjay]

All fingers and toes crossed for you tomorrow. I hope all goes really well. Keep positive!

[Mamyalynne]

Hi Posty, hoping the news tomorrow is favourable and all treatment helps you at least feel better than you have, you deserve it ((HUG))♥

[cupid04]

Thoughts and prayers with you Postdog. Cupid04.xx

[Old_Geezer]

You have both my sympathy for your health problems, and my best wishes that they manage to sort out all they can.