A few of you may have noticed I was out of town for the last week or so. I sort of disappeared.

Sometime on August 11th I came down with a splitting headache that came on instantly. Quick trip to the hospital, CT scan, they said I have a mass in my brain (it was either blood or calcium at the time, ended up being blood). Plane ride up to Ottawa. Sat in the hospital for a week or so while they figured that all out.

They told me I have this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_a ... lformation

Everything was fine, I'm a little off balance and they told me I'd need to come back in a month for surgery. Waiting is supposedly the better thing to do, as the brain will heal itself. So they sent me home (6 hour drive woo).

I'm home today.

I got a call just a few minutes ago.

Their two best neurosurgeons are in town and were looking at the MRI of my head, and they figured they could do the surgery now.

Like right now.

They called me up, and I'm headed back to Ottawa (woo 6 hour drive again) so they can test anesthesiology on me to see how I react. Once about a week or so after that, they'll do brain surgery. A week or two after that, I should be good as new.

edit: also, because I live in Canada, this has been relatively free. socialized healthcare woo!

whoa

good luck, god bless dood

I'm sorry to hear that Xe, best of luck to you and I'll keep you in my thoughts <3

Wow Xelab that is shocking! It's unfortunate you need surgery, but its a good thing that they diagnosed it and can remedy the situation as quickly as possible. Hell, half the doctors I've seen would have sent me home with advil. You have to look on the bright side on it. I wish you a safe and speedy recovery!

If you can, please keep us all updated - I am sure a lot of the community members will want to know how things are progressing.

Also, ask your surgeons if they can give me the "Total Recall" surgery....

Funny how the small checkups turn into big catastrophes. Similar thing happened to me when I was around 12 and I needed Heart Surgery to fix my ASD.

Best of luck to you! Always think positive!

Speedy recovery xelab. See you back soon.

I can't even imagine how much this would cost in the states.

Wow, I hope everything goes well. Speedy recovery!

Hope it's a safe one and hope you will turn out alright

Then back to backstabbing people's brains~

Oh shit. Get well soon dude; I wish it all well.