Well, I had a seizure yesterday, apparently one of the tumors in my brain, even though the biggest is only about 1cm, the swelling around it appeared to have disrupted some functions and a seizure occurred. Luckily I was at home, right here. I started to feel, a bit funny, kind of dizzy or out of it. I got up and walked to Brenda, as I was coming around the couch, my vision and ability to stand started to go, I remember telling her something was wrong, to call an ambulance, and I started saying a few panicky, emotional last words, because I thought this was it. It was really scary.
Well, I had a seizure yesterday, apparently one of the tumors in my brain, even though the biggest is only about 1cm, the swelling around it appeared to have disrupted some functions and a seizure occurred. Luckily I was at home, right here. I started to feel, a bit funny, kind of dizzy or out of it. I got up and walked to Brenda, as I was coming around the couch, my vision and ability to stand started to go, I remember telling her something was wrong, to call an ambulance, and I started saying a few panicky, emotional last words, because I thought this was it. It was really scary. Not knowing what was going on, I thought this was the end of me. I heard her yelling my name and everything went black. I woke up disoriented in an ambulance maybe 25 mins later. It wasn't until I was in the ER that I became fully aware of what was going on and what happened. Long story short, it was most likely the swelling that caused the seizure, they watched all my vitals for a couple hours, did a CT scan of my brain, called my doctor and gave me an anti-seizure medication. Then sent me home.
This morning I went to get my mask fitted for the SRS I'll be getting soon. Good news is, it's finally under way. Next Wednesday, all 4 will be getting zapped. The bad news is the detailed "mapping" MRI they gave me last Friday revealed four new miniscule ones the last standard MRI didn't catch. They're tiny though, too small to even zap at this point. So in four weeks I'll have another MRI and they plan to zap out the remaining four right around then. Though they didn't want to do it, today they decided to put me on a low dose steroid to stop the swelling in my brain, I know it's not good for my immune system and past treatments, but it's kind of necessary right now, they plan to taper me off as soon as possible.
Lastly, tomorrow I'll be seeing an oncologist I haven't seen in a year and a half to be referred to the oncologist who's been taking care of me for the last year and a half. A CT of my chest will be ordered and in about two weeks we'll discuss that and any other possible treatments for me to try out.
Always hoping for the best.. for all of us.
Thanks for reading,
-Kevin
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