An Update

I wish I could say wow such excitement going on!  But yeah..not quite.  It has been a week of R&R.  Very boring R&R.

  I had my first follow up with the doctor today to get my stitches out.  It was a quick visit so we didn't go into a lot of detail about the tumor.  Just chatted about my healing and my side affects.  Yes its true. As fantastic as the surgery went I still ended up with some minor side affects. I now have some possible permanent numbness in my face but in an area that is not a big deal, my eyelid over my left eye is lower than my right and the pupil of my left eye is now smaller than my right.  The thing with my pupil is that it will not affect the bad vision I already had.  So in the grand scheme of things these side affects are all cosmetic.  But I am ok with that - better this than the permanent loss of my voice or loss of movement in my shoulder.  I am truly blessed.  I thank God and my sister in heaven for watching over me and making sure I will be back to normal.

 I did find out some interesting bits though.  The anestheseologist had a heck of a time inserting the breathing tube before the surgery.  Apparently my larynx isn't built the way its suppose to be so he had to use a special glide scope to get a better view of the blockage he came upon.  Wow, who knew?  Just more proof I am a freak of nature I guess!  LOL

The doctor is still a little unsure which nerve my schwannoma was attached to.  After checking out my side affects he thinks that maybe it was attached to the sympathetic trunk.  Once I am completely healed I am to go back so that he can put a scope down my throat and test the nerves to see which one is affected.  What fun!

So enough about me, how has your day been?