My Friend Diana Recovers from Brain Surgery
The following is by a dear friend, Diana, whom I met at the LAF Summit in July 2008.
Hello Everyone !!!
I am fortunate to be with a team of doctors who believe it takes a body, mind, spirit approach and all the love & support truly does make a difference.
Evidently, the tumor looked like a mushroom and after they removed it, they implanted 17 radiation seeds. I had a few nickle size plates, mesh and screws put in & they left a tiny hole. I guess I can let off steam that way now. I woke up from surgery feeling so refreshed and happy and more clearheaded (even with all the drugs) that I knew it was a success. evidently, they think so, too. After 2 days they had to let me go home.
I am part of an International study and evidently the dramatic overnight mental change has astounded them. I have not been able to process my thoughts into spoken or written words the way I once was & it was very frustrating, debilitating & demeaning for me. My daughters say I had begun to talk gibberish; my doctors termed it incoherent. The doctors themselves are so totally amazed of my change & how I just got off the table and have been going since. I am grateful to be given a new lease on life.
I am not all bruised and beat up looking, he says, and my mind can catch up processing, I am to be one of their Stories Of Hope and will work with them to reach others, just as I do for the LiveStrong Fnd. They are in the planning stages of a post-operative wing that will incorporate the body, mind, spirit in order to help the patient recover better and faster. The doctors are proud that they have been recently recognized as to be ranked internationally for the outstanding work that they do. And, everyone sincerely cares who works there. Isn’t that novel?
So, once again, I thank you all.
Diana
