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Pulling this out of random comments as it has become more than just a pssinpa thing... I wish it was!
I started losing vision in one eye Friday. Saturday was pretty bad so I saw an optometrist. No physical damage so he referred to a neurological opthalmologist. By Sunday morning, my vision was very severely impacted so DH took me to the emergency room. MRI of my brain showed three lesions on my brain. I was transferred to a specialty hospital to continue testing and treatment.
This morning, I have almost no vision in my eye. Not even shapes or colors. That isn't what they would expect with the lesions so they are looking for what is causing it. Looks like a neurological opthalmologist visit is on schedule for the day.
My full body CT scan was mostly clear but there is something on my liver. Another team is working to asses that.
Neurosurgery is bringing oncology in due to the appearance of the lesions and my family history. They may need to do a biopsy of my brain as early as tomorrow. With the location of the lesions, that would be a nickel sized hole cut in the back of my head if they do a needle biopsy. Otherwise a larger hole if they remove then biopsy.
All three are small. The largest is under 1 cm. Two smaller are on one side of the back of my brain and the larger is on the other.
Any advice, things to watch for, recovery after brain surgery, etc very welcome and appreciated.
I started losing vision in one eye Friday. Saturday was pretty bad so I saw an optometrist. No physical damage so he referred to a neurological opthalmologist. By Sunday morning, my vision was very severely impacted so DH took me to the emergency room. MRI of my brain showed three lesions on my brain. I was transferred to a specialty hospital to continue testing and treatment.
This morning, I have almost no vision in my eye. Not even shapes or colors. That isn't what they would expect with the lesions so they are looking for what is causing it. Looks like a neurological opthalmologist visit is on schedule for the day.
My full body CT scan was mostly clear but there is something on my liver. Another team is working to asses that.
Neurosurgery is bringing oncology in due to the appearance of the lesions and my family history. They may need to do a biopsy of my brain as early as tomorrow. With the location of the lesions, that would be a nickel sized hole cut in the back of my head if they do a needle biopsy. Otherwise a larger hole if they remove then biopsy.
All three are small. The largest is under 1 cm. Two smaller are on one side of the back of my brain and the larger is on the other.
Any advice, things to watch for, recovery after brain surgery, etc very welcome and appreciated.