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For those of you following my quirky little medical condition they call Chiari I malformation, here’s an update for ya.
The Neurosurgeon decided on surgery. This is not exactly GOOD news for me, but I have to keep telling myself that getting it fixed will up my quality of life by taking away the headaches, all while giving me as much ice cream as I can eat in my 3-5 days in the hospital afterward! ;)
So this is what we’re looking at here. See that tonsil? It’s not supposed to be hanging as low as it is. But since it is, it’s applying pressure to my spinal cord and brain stem, which is causing the headaches I get. So how is it going to be fixed? By removing some bone from my skull to make more room for that pesky tonsil and thus making me feel better. The neurosurgeon tells me it’s an ‘easy surgery’, but I get the feeling it’s going to be rough. The bonus is, is that it’s not a surgery on my actual brain, and he assures me that I will be up and running at full capacity in a week or two.
What happens if I decide NOT to get the surgery? Maybe nothing. OR maybe I’ll start to lose functionality and feeling in my arms and legs eventually resulting in loss of fine motor skills and my hands going into a little claw like thing. (no thanks.) Which means….? Exactly… no more gaming. Eeeep.
This surgery won’t be happening for a while, (you can thank Canadian health care for that) because I have to go through some tests first to be sure that I haven’t sustained any nerve damage so far. I’m willing to bet I haven’t because after all I AM a gamer and I haven’t noticed any problems while I play. But it’s ok that it’s not happening for a while because that tells me that its not life threatening (and its not.. I asked ;) ) but also because I’m finally in my last semester of school and I’d reeeeaaaaallllly like to finish that. But after that’s done, I guess it’s time to get my head shaved and cut into.
Good god, I’m terrified. heh…
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
I downloaded Geometry Wars 2 today. I’m terrible. I’m not sure if it’s because I haven’t played GeoWars in over a year or what, but wow…. I BARELY broke 200k. Whew. I need to get workin’ on that if I wanna get on there and kick some ass.
Last weekend James and I rented Mario Kart for the Wii and gave it a try. I loved the game so so so so so much. (and I also enjoyed kicking James’ butt at it too!) But here’s the thing. I think XBL has spoiled the heck out of me with it’s online capabilities. A friend and I wanted to race each other over Nintendo WiFi, and it took at least 45 minutes to an hour to get the friend codes exchanged, both of us connected, and get a game going. I know I’m just sounding like a broken record when it comes to complaining about Nintendo’s online features, but REALLY, Nintendo? REALLY??!?! Here’s hoping the love of my life, Animal Crossing has an easier system hopping from town to town.
I’m also partaking in 1UP:FM’s backlog. Right now we are playing Psychonauts. So far I think it’s really cute! Has anyone else played it? Are you playing along with 1UP:FM as well?
