My Life Changing Experience; a brain tumor

February 27th, 2025 2:49PM The neurosurgeon came out to have the usual ‘talk’ with Reggie in the waiting room post OP to let him know everything went fine and as expected.  He told Reggie that he was very pleased with the surgery; that it was not a rare surgery but a very hard surgery.  The surgeon stated he was able to remove 97% of the tumor, the other 3% he left alone; as it was wrapped around a major artery. We were glad to know all this AFTER the surgery. 🙏 Altogether, it took roughly 4 hours and 15 minutes. Soon after, I was wheeled back into our room in the ICU unit. I don’t really remember a whole lot that afternoon, but there were several people in the waiting room with Reggie while during surgery.  Reggie was very thankful for all these people there to support him, especially after code blue was called soon after surgery began.  Needless to say, he was relieved to know from the waiting room receptionist that it was not for me.  The first thing I remem...

On February 17th, we just arrived back from Florida. I had been dealing with ‘migraines’ and dizziness the entire week we were on vacation.     Our vacation didn’t feel like a very enjoyable time for me, but with the help of migraine medication and way to many ibuprofens, I was putting one foot in front of the other for the sake of my family.  I found a great chiropractor in Florida on the Thursday before we headed back north to Indiana, his name was Dr Kozma. He seemed to have helped my migraines and my symptoms drastically went away for the duration of our vacation.  However, he urged me to go be seen by my primary when we got back from vacation.   In my selfishness, I kept saying to myself that he is making this sound like I am on my death bed. However,  I couldn’t shake the fact that he told me what I was experiencing sounded along the lines of a stroke.  He said at the age of 33, it is not worth the risk.  He was right, and I knew it.  S...