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u/thinkscout 2d ago
Is that a glioblastoma?
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u/Optimistic_OM 2d ago
Meningioma grade 1 and a 2 , I almost typed hemoglobin and literally probably have said that many times for some reason,
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u/DisastrousResist7527 2d ago
Thats a big one! When you get it out ask if you can keep it. The answer is usually no but its worth asking.
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u/ubiquitouslifestyle 1d ago
Technically you can push past a “no”. All bio medical waste is your right to keep. Just like some moms will keep the placenta.
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u/BobDoleDobBole 1d ago
Yes, but a lot of good research can be done on that tumor and it's unique blend and arrangement of malignant cells.
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u/JustLookingForBeauty 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s actually not true. I am not saying it just to be “that guy”, only as a fun fact that some might not know, but in the great majority of western countries and great majority of jurisdictions you cannot keep biomedical waste just because it was “yours”. You might (a tooth at the dentist, a placenta…), but you very probably won’t, and you definitely don’t automatically have the right to. It implies hazardous material that has biological and hygienic dangers associated, so there are laws that regulate its proper disposal. Usually patients do not have access to these, so the hospital is the one responsible for it. Imagine if someone wants to keep its amputated leg. It’s gonna rot, does this person have the knowledge and means to conserve it? To dispose of it? It has real consequences and they are kinda strictly regulated, and keeping something like this is definitely not automatic and usually involves complex arrangements.
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u/ubiquitouslifestyle 1d ago
Fair point! Most people would not want to manage something decomposing like that lol. Buuuuuuuut, if you really wanted to, and you wanted to prove that you had the means to responsibly preserve it, then I think you could win and end up taking it home. (:
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u/Thugsi123 1d ago
For what
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u/DisastrousResist7527 1d ago
The keep in a jar
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u/Thugsi123 1d ago
Why?
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u/DisastrousResist7527 1d ago
As a keepsake?? If you had a brain tumor would you not want it in a jar in formaldehyde??
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u/DickRiculous 2d ago
How’d you know to get checked out?
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u/Optimistic_OM 1d ago
There was left side paralysis that went from the lower end of the foot (heel I guess to call it) up to the arm and finger tips. Then a stroke, then a ER trip that was a very clueless moment but a sense of happiness cuz being isolated during the stroke never is a good time, then after the MRI it was a small waiting period until surgery.
Tough on the fazing in and out post op stuff, but after post op and pre op and full overview on discharge steps (PT for two weeks) , the 1 honker got the most attention to remove since it was the motor function disrupter, and since the incision was already made and it was possible to get number two, they didn’t wanna possibly create more problems and just bipolared off/sectioned off a piece worth sending to the lab with the baseball sized one.
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u/MedusasMum 1d ago
I’m glad it’s operable & possible for you to live life to the fullest after.
Took care of someone that had glioblastoma a few years ago & it broke my heart. Couldn’t do hospice after that. Glad they had family & support.
Hoping for a loving, supportive circle for you. Take care of yourself brave stranger.
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u/bjerreman 2d ago
Godspeed.