So what did you do last weekend? Well I had brain surgery! It's all so ridiculous. However, it's done! Over! Feeling good. Came home on Wednesday. The tumor is benign which is what we expected. I get the 21 staples removed on Wednesday. Rush Hospital is fantastic. The doctors and nursing staff are wonderful. I am proud to say that the company I work for (SPM) create their commercials/advertising.
Tammy Dobrez is off the charts. Anyone that scrubs my floor and irons my dish towels is a gift from God! It was fun having her stay with me and the kids too! My brother is the best brother on the face of this earth. He is a giver! Mom stayed with me too. Lots of laughs watching Christopher Guest movies with her. And the entourage of family, love, food, laughs, flowers, visits from all sorts of friends (Uncle, Don Hodgman, thank you for driving 3 1/2 hrs to hang with us.You are a sweetheart. ) The friends keep giving. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
So after all this subsides, my goal is to plan a fantastic vacation--one for me and one for the kids and me. Not sure where, not sure when. We deserve it. It's fun to think about it. Life is too short friends, enjoy it! xoxo love to all, jani
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Looking forward to the end of 2009
Well, the kids are back to school, grades, so far are super. Maddy had a fantastic tennis season this sophomore year. Currently she is taking French and Chinese, hoping someday to work international. David sent his applications off to various schools and has a musical theatre audition at NYU on November 11th. My brother, Joe is accompanying him since I will be recovering from surgery.
Yes, surgery, because the year wasn't stressful enough, I have to have brain surgery. Yep I found out at the end of July and just told family/friends two weeks ago. After losing Kurt I didn't think announcing the brain tumor would be good timing! I have a menginoma (i am sure I've misspelled that--not in spell check!), a benign tumor on the lining of my brain. Long story, but I had an MRI a while ago for something else, someone caught a glimpse of this spot a year ago, diagnosed it as a cluster of veins, but wanted me to come back just in case--have a year follow up MRI, to make sure it wasn't getting bigger/possibly a tumor. Well it is a tumor and is growing very slowly.
The good news is that I don't have any symptoms (loss of vision/seizures, etc.). It isn't pressing on anything. Remember it is not on the brain. It is on the lining. I had to the choice to take it out now, a year or two from now, which would be risky for the above mentioned symptoms, and I didn't want to think about it much longer. Cutting a 2 1/2 diameter hole in my head is freaky. Shaving half of my head freaked me out too so I cut my hair reallllly short--pixie cut (about as short as Kurt's was after one of his haircuts!) This is really putting a damper on my social life!
My friends and family once again are coming to the rescue. I am planning on Kurt and my grandparents to be watching over me too! I go in Sunday, October 18th to Rush University; surgery on the 19th (Dr. Richard Byrne); hospital stay for 4-5 days; recovering at home for at least two weeks. The kids are handling it well. I think they finally understand that this isn't a life or death situation, just an annoyance and inconvenience AND a big headache.
I will be fine. Just another challenge in the lives of the Bodell Family. Thank you for your love, support, and friendship. We couldn't have survived these ordeals with you.
xoxo jani
Yes, surgery, because the year wasn't stressful enough, I have to have brain surgery. Yep I found out at the end of July and just told family/friends two weeks ago. After losing Kurt I didn't think announcing the brain tumor would be good timing! I have a menginoma (i am sure I've misspelled that--not in spell check!), a benign tumor on the lining of my brain. Long story, but I had an MRI a while ago for something else, someone caught a glimpse of this spot a year ago, diagnosed it as a cluster of veins, but wanted me to come back just in case--have a year follow up MRI, to make sure it wasn't getting bigger/possibly a tumor. Well it is a tumor and is growing very slowly.
The good news is that I don't have any symptoms (loss of vision/seizures, etc.). It isn't pressing on anything. Remember it is not on the brain. It is on the lining. I had to the choice to take it out now, a year or two from now, which would be risky for the above mentioned symptoms, and I didn't want to think about it much longer. Cutting a 2 1/2 diameter hole in my head is freaky. Shaving half of my head freaked me out too so I cut my hair reallllly short--pixie cut (about as short as Kurt's was after one of his haircuts!) This is really putting a damper on my social life!
My friends and family once again are coming to the rescue. I am planning on Kurt and my grandparents to be watching over me too! I go in Sunday, October 18th to Rush University; surgery on the 19th (Dr. Richard Byrne); hospital stay for 4-5 days; recovering at home for at least two weeks. The kids are handling it well. I think they finally understand that this isn't a life or death situation, just an annoyance and inconvenience AND a big headache.
I will be fine. Just another challenge in the lives of the Bodell Family. Thank you for your love, support, and friendship. We couldn't have survived these ordeals with you.
xoxo jani
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