Well, if anyone is still reading this (I know…it’s been a while). Two weeks from today I will be undergoing Chiari decompression surgery. Chiari is a malformation of the brain in which the cerebellar tonsils of the brain go down into the spinal cord area (or as I like to say, my brain is just to damn big for my skull). Basically they need to go into my skull and create more room for my brain (I love telling people that–hehe).
While I really don’t display any symptoms of chiari (other than it showing up on an MRI), I need to have the surgery done because I’m going to need a second surgery on Trigeminal Neuralgia (a nerve disorder of the face), and they need to take care of the chiari first in case I have any brain swelling during the second surgery. The second surgery is microvascular decompression surgery.
If anyone out there has any words of wisdom, please let me know…while I’m excited about all the time I’ll get off of work, I must admit that I am a bit scared. Pray for me.