the right side of my head
the one little bald spot on the right side
the one little bald spot on the right side(lasers go all the way through your head, they don't just stop in the middle which is why I'm surprised I don't have more little spots on the right side)
the left side of my head
a really hottie, huh?! 
The surgery scar is getting increasingly less noticable to me. Losing hair probably helped that. My head is still tender. Sometimes I feel like I'm Harry Potter. My scar hurts when Voldemort's thinking about me. No wait! It's when Roli's thinking about me!! I guess as time goes on he'll think of me less and less. But that's okay - he'll have other tumors on his mind. (But years from now, when it hurts every once in a while, I'll smile that Roli's thinking about me again.)
It's November already... what a difference a brain tumor makes. Good grief. It seems like I've had Toomy (my brain tumor) forever. I saw someone that I haven't seen in years. She asked how I'm doing and all I could tell her was that I have a brain tumor. I felt really dumb - I felt like a brain tumor defines me. But it kinda is my life this year. Someday I'll look back on this... and... well I don't really know what the 'and' is, but someday I'll look back on this. :)
Since surgery I'm getting a little better at 'performing' in front of people. Singing a solo in church helped a lot, but groups are way better. I still have a hard time being the center of attention. I'm grateful for that. I never understood how people could have "stage fright" and now I do. I can be more empathetic when people are nervous.
I wonder how many people go through this stuff. I think it would be fascinating to hear how it went for other people. And there are so many things I didn't realize about tumors and cancer vs non-cancer and different types of radiation - things I'm sure other people don't realize either. I'm thinking about writing a book.
It's November already... what a difference a brain tumor makes. Good grief. It seems like I've had Toomy (my brain tumor) forever. I saw someone that I haven't seen in years. She asked how I'm doing and all I could tell her was that I have a brain tumor. I felt really dumb - I felt like a brain tumor defines me. But it kinda is my life this year. Someday I'll look back on this... and... well I don't really know what the 'and' is, but someday I'll look back on this. :)
Since surgery I'm getting a little better at 'performing' in front of people. Singing a solo in church helped a lot, but groups are way better. I still have a hard time being the center of attention. I'm grateful for that. I never understood how people could have "stage fright" and now I do. I can be more empathetic when people are nervous.
I wonder how many people go through this stuff. I think it would be fascinating to hear how it went for other people. And there are so many things I didn't realize about tumors and cancer vs non-cancer and different types of radiation - things I'm sure other people don't realize either. I'm thinking about writing a book.
