I feel lost....

[Garak]

I think he has or had a brain tumor recently.

Yeah, but that was (thankfully) resolved, wasn't it?

The tumor is benign in-that it's not cancerous but it's not-benign in-that it IS causing problems (partial seizures) and, well, it's something in my head that isn't supposed to be there.

The seizures are stopped by medication and other side effects (such as my cluster headaches) have been under control for years by medication. However it's a tumor that still needs to be dealt with as it's only going to get bigger and potentially cause more problems. (As it grows either something needs to go away or needs to be pushed on.) In the near future I'm either going to need open-skull surgery to remove it or radiation surgery to halt its growth. Both holding their own side-effects.

So while it's "not cancer" it's still "a problem" that I'm going to need to deal with at some point. At the same time I've got some minor thyroid problems.

My father and my best friend both had tumors removed from their heads and they are both living great, healthy lives. Wel my best friend can't hear out of his left ear, but that's the only side effect he's experienced.

Just hope that makes you feel better about the whole thing.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

The tumor is benign in-that it's not cancerous but it's not-benign in-that it IS causing problems (partial seizures) and, well, it's something in my head that isn't supposed to be there.

The seizures are stopped by medication and other side effects (such as my cluster headaches) have been under control for years by medication. However it's a tumor that still needs to be dealt with as it's only going to get bigger and potentially cause more problems. (As it grows either something needs to go away or needs to be pushed on.) In the near future I'm either going to need open-skull surgery to remove it or radiation surgery to halt its growth. Both holding their own side-effects.

That does sound scary to have to deal w/, Trekker. Between that and the sense I have from reading this thread that you've been depressed for a long time, it sounds like finding yourself a good therapist would be a good idea.

 

[JarodRussell]

Don't you have some sort of bucket list? Everybody has one. Just try to run through the checklist items.

 

[Tulin]

That person must have either failed, or become a terrible psychologist.

Neither - graduated with honours and has an incredibly intuitive sense about people. He has just helped me realize who are the quality people in my life and who has been using me.

Perhaps it was your choice of words, then. You made it sound like your psyche friend made you "judgmental," which by and large does not mean the same thing as "a better judge of people," which is what it sounds like you may have meant.

Yep - that's it!

And he's not my "psych friend", he is my partner of three plus years.