I never really believed someone when they said to me that your life could change in the matter of seconds. I've always thought that this was nonsense there is no possible way that could happen. Then it happened to me when I least expected it.On June 13th,2015 I found out that I had a large brain tumor growing on the left side of my brain. This event is significant to me because I felt what it feels like to go through a tough time when you thought everything was going good. I realised that your life can change in the matter of seconds. As a result of me finding out that I have a brain tumor I’ve become a stronger person, I don't want people to feel bad about what's happened to me, and I've had to learn how to adjust my life from the consequences
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She set up an appointment for an MRI at Diagnostics Imaging for June 13th, 2015 . When I arrived at Diagnostics Imaging I went in thinking I was perfectly fine. After getting my MRI I was told I had a large mass growing on the left side of my brain and it was pushing on my brain stem. They told me that I needed to go to the hospital immediately. When I arrived to Children's Mercy Hospital and got to my room all of these neurologists, doctors, and nurses start coming in. They would talk to me about my images of my head but it was like they weren't even saying anything. I was in shock I couldn't hear what they were saying because I was trying to process what I was just told a hour ago. My surgeon Dr. Kauffman tells me and my parents that I need to get surgery on June 16th,2015. When I got my surgery I found out that my tumor is an acoustic neuroma tumor. Acoustic neuroma or Vestibular schwannoma tumors are slow growing tumors that grow on the main nerve leading from the inner ear to the brain. Mine grew off my left ear and facial nerve, it was as big as a softball, and was predicted to be growing for 7 years or more. From my tumor being so big it almost killed me
She set up an appointment for an MRI at Diagnostics Imaging for June 13th, 2015 . When I arrived at Diagnostics Imaging I went in thinking I was perfectly fine. After getting my MRI I was told I had a large mass growing on the left side of my brain and it was pushing on my brain stem. They told me that I needed to go to the hospital immediately. When I arrived to Children's Mercy Hospital and got to my room all of these neurologists, doctors, and nurses start coming in. They would talk to me about my images of my head but it was like they weren't even saying anything. I was in shock I couldn't hear what they were saying because I was trying to process what I was just told a hour ago. My surgeon Dr. Kauffman tells me and my parents that I need to get surgery on June 16th,2015. When I got my surgery I found out that my tumor is an acoustic neuroma tumor. Acoustic neuroma or Vestibular schwannoma tumors are slow growing tumors that grow on the main nerve leading from the inner ear to the brain. Mine grew off my left ear and facial nerve, it was as big as a softball, and was predicted to be growing for 7 years or more. From my tumor being so big it almost killed me