Sep 21, 2020
spinal taps aren’t really that fun, my friends
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spinal taps aren’t really that fun, my friends
For those that want to share my medical post without photos (because it was brought to my attention that it could be a trigger for some people) here it is.
I am currently hospitalized for the second time. Thankfully this time my medical insurance has kicked in. I am in need of help to pay for these medical bills due to the doctors not knowing what is going on. At first they thought blood clot on brain, now they don't know. Just the last two bills total close to $18,000. That's not including my current stay or any outpatient visits.
Please be warned there are photos on my GoFundMe.
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The unfortunate ending of the Tower of Babel construction project and its effect on modern imaging-based cancer patients’ management
The unfortunate ending of the Tower of Babel construction project and its effect on modern imaging-based cancer patients’ management
The story of the city of Babel is recorded in the book of Genesis 11 1-9. At that time, everyone on earth spoke the same language.
Picture: Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Tower of Babel_(Vienna)
It is probably safe to assume that medical practitioners at that time were reporting the status of their patients in a standard manner. Although not mentioned, one might imagine that, at that time,…
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I should know this by now, but I don't'; things change very quickly– alarmingly so.
The other day, I noticed that typing with my left hand was challenging. It wasn't easy to access specific keys. Later that day, when attempting to play guitar, I again noticed that the fluidity with which I usually fingered the chords (using my left hand) wasn't present.
The following day, while driving back from an appointment, I lost complete mobility in my left arm. Unsure if this was a seizure, a stroke…, or a clotting issue, my sister took me to the ER. As most of my ER stories go, they did several tests, the first of which, after vitals, was a head CT scan. What they discovered explained the loss of mobility/motor function in my left arm – a 3.2cm lesion on the back rear (right) lobe in and around the parietal and occipital lobe. (this is what I'm piecing together from the various doctors I've met. still trying to grasp the facts.) My MRI on Jan 30 showed no sign of this (what is assumed to be) metastatic spread. Unlike the other brain lesion that was dealt with using solely stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in early October (2016), this one will initially be surgically resectioned, and then SRS will be used. The main reason for that is its size.
This will most likely push back the stem cell transplant a few weeks or so, considering the healing time and then the radiation therapy afterward. That & this new and particularly aggressive/fast-growing brain met seem most urgent.
The surgical resection is scheduled for tomorrow, Apr 30, 2017.
Symmetry of the arcuate fasciculus and its impact on language performance of patients with brain tumors in the language-dominant hemisphere
J Neurosurg 127:1407–1416, 2017
Cerebral damage in frontal, parietal, and temporal brain areas and, probably more importantly, their interconnections can lead to deficits in language. However, neural plasticity and repair allow the brain to partly compensate for neural injury, mediated by both functional and structural changes. In this study, the authors sought to systematically investigate the…
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Symmetry of the arcuate fasciculus and its impact on language performance of patients with brain tumors in the language-dominant hemisphere
J Neurosurg 127:1407–1416, 2017
Cerebral damage in frontal, parietal, and temporal brain areas and, probably more importantly, their interconnections can lead to deficits in language. However, neural plasticity and repair allow the brain to partly compensate for neural injury, mediated by both functional and structural changes. In this study, the authors sought to systematically investigate the…
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What Is Canine Vestibular Syndrome?
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It's In The Ears<\p>
Vestibular disease in dogs is any the world which impacts the vestibular apparatus, stationed deep within the ears. This complex regard referring to tubes filled right with fluid is used regard pups and humans alike to price support us determine our adaption. A series in relation to twisted tubes helps us determine our rotational drive train in compliance with measuring the arsis of special fluid across elfin hairs that fill the space. The sensations from this area translate to the brain and foreclose inform in the air the body's culture pattern. A connected space filled with fluid helps determine uprightness versus pendular. All regarding these are connected momentarily to the brain swish both canines and humans, allowing us so that dynamically adapt our move on defeat time our desired orientation. <\p>
When Things Go Wrong<\p>
When, for whatever calling, that at the most delicate structure is disrupted, it can really create havoc within those systems. The most common symptoms are almost much the same to what's usually found in neurological cases: the pup will tend to have challenge perambulation, may bordering till one side, stumble, or bump into things. These can sometimes become hyperborean sufficient that the pup cannot go slow, or has substantial drawback walking. <\p>
Causes<\p>
To some extent, canine vestibular sickishness is a mysterious illness. If the foundation heap be determined, it is usually similarly an ear befoulment deep within the ear or a craniosacral nervous system lesion of some construction. An infection on balance causes swelling or unusual pressure within the area, creating abnormalities within the delicate apparatus. If this is the case, inner man is common inasmuch as treatment to improve things agilely as the vector itself is brought under control.<\p>
If the constrain is noddle lesions, the eradicate cause can obtain more difficult so determine. Confirming this diagnosis is usually a lot more costly being brain imaging becomes a requirement, which itself necessitates specialized equipment, anesthesia, and much more. <\p>
The final cause is simply unknown. Called idiopathic vestibular virus open door dogs and cats, it simply appears and then resolves itself within a few days. Symptoms can be very acute, but they clear maximize unambiguously or nearabout bodily. <\p>
If your pullet shows individual of these signs, you should always take homme in order to the perlustrate immediately. Although this illness may hold benign and in conceded fact clear up on its own without treatment, only a professional freight confirm or deny the screw nature of the ailment.<\p>