There is no telling what the next brain bleed could bring--loss of short term memory, loss of mobility, all kinds of scary shit....
During the surgery he would have a neurologist there to make sure everything is working, they would cool my brain down from 37 to 33 to protect me from injury, use a laser and magnify my brain by microscope up to 50 times.... Use a forceps, patch me up , get some titanium screws, ICU and 4 nights in the hospital. Stay in California for 2 weeks, and come home.
25% initially worse, 20% better. 95% end up the same or better, but should be able to remove the whole cavernous angioma.
That is a brief synopsis, didnt get all the details, but, I think I am getting myself ready....
I occasionally use google to see if there have been any news pertaining to cavernous angiomas that I may have missed. I had a bleed when I was 21, and they found an angioma in my brainstem. I had surgery in November of 2006. You are so brave to be dealing with all of this.
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