Mephistopheles
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Good luck.
I disagree. I'm a trip coming off anesthesia 😛Ah. Well I'm glad they found it. Hope it all goes well. Surgery is never fun.

chiari malformation's very manageable. a lot of people with my particular disability also have chiari stuff. best of luck, yo.

Thanks again, all.
Bella, the range of emotions I went through was rather astonishing. When I was told over the phone, I was sitting at one of my vanilla job clients. For about a second, I had this flash of blind panicked terror. Since that doesn't help anything, I made sure to calm down and try not to think, "SHITIHAVECANCERSHITIHAVECANCERSHITIHAVECANCER." When I made it back to my car and did some research on my phone about the condition, and found that it was fairly benign, treatable, and recoverable, I was so excited I couldn't help but crank the stereo in the car and flip out.
Wait a minute?! They told you this over the phone...and didn't explain what it was???? What an asshole doctor! Sucks you had to deal with that!
The Final MRI Report said:FINDINGS:
The cerebellar tonsils protrude markedly inferior to the foramen magnum and demonstrate an abnormal peg-like appearance. The tonsils protrude approximately 3cm below the foramen magnum. There is mass effect and distortion of the cervicomedullary junction. There is a 5mm x 4mm central cavity in the upper cervical spinal cord at the level of C2-C3. There is no abnormal associated enhancement within the posterior fossa, cervicomedullary junction, or superior aspect of the cervical spinal cord. The cerebellar vermis is present. The supratentorial midline and other structures are unremarkable.
There is no restricted diffusion to suggest acute infarction. There is no abnormal enhancement. There is no hydrocephalus. The sella is unremarkable. Vascular flow-voids are intact at the skull base. Calvarium and extracranial soft tissues are within normal limits. There is mild mucosal thickening within the paranasal sinuses.
Man up....rub some dirt on it and you'll be fine. 😉
You'll be alright 🙂


already workin on it dudes....