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Some of you may recall me from posting about a severe lung defect resulting in having half of my right lung removed. This was around last october. Since then I had to drop out of school because I also developped terrible chronic pains in my legs about a month after the surgery.
I also have decreased functioning of my right hand and leg.
Fast forward a few months and in April I got a psychotic break which landed me in a mental ward for 2 weeks. Since then I've had 4 other episodes of hallucinations and confusion. I've never been able to remember exactly what happened besides a few flashbacks of seeing monsters and being terribly scared.
I was cleared of all mental illnesses at the mental ward and the attacks I experienced were only a few hours each, psychotic episodes are much longer.
What they did find however is that I have a very large braincyst (7,5cm x 3,5 x 1,9) which essentially acts as a tumor and pressures certain areas in my brain. My brainstem has already herniated 2mm. The doctors believe the cyst may be causing these episodes among other problems.
I'm going to the hospital tomorrow for a week long 24 hours a day brain monitoring to determine what damage to my functioning is caused by the cyst and decide on how to progress.
Naturally I'm a bit nervous. Having a deadly lung defect wasn't enough apparently, now I have to worry about this cyst.
Do any of you have experience or knowledge about malicious brain cysts?
I also have decreased functioning of my right hand and leg.
Fast forward a few months and in April I got a psychotic break which landed me in a mental ward for 2 weeks. Since then I've had 4 other episodes of hallucinations and confusion. I've never been able to remember exactly what happened besides a few flashbacks of seeing monsters and being terribly scared.
I was cleared of all mental illnesses at the mental ward and the attacks I experienced were only a few hours each, psychotic episodes are much longer.
What they did find however is that I have a very large braincyst (7,5cm x 3,5 x 1,9) which essentially acts as a tumor and pressures certain areas in my brain. My brainstem has already herniated 2mm. The doctors believe the cyst may be causing these episodes among other problems.
I'm going to the hospital tomorrow for a week long 24 hours a day brain monitoring to determine what damage to my functioning is caused by the cyst and decide on how to progress.
Naturally I'm a bit nervous. Having a deadly lung defect wasn't enough apparently, now I have to worry about this cyst.
Do any of you have experience or knowledge about malicious brain cysts?
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