We sat down in the waiting room 30 minutes early. The parking nightmare last Wednesday reminded us to leave the house early. At 1:00 PM sharp, my Neurologist shows up and my thoughts were first, “good he’s alone- no extra supporting staff”. I tried to gain clues from looking at his face, but he divulged nothing. We sat down by his desk and he looked into my face and asked if we had found out anything aobut the CT scan. I thought it was a bit of a strange question. How could we possibly have heard anything? Hence he read from a piece of paper that he afterwards passed across the desk to us:
Definitivt utlåtande:
DATORTOMOGRAFI AV HJÄRNA UTAN OCH MED KONTRAST: Frontalt höger finns nu en cirka 3 cm stor postoperativ hålighet. I anslutning till denna finns smärre förkalkningar i parenchymet. Inga synliga, kontrastuppladdande tumörrester.
Let med try to translate above into English for you:
Definitive statement:
COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY OF BRAIN WITHOUT AND WITH CONTRAST AGENT: Frontal right comprises of an approximately 3 cm post-operative cavity. In conjunction, smaller calcifications in the parenchyma. No visible, contrast agent loaded tumour residue.
Let me just say that the above is VERY GOOD NEWS. Maria is happy and will hopefully be sleeping soundly tonight.
Live now,
believe me, wait not till tomorrow;
Gather the roses of life today.
/Pierre de Ronsard
Congratulations, Maria! Wonderful news! The operation, the whole tough radiation treatment you mastered with such incredible courage, strength and bravery did have effect! I am really thrilled, and so are Anneli and Julia! I am sure you sleep tight, you really deserve that! Hope to see you soon and give you a proper hug!! Give our love to your husband and entire family!!
Werner & family