The boffy Scoop

Well, we know more now than we did last week. Things will now progress fast. The doctors think the tumor must be removed with all haste due to its rapid progression. That means going back into surgery to remove as much as possible again. Then radiation treatment to fry it good this time around. This will be a new kind of radiation treatment, that does not include many of the common side effects of the old kind (including hair loss, the chance of hair loss is extremely slim). Radiation treatment will be over five weeks, 5 days a week.

Yes the brain tumor has regrown at a remarkable pace, and is highly unusual for a acoustic neuroma. Acoustic neuroma are typically slow growing and almost all cease growth after surgery. The rapid growth is has caused renewed pressure on the nerves around it, and thus must be removed soon to lessen the chance of irreversible nerve damage.

Of course if you ask if this has caused any renewed stress in the Mojo household, the short answer is yes. An uncertain future yet again awaits, with fresh complications and consequences for choices made (some of you more familiar with that feeling than you would like to be). boffy has broken down a couple of times under the stress. Where as I get a simple headache and lead lump in the stomach, maybe cold feet from time to time.

The good news is that since her inner ear was destroyed in the first surgery (unavoidable 99% of the time), that we will be able to skip the dizziness and nausea part this time around. That is if further damage is not caused to the facial nerves (the 5th most important). Otherwise (hopefully)it will be a fairly standard procedure.