I'm back baby ! C&C :P

Muineach

Well I may have mentioned it before that I had to head into the hospital and with the Irish system that turned out to be on the Sunday night, they did a few tests and then operated on the Tuesday, then the released me on Friday. bit quick for what they did
The op was an "awake" surgery, so they woke me up during the surgery and it took about 11 hour's to complete, best thing is everything is working just as fine as it did before

So that's why I haven't been posting every day for the last week or so, might take a while before I get fully up to speed, I don't want to be out looking for fox's and end up banging my head, so think of this photo as my first self portrait C&C

kensutz

Ouch is all that I can say. Here's hoping to a speedy recovery and more pics of horses and foxes. Get well soon.

Rojo

oh wow an awake surgery would be so mad! I keep getting told chicken soup is good for you so eat lots of it. :-)

Cabaal

Ouch indeed, that looks fun
You'll be right as rain in no time at all I'd say

Borderfox

Get yourself a nice macro for convalescing time!! get well soon, those foxes wont feed themselves!

Muineach

Cabaal wrote: »

Ouch indeed, that looks fun
You'll be right as rain in no time at all I'd say

I was right as rain about 2 hours after the surgery answering all questions without any problems, very odd type of surgery. Feeling fine now, just don't want to rush things

As for painkillers they offered some panadol to me, feckin panadol !, there is no pain with the surgery, all you can feel is the stitches on your head, apart from that there's no more pain receptors inside the skull/brain, handy

rymus

holy ****

glad to hear you're on the mend.

gonker

Hope you get better soon. Beautiful bit of needlework there

Feelgood

Hey there,

Would you mind terribly if I ask what kind of operation you got done and
why?.

Hope your on the mend anyway....looks pretty cool and sore...

nilhg

Wow that looks severe, take it easy until you get the all clear, no point rushing things.


My sister had one of those ops some years ago, and ever since i have nothing but respect for the bravery and skill of the people who can face into a job like that.

gandalf

Ouch glad to see you came through it. Looking forward to some new shots from ya.

Muineach

Feelgood wrote: »

Would you mind terribly if I ask what kind of operation you got done and
why?.

Hope your on the mend anyway....looks pretty cool and sore...

i should have started off with that, well 2 years ago I collapsed in work and headed off to A&E, they ran a CT scan and noticed something odd. Then I was sent to Beaumont to get a biopsy done, which revealed that I have a Astrocytoma brain tumour right in the middle of my speech and control of the right side of my body, not the word you want to hear but anyway.

The decided to leave it and see what happens, everything was fine till before xmas last year when I ended up getting 5 seizures in one month plus the pressure on the brain was restricting my head/spine movement so they went for the "awake" surgery last year, but my brain swelled and they removed what they could at the time without affecting my speech/movement (too dangerous to wake me up), after that I was in a coma for about 4 days and spent the next 3 days lying in ICU not being able to speak or move the right side of my body, the left hand could barely hold a black marker, but I came back from that after 20 days.

Then I went for radiotherapy (6 weeks), which didn't affect me that much. So for the last 6 months I was in perfect health, no seizures etc., feeling well taking photo's etc. So they decided that as I was fine now, it would be a good time to go back in and try the surgery again.

So they did, they woke me up in the surgery to basically test the sections they wanted to remove, so they'd ask me a question, stimulate part "A" ask again, they repeat that over and over to see what is and what isn't used, its a safer way to remove bits of the tumour, at least then they can say if i cut this "A" section we lose power on left side and speech, then they leave it.

So all went well this time, to meet me I'm fine to talk with, you wouldn't notice a problem, I'm "fine" if you know what I mean. That's why all my photo's I've taken are in and around my house, as my driver's license is not a good idea at the moment :mad:

As for pain, well there's none, it looks gruesome I know but it's just like getting a cut on your arm, just stitched up, plus with the skull being removed for a bit the nerve cells are kinda dumbed down around that region so I don't feel any pain, plus losing sensation in a 1 inch section around the cut doesn't bother me in the slightest, more worried about my belly

Oh yea I'm 28 btw, all of this started when I was 26, and being an engineer/programmer you can build some very odd things when your that bored for that length of time :rolleyes:

City-Exile

Just proves that photography is a no-brainer!

Glad to see you're well enough to post.
Shame you didn't get any nurse pictures though...

Muineach

City-Exile wrote: »

Shame you didn't get any nurse pictures though...

The best ones are all in my head

Valentia

Maybe increase the contrast and crop........Holy ****, sorry I thought it was for C&C

Seriously though, it does look painful. All the best for the future Derek.

City-Exile

Valentia wrote: »

...Holy ****, sorry I thought it was for C&C

It is!
Sure if the fella says that he's fine, then we must believe he is.
I think it's a great picture!
Did you use a tripod?
Agree about upping the contrast though.

TelePaul

Way to tough it out man, really glad you're doing okay now. Hope you're feeling fine and dandy.

GristlyEnd

Bloody hell that looks sore. Hope you are back to full health soon.

mikeanywhere

Holy Smoly - hate to see what the other looked like!! :eek:

Look after yourself and dont rush it either!!

gerky

Glad to see your alright Take it easy.

5uspect

That looks... well, I'm speechless.
I hope you'll get back behind the camera outside again soon.
Glad to hear everything worked out!

Third_Echelon

Holy fupp!!! That's some picture!

Glad to hear the surgery went well, but modern medicine and surgery just amazes me to be honest.... What they can do these days is incredible..

The way they tested during the operation is the way you'd test code or a computer program..

440Hz

Uhmmm kinda speechless too tbh, which is fairly rare for me. All I can say is well done for getting through it, with what sounds like a very positive frame of mind. Take care and all the best with the next stage of getting well..

Dink

OMG!!!! Glad to hear you are on the mend!! (Still shaking the head in disbelief) Hope you are up and about soon.

Hugh_C

Hey Muineach, best of luck for a speedy recovery. Friend of mine had a similar procedure about 5 years ago and hasn't looked back, now a proud father of two. That scar will be something to show the kids ...

hc

RoryW

a fish eye lens shot would be interesting

and what do you do for an encore !

get well soon and take it easy

and brings a new meaning to a head shot:D

thebaz

best of luck in the recovery muineach

Carrigman

Have you taken the Left Brain/Right Brain test yet (see separate thread)? My money is on you now being a right brain guy:-)

Seriously, amazing pic and speedy recovery.

Roen

Wow, best wishes to you! I hope you're out taking classy shots again soon

Feelgood

Speechless....
Your one brave mofo, I'd be planking it......

Hope you get better soon...and back to work!!.