Look, there's something in my head

Nobody believed her and even her doctors brushed off her complaints. She insisted that she had headache, had twitching of her hands and that her head was heavy. for the past 6 months, she felt unusually sad and would cry to herself. Her brother and friends felt that she was still in a state of bereavement as she lost her house during the recent earthquake followed by her dear husband from a massive stroke. All the four specialists she visited in west sumatra told her that she was suffering from depression. convinced that the doctors have not solved her problem, she decided to sell off her business and came over to kl. her childhood friend in kajang took her to a family medicine specialist at a university hospital in cheras. again she was told that she suffered from reactive depression and that she was still in a state of denial. not convinced that the her symptoms were purely psychiatric in origin, a private psychiatrist whom she latter consulted in ampang decide to scan her brain.






CT scans of the brain indicated a large enhanced lesion in the left frontal region. the features were consistent of a meningioma (brain tumor)

the diagnosis came as a real surprise to her ! how could her doctors missed it. how could nobody believed her that there was something not right in her brain !. the only option - have the tumor removed. the thought of someone cracking open her skull and digging the tumor out of her head really frightened her. but for the sake of her beloved children and the love ones back home in padang, she was determine to go through the procedure.



(there she was, fully anesthetized on the operating table, waiting for the most scary moments of her life).

the craniotomy went fine and after 3 hours, all the tumor was gone. thought the tumor was fairly vascular and she lost quite a bit of blood, no transfusion was required.


and part of the tumor tissue that was removed from her brain.



and the end of the surgery with her head neatly bandaged


can't help feeling so sorry for her brother who was weeping by her bedside in the intensive care ward. was it the feeling of relieved as the surgery was over, or was it the feeling of guilt for not taking her sister's complaint seriously. I'm sure following her discharged in 5 day's time, she will be looking forward to take the earliest flight home. and for afrinowati, i hope your problems are over and may Allah give you his uttermost blessing.