The exact time is to be confirmed but I will be going to the hospital very early in the am. The operating room is booked for seven hours but some of that time will be bringing me in and out of the anesthesia (I'm guessing at this because the surgeon estimated the procedure would be five hours long).
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If you don't want to know the gory details, I understand completely. Why don't you go over to Frivolity? It's a much for fun place. Come back any time you like.
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I will have six different tubes in me in various places in my body. This will be uncomfortable when I wake up.
Surgery to the back of the head is sometimes done with the patient sitting up. I don't know if my surgeon will choose to do it this way.
He will have to cut through my neck muscles to get to the cerebellum.
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You can read about the rest of the steps in this very helpful article from Johns Hopkins. The biggest difference is my bone will be tossed and replaced with wire mesh to avoid infection. You shouldn't be able to tell - it won't feel very meshy from the outside.
My surgeon does what his colleagues laughingly call a "California hair cut." He spent time at Stanford University, where they treat many celebrities and try to shave as little hair as possible. It will be nice not to be bald again (also, this makes me like my surgeon even more).
I think I would have liked a few more days to prepare and nest but I'm very relieved to have a date and to be moving forward.
