Neurosurgeon VS Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgeon #1, Monday:

The meeting with the neurologist was grim. The tumor itself is ugly. It’s this 4x3cm tumor with a 6x5cm cyst around it. But in the scans it looks like it’s taken over a massive part of my left brain. She says that she thinks I’ll only get 20% of my functioning back - speech and movement. Says she does 3-4 tumor resections a month. I ask for a referral to another surgeon just to get a second opinion and she sends me to OHSU. I beg my dad to get on the next flight out to come help me. My mom and younger sibling too. Everyone comes out and the meeting is set for Friday.

Neurosurgeon #2, Friday:

This neurosurgeon is confident, but not egotistical. Truthful and fact-focused. He wasn’t concerned. Easy surgery, he says. Full restoration of my functioning, he says.

My family begging for answers asks about if he can tell if it’s benign or malignant. I know he can’t tell, but he just says he is not worried.

Surgery set for 2/29, 7A.