what makes me, me | 02/25/2011 |
ME! now at some time or another i will put pictures on here. it will not be hard to notice i have a large red scar type thing on my forhead, i am not ashamed of this, infact am very proud so i thought i would explainit in my own words so that everyone understood (although i dont know too much myself about it to the honest).
i was born with what (in medical terms) is called a Cavernous Hemangioma on my forehead, which basically is a huge tumour of blood vessels on my forehead. this was feeding from my eyes, the front part of my brain and is inside my sinuses. none of my doctors knew what it was and i was refered to my local hospital but none of the surgeons had any understanding of my problem. i was then refered to my hospital in oxford by my dentist where they diagnosed it and starting looking for answers. at 4 i had lazar treatment and a small operation to see if they could cut off the blood suply to the tumour, this was unsecsessul. at 6 i had my first large opperation. i was extreemly lucky to have one of the uk's top surgeons, therefore my surgeon tried out a brand new operation on me (basically i was a guinea pig) where they cut (sorry if anyone is squeemish) across the top of my head, pulled my forehead forward and took as much of the growth out as they could, taking away the danger. this was a very dangerouse operation and my parents have told me since that i did die during the operation but was braught back, although they were told by my surgeon that they were unsure of how i would come around afterwards, weather i would be the same me of a vegetable. but obviousely i was fine. the operation however was not a succsess. at the age of 9 i had my second large operation where they operated from the front taking the most of the growth away again to take away the danger. this again was not sucesful and i had to have another 2 smaller operations after this, as they caught it early. at the age of 16 the growth had stopped growing and even though the operations had taken away the dangerouse parts of the growth it is still there and at this age it was a very deep purple colour and stood out lots. my surgeon encouraged me (many time before i gave in) to have further lazer treatment to see if this would help the colouring. i had 3 or 4 lazar treatments and this imporved the colour tremendousley. now i still have the scar and the remainder of the growth on my forehead although it is me. i look at myself and i never see it. my family and close friends do not notice it anymore and i do not let it stop me doing anything i want to do (except sky diving, parachuting, scuba diving or giving birth naturally, which my doctor has told me i must never do) i have been working abroard for 2 summer and have met some fantastic people. my scar is not a problem and is deffinately something i am not ashamed of. i am ever so proud of this story and tell everyone and anyone i can  its what makes me, me!!
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Well done for posting this. Have you been watching the Beauty and the Beast programme on channel 4? A very interesting programme.
"Snatch 'em!" ~ Scabior ♥_♥
you beautiful woman, you!