RockRunner

Fellow homeschooler here. Thanks for helping to show how advantageous it can be! I didn't start college early, but I got a full scholarship for undergrad and grad school as a direct result of homeschooling letting me focus in education that mattered to me.

Starting college at 11 is mind blowing to me. Congrats!

I'v been on narcotic painkillers for the past 4 years or so on a daily basis due to a chronic inoperable pain condition. IMHO, thy arnt that big of a deal and take me from being in pain equal to recovery from your wisdom teeth being pulled, to pretty much fine. I'd give them a shot if you know you will never need to/be able to go off them. Unfortunatly I'll never be able to function without strong painkillers anyway, so physical dependence is sort of a non issue.

The brain tissue will have formed around it, the skull may have formed around it, and you don't have neurological symptoms. I have a cyst in my brain and my skull is thinner and my brain is warped around it. If it were not there from birth, I probably would have lost the ability to speak due to pressure on my left temporal lobe. I'll know if it is growing if I one day find myself able to write my thought, but only speak gibberish.

I too get annual MRI's to check on it. And here I though my $135 in copays was expensive...