SleepsontheGround

This may be a little off topic, but did you listen to the This American Life episode called "Get a Spine!"? Act II which presents a researcher who focuses on Wolf Spiders and has shown that vertebrate research is privileged over invertebrate research.

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Any thoughts?

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I don't have a dog in this fight (pun intended) because I am in the social sciences, just curious.

BTW, I read the part of your post about recovery, and I am amazed at how quickly they had you on your feet. My memory is fuzzy, but I don't think that I could stand within the first week. You said that you are getting into volleyball, what kind of limitations are you finding as you attempt athletics?

My first was in 1994, and my most recent was 2000.

In 1999, I started experiencing numbness all over my body (kinda like that Bond villain from "The World is not Enough"). My doctor said he was surprised that I still had use of my hands (whoops). After an MRI they discovered that what they could not excise the first go around was growing, so they went in again in early 2000.

I had an astrocytoma in my spinal cord which caused a need for two surgeries, but it sounds like you had a much tougher go of it. I just wanted to have a spinal tumor bro moment and say congratulations on the clean CT.

Question: I permanently lost sensation over large portions of my body; have you experienced any of the same?