Even though the edges of the skull bone had been waxed during the removal of the tumor, the bone still felt sharp under my scalp. If I tried to sleep on my left side, where most of the skull had been sawed out, it hurt . If I tried to sleep on my right side, my paralyzed right arm would be cramped and send pre-seizure sensations. So since it was so hard to get comfortable, I had to take a sleeping pill and then sleep in the one position , on my back, for the twelve months until the neurosurgeons saw fit to go back in and put a plate in as a protection for my brain .
It was February, 1984, one year after the removal of the second brain tumor and about time for my birthday again. I would be 56. My head was being shaved for the third time and a plate would be surgically inserted. At last I would have protection for my brain. Because of the incision being slow to heal, I ended up having to remain in the hospital for nine days.......
Finally, Jack could take me home from the hospital to recover and to let the incision finish healing.
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