Author Topic: Thank you Donationcoder! (Read 42,388 times)

Josh · « **on:** December 07, 2016, 07:52 PM »

Hi all,

As those who hang out on the IRC channel are aware, this afternoon I depart in order to undergo brain surgery. During a visit to the dentist in July for what I thought was an infected tooth requiring extraction (turned out to just be a bad sinus infection), a CT scan was done. As an incidental finding to this scan, a colloid cyst was found within my third ventricle. The cyst measures at 1.3cm x .9cm.

Tomorrow, I am scheduled to undergo the removal of this cyst. 99% of the time these are found to be non-cancerous, typically gelatinous in nature. The risk of not removing this cyst is a sudden shift which could lead to rapid-onset hydrocephalus and even sudden death if it blocks the ventricle.

I wanted to post a picture of a mug and letter I received from Jesse on behalf of DonationCoder and express my sincerest thanks for him taking the time to rush this to me prior to my departure for the hospital.

Melissa will be posting updates online and I am sure Stephen will be more than willing to transcribe the here.

Thanks again for the support from the DoCo team and I hope the procedure tomorrow is uneventful (minus the removal of my brain-born hitchhiker).

- Josh sends

mouser · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2016, 08:04 PM »

I'm glad it arrived in time.

We should say that the mug art was made by Nudone (Nick Pearson) many years ago and it's quite wonderful (the other side shows Cody in the bed before his recovery and is worth posting too). It's really Nick Pearson's amazing art that deserves the thanks for the mug. The mug has been sent to a small handful of people over the years who end up in the hospital for serious matters and need some magical luck.

Josh · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2016, 08:11 PM »

Thought I posted that one too. Here it is

rgdot · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2016, 08:11 PM »

Best wishes Josh

tomos · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2016, 08:53 PM »

Best of luck Josh!
(Lovely letter and cup)

MilesAhead · « **Reply #5 on:** December 08, 2016, 01:03 AM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cma-xGInSC0

Thanks Mouser.

x16wda · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2016, 01:29 AM »

Best wishes Josh, looking forward to seeing your bug wander on the pages again soon!!

Deozaan · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2016, 01:59 AM »

Good luck, recovery well, and soon!

Ath · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:19 AM »

Best wished, Josh.

TucknDar · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2016, 07:28 AM »

Best wishes, Josh!

anandcoral · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2016, 11:06 AM »

Good Luck Josh.

Rest assure you will be posting messages soon

Regards,

Anand

Daleus · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2016, 11:49 AM »

Hi Josh,

Best wishes for a successful procedure, a prosperous future and many sunny mornings during which you can drink your favourite wake-up beverage from your new mug!

Dale

KynloStephen66515 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 08, 2016, 05:32 PM »

UPDATE

From Facebook:

Josh Levine feeling thankful.
25 mins · Chapel Hill, NC, United States ·
This is Melissa, here's the update on Josh:
He's all done and fine. He's still sleeping and should wake within the next 30-60 minutes. The cyst (non cancerous) didn't come out in one piece but the doc is pretty sure she got the majority. He'll have to get a yearly scan to make sure it doesn't come back though. So thankfully that's all done with. Yay!