...yeah the whole gist is in the topic title.
i had a
keratocystic odontogenic tumor. awhile back i posted a picture of what 1 surgeron was doing to me to shrink the tumor.
last year april i went to a doctor saying i had a cold when he noticed one of my nostrils shut. he gave me some meds and a ENT's number to call if they didn't work. the latter happened. ENT called for a CT scan and what we got was astonishing.
ENT claimed i needed an orgal surgeon and someone who was willing to take it out. my mom was freaking the stuff out so she called my dentist who gave us a contact for a surgeon and even set up the appointment and gave us a group hug :).
we met up with the surgeon and he said it's so big that removing it would require massive reconstruction of my skull so a drain was put in (if you want a picture of this hole in my face i'll post a picture again but it's very NSFW/wtf)
he was also pissed that the ENT said what he said because he was was like "then who's gonna take care of this problem then?!?"
i ended up getting a drain and a biopsy done which ended up to be that tumor i mentioned above. it technically a cyst but it has tumor-like symptoms.
after a year of taking the plug out and cleaning it frequently, i was put into the hospital for the landmark removal yesterday.
after a few hours (and some complications) i'm tumor free (hopefully.)
i know is this such a /b/logland post and all but some people actually asked me about it so i figured i'll post the update.
the next few days will be tv show watching and chilling in my room with lots of meds to take.
i'm open to questions too if you're wondering more of what i had.
