[ChrisMarshallNY]

I had pretty much exactly the same thing happen to me, in 1996. I probably had 2 days to live. Benign brain tumors are bad. They don't have to be cancer.

I was given Option 3. I decided not to take it, and they were fairly confident that I'd be in a wheelchair, the rest of my life. That did not happen.

As things turned out, I was OK, but it took me a couple of months to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time.

[freehorse]

> it took me a couple of months to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time

If I may ask, I am curious, how was this experience of not being able to do this and learning to do this again? We often overlook how complex doing such two things at the same time is because we master such skills quite early in life.

[ChrisMarshallNY]

It was basically a joke, but the tumor was in the cerebellum, which controls balance (amongst other, much more important, things).

I was in physical therapy for two months, and it was probably two years, before pretty much all traces of the effects were gone.

Nowadays (almost 30 years later), it's as if it never happened.

I did get a cool haircut from the whole thing. Very punk.

[hammyhavoc]

Long may you continue to have your health and happiness. Thank you very much for sharing your story.