Wanted views on this.
At my initial consultation, my neurosurgeon opened up my scan and said
”theres something here that shouldnt be” ( i did already know this)
Then he said
“well it cant be cured and many people in your position think, ah well I had a good life and dont have treatment”
iI felt he may as well have said go home and die.
Actually he then did a fantastic job and got the bloody thing out but none the less… Im not sure that initial approach was good ?
Also did anyone feel the assessments for the awake craniotomy were a bit demeaning? I felt a bit like I was being assessed as whether I was worth saving!
Hi Tashie, it was exactly the same for my wife. If it helps to justify their behaviour apparently surgeons are one of the professions that tend to attract the most psychopaths! I guess they have to be a bit distant from everything to be able to do what they do.
We absolutely felt like we were being assessed because I think we were. When I asked if the surgery would repair the cognitive and mobility symptoms she was already suffering from I'll never forget he looked straight at me and said "The surgery will at best preserve what is left". Just thinking about it now still makes me well up knowing that I'd lost a part of her for good.
In the end her surgery was as successful as it could be and I consider him one of my heroes, even if he is a psychopath 
Chris
