article_snippet: When I looked at the scan of my brain, sitting there, big as an orange, in the left hemisphere was a large black spot.
article_snippet: My speech came back fully after a few hours, but a terrible headache lingered all day, and I was kept in the hospital overnight without discussing with the medical staff the full details of what was found on the scan of my brain.
article_snippet: we see you have a brain tumor, and you'll have to have surgery to have a brain tumor removed," a resident said in a calm, even tone.
article_snippet: a resident suspected that a brain tumor was slowly growing deep in the left ventricle of my brain for years.
article_snippet: Perhaps a miniseizure related to a brain tumor, but they couldn't be sure.
article_snippet: I was told the mass wasn't life-threatening at that point and probably was not cancer, but the location was very deep and unique.
article_snippet: a brain tumor was growing in an open tunnel in my brain and would eventually grow big enough to block the flow of spinal fluid.  