Brain Deformation

 

CT Scans of same head (mine), taken 2 weeks apart.

Please understand that in the medical industry things are always backwards. That is why the image on the right was taken Feb. 15 (before treatment) and the image on the left was taken March 1 (13 days after treatment). That backwards obsession also explains why the left side of the brain appears on the right side of the images. Got that? There could be a pop quiz. Also, just so you know, the view is from the top of my head, with the back of my head shown on the bottom of the images.

In normal brain images, the left and right sides are mirror images of one another; the brain appears symmetrical. These images are obviously not symmetrical. If you compare the darkened area in the upper right - which is the left side of the brain - you will see more dark area in the "before" image. What makes the image darker is blood, and there is a lot less of it in the "after" brain.

The center of the brain, where you see something that looks like a pair of socks, is supposed to be symmetrical as well. The "after" image gets a lot closer to being a mirror image.

Theoretically, as the amount of blood in my skull dissipates, the left and right hemispheres will return to fairly symmetrical shapes and I will have more normal thought processes (insert your own joke here), balance, endurance, etc. I'll be getting another scan on April 7 to measure progress. Meantime, I will try to somewhat follow the doctor's orders to take it easy but not too easy.