00:00Hi, so I'm posting this. It will be Friday morning and I'm doing it because a few months
00:09ago I did a menopause talk for a company and they offered me a health scan in return which
00:16I thought I was going to ace but it turned out I had a benign brain tumour called a colloid
00:22cyst which is very rare, three in a million and so I slightly put my head in the sand for
00:33a while
00:34and then I saw quite a few neurosurgeons. I got lots of opinions and I realised that I have to
00:43get it taken out. It's big for the space. It fills the space. It's 14 millimetres wide and it needs
00:54to
00:55come out because if it grows it would be bad. So I'm having it removed via a craniotomy. They go
01:06through
01:06the top of my head here and through the two halves of my brain to the middle. Get the cyst.
01:12Take it out.
01:13Empty it. Take it out. Bob's your uncle. So say a prayer for me. I am in good spirits. You're
01:23coming
01:23around to say hi. Just letting people know that I will have my eye on it throughout this procedure. He's
01:29got my back.
01:30In fact, I offered to do the operation just to make sure it was done properly. They wouldn't let me.
01:37She's in very good. Yeah and I'm also, I'm okay. It's been up and down obviously. We've been through a
01:44lot.
01:44Yes, we have. But the important thing is that a parting will stay in the same place. My job will
01:51be safe.
01:53The recovery, I'm going to be in hospital for about nine days and then I'm going to be going home
02:02but I'm going to be off my phone for a while. So Michael might fill you in.
02:06Yes, I could maybe do the odd post or something. I could dress up as you and do some menopause
02:11talks and stuff like that. Keep everybody in the loop.
02:13And he's going to let you guys know how I'm doing. But I don't want you to worry about me.
02:20I'm doing that enough.
02:22Yeah, yes. There's plenty of worry going on here.
02:26But I'm not worrying too much and I am in a good space and I have all the faith in
02:30the world in my surgeon and his team.
02:34And I'm handing the reins over to him. He knows what he's doing and I'm going to do the getting
02:40better bit after.
02:40And I can do updates on you as well and let people know what's going on. But yeah, the surgeon
02:45is fantastic.
02:46Amazing. And I'll see you on the other side.
