[Rabid Weasel]

On Jan 24, 2012 I had surgery to remove an intramedullary spinal cord tumor that went from C5 to C7 along with a decompression. I am VERY gratefully to still be able to walk (there was a 50/50 chance I would have been paralyzed neck down), but there are other things I am now dealing with that would be great to chat with other people about.

*I still occasionally get whoppers of headaches.
*Muscle atrophy in my arms.
*I have numbness that go from my left hand, across my chest and down to my right hand (the only fingers that work somewhat ok are my thumbs and fore fingers and even those are about 50% numb). Needless to say, I drop lots of items and can't feel if I cut or burn my fingers.
*There are 10 screws and rods holding my neck together which can cause some pretty nice neck pain.
*There's numbness from my waist down. If I get the signal to go to the restroom, I have about 10 minutes max to make it happen. My legs are still somewhat strong, but I get extremely tired if I walk more than 10 minutes or so and I start to foot drag and limp (I also have to watch where I walk because I can't feel my feet hitting a surface).
*This is the weird part: while my feet are numb, they are also hypersensitive at the same time.