sorry to have beem mia for the last couple of days friends please read

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Sorry to have been so quiet the last couple of days .I had some bad news on Wednesday at my neurologist appointment. My Dr and the vascular surgeon in the lager medical center about 6 hours from here had a video conference and after looking at my scans they have found my arterio venous malformation or AVM for short to deep in the brain to remove. They both feel I would not survive the surgery. Since the lesion is to large for radiation I am now on drug to relieve the pressure in the brain. I'm sorry I have not been myself I just needed a day or to to feel good and sorry for myself but now that has pasted lol. I know I can live a good long life with it there no one is guaranteed a tomorrow. Heck you can get hit by a bus crossing the street. I guess i just wanted it to be out of my body. But I"m doing fine now. I leave for Toronto and if you know Canada at all it's our largest city. I will be away for two weeks taking care of John's mom and dad after his mom's surgery. but the have to PC's so I'll be on line have no fear. I want to apologize to my friends at being so remiss in not commenting on there discussions please forgive me and know I'll be right back at it next week. I'm just going to add what an AVM is for anyone who isn't familiar AVM stands for Arteriovenous Malformation. An AVM is a tangle of abnormal and poorly formed blood vessels (arteries and veins). They have a higher rate of bleeding than normal vessels. AVMs can occur anywhere in the body. Brain AVMs are of special concern because of the damage they cause when they bleed. They are very rare and occur in less than 1% of the general population. AVMs that occur in the coverings of the brain are called dural AVMS.