Toughest battles can be interpreted in many ways, all qualify.

What are the toughest battles you have fought or are fighting?

    • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      It’s in my motor cortex, so if they cut it out I’d probably die. It doesn’t hurt, it affects my ability to use my left arm. Fortunately it’s a very treatable rare type; I went through chemo and radiation and it’s stopped the progression. It needs periodic monitoring (through head MRI) and oncologist visits. Will probably shorten my lifespan though.

      • Hadriscus@jlai.lu
        1·
        21 hours ago

        Ok, pretty damn cool that it is treatable… Is there anything you can’t do now with the impact your left arm ? how do you work around it ?

        • baggachipz@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          11 hours ago

          It just… doesn’t work as well. Hard to describe, but it was all but useless before I went to lots of occupational therapy. I basically had to re-learn how to use my left arm. It’s about 75% now. I can do normal stuff but I have to be really careful with it. For example, if I’m holding a drink I have to be sure to focus on holding it upright, otherwise it spills. That’s a long way from being unable to type. I had to use a speech-to-text app on my computer for a while there.