On brain tumor forums, it's common to hear people asking and fretting about clicks, as well as other noises, after a craniotomy. I had the click for quite a while early on and it also returned at several phases in my healing. This is my ode to The Click.
Hearing the click after brain surgery
is common from what I have found.
Resettling bones and migrating fluids
are just a few accounts for this sound.
So worry I didn't when my head did produce
a distinct cacaphony of this sort of clatter.
I figure'd that things were just shifting around
a tad in the old gray matter.
To my great dismay I discovered by chance
that this sound I could create on demand.
Quite by accident while cleaning my wound
did my hand on this special spot land.
I happened to mention to a young nurse at the doc's
about how that spot made it go click.
Not a moment was wasted before she responded,
"Ooh, what a cool party trick!"
Now my friends they are a quite motley bunch
ranging in shades from outdoorsy to profane.
Sometimes pretending to be otherwise,
they are generally sincere, witty and sane.
As most are now of the age and persuasion
that this feature would not tend to impress,
I decided that this special trick
would not be flaunted at any future social fest!
It's just about a month since you posted this and I sincerely hope you're recovery has been uneventful and you're feeling a lot better.
ReplyDeleteGood humor and good writing! You had me a hanging on to every word and lots of chuckles too. :)
My surgery was 11 months ago, I just got around to writing these ditties in the last few months. So my skull is still sore, numb and the the soft tissue around the screws still gets tight but I have no click!
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