To:
Thinking ten moves ahead
From:
Matt, whose brain tumor will be zapped by a Gamma Knife
Posted: June 18, 2006
Category: Inspired Stories
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I beat my dad at 9.

I beat my whole school at 12.

I beat everyone in my state at 16.

And I'm not going to let this tumor beat me now.

The doctor says with the Gamma Knife procedure, I don't even need to be in the hospital overnight.

There's no incision.

Just the gamma ray destroying the lesion in my brain.

So, I challenged the doctor to a match afterwards.

But he says he hates losing.

Checkmate,

Matt

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Comments

Emily says:
December 9th, 2006 at 12:03 am

Hah… Your doctor sounds nice. I'm going to have Gamma Knife surgery soon myself. It's for a little bit of a pituitary tumor they couldn't get in my sinus. I hope you're doing well now. :)

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