It Might Be a Tumor
If this is the first time you've encountered this scene, I highly recommend you add Kindergarten Cop to your movie watching list. It's a classic. This scene is funny because, of course, he doesn't have a tumor. He has a headache because this man who has nothing to do with children in his normal life is attempting to wrangle a class full of Kindergarteners. But I feel more and more things when I watch this scene today. Ten years ago, if I had wondered if I had a brain tumor when I was dealing with a particularly bad headache, most people would have called me a hypochondriac. Today, on the other hand, I actually do have a tumor. If you're just tuning in and this news has caught you by surprise, you can catch up here . Almost two years ago, my surgeon resected *about* 75% of it. I write that in such uncertain terms because we truly are uncertain. Turns out that MRI measurements are terribly fallible and can have a margin of error that is about the size they estimat...