Welcome

Hello! Welcome to my blog, Ependimoma Stories!

For the purposes concerning this blog I'll be simply Lola which may or may not be my real name (as many of the names, places and such things that I will be posting here). All this because, well, Internet people, I’m sure you’re nice and normal and not at all stalkers or psychos, but you never know.

Anyways, I’m 21 yo and currently trying to survive my fourth year of Medschool in northern Mexico. (what? 21 and already 4th year? Well, the Mexican medical school system is not quite like the American. We start Medschool right after highschool. I shall eventually talk more about this is another post)

So probably you're wondering about the title of this blog. You see, one of my favorite courses this year was Neuroanatomy/Neuropathology (the fact that I'm in love with that doctor has a teeny tiny influence on that) and part of the course involved going over brain tumors. Well, one of those tumors is the Ependymoma -yes, I notice that my blog is spelled with an i and not a y, its actually written in Spanish- which is a tumor of the -you guessed!- ependymal cells of the brain, it is a rare primary brain tumor and is not even that cool or interesting. Yet, I've got this thing for funny names, and I totally love the sound [ependimoma] hehe I cannot help giggling every time I hear or say it.

Yes, I am very weird. Get used to it.

Anyways, that's about all I have to say about the title. Well, there's also the all-the-damn-good-names-being-already-taken issue, but I rather not recall my anger about that. I mean it, its for your own sake.

By the way, some disclaimers here. I am NOT a native English speaker, and I don’t intend to pose as one. I love Spanish, yet, somehow it’s easier for me to have inner monologues in English. Blame my overly-enthusiastic English teachers, the darn cable TV, and the Internet. If I feel like writing in Spanish, I will; and if I feel like mixing things up, adding crazy German words or just posting something in an undefined language … I will do it. So, you have been warned. No complaining.

Anyways, its getting late, and I cannot procrastinate my studying any longer.

xo
Lola