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It's a grade 3 or 4 astrocytoma. The plan is to remove as much of it as possible (hopefully 100%) in an awake craniotomy on Monday Nov 24. This is a 4-5 hour major surgery (or as long as it takes). The tumor is in the right front parietal lobe (I think I have that right), so it has the potential to affect things on my left side, (arm/hand motion, cheek/tongue muscles. It is affecting my speech a little, probably exerting pressure on some of the nerves in there.