Episode 86 – “A Letter to My Future Self” was recorded in the two days leading up to my brain surgery — the one where Tommy the Tumor finally gets 86’d. I look back on the long road to diagnosis, from years of strange symptoms and a missed MRI to finally learning that Tommy had been squatting in my right frontal lobe for who knows how long.

I share Jeff’s legendary “table story” from our Korean comedy days, when the mic went out and I laid down on the bar to finish my set, and how it mirrors lying down on the surgery table now. I play voice messages from my friend Sonny Side of Best Ever Food Review Show — part roast, part life lesson — and talk about what it’s like to go through an MRI and fMRI with Jules the tech, Fleetwood Mac MRI remixes, and the hardest challenge of all: trying not to think about anything.

There’s gratitude for the gifts, cards, and kindness from friends, family, and the Eugene community, along with some thoughts on advocacy, resilience, and the importance of genuine bedside manner.

It all builds to my improvised letter to future Rudy — a mix of humor, hope, and reminders to prioritize health, relationships, and joy… and to keep the cats out of the surgical incision.

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