Jim Murphy was treated for a glioblastoma multiforme, 18 years after his wife Gill developed the same condition.
During the craniotomy, he clicked a selfie and shared it on his family WhatsApp group, and it has now gone viral.?
When undergoing a craniotomy, patients are given the option of staying awake and?Jim Murphy, 54, who went under the knife for five hours at Hull Royal Infirmary, UK, opted to be awake all along.?
Murphy developed the same brain tumour as his wife, in a "one in a million" coincidence. He was treated for a glioblastoma multiforme.
He was amazed to be awake to see the team of medics applaud him at the end.
"It was like a great meeting at work where I was one of the key decision-makers helping to guide the team on how far they could go," he was quoted as saying by?Yorkshire Post.
"I listened to music to help drown out the noise of the surgical instruments and even sent selfies of me in theatre to my friends and family via WhatsApp," he said.
"At first people couldn't believe it but were chuffed to think they were involved in some way, messaging me back to say 'OMG are you being operated on now?'" he added.
?"I was told that because of the location of the tumour, the surgical team's expectation pre-op was they would only be able to extract 85-90 per cent of the tumour. I firmly believe that because I took control of my own treatment plan and helped to guide the surgeon and his team away from the critical motor strip by staying awake, they were able to remove so much more," Murphy said.??
His wife Gill was treated for the same condition 18 years ago and she underwent three operations.??