Simone
Giertz, creator of
'Shitty Robots,' undergoes surgery to
remove brain tumor
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Simone Giertz went into
brain surgery in the most positive way possible.*
The YouTuber and "Shitty Robot"
creator posted a video before her
surgery on Wednesday, joking that she couldn't wait to see photos of her
brain because she was convinced that it was beautiful. She
announced that she had a non-cancerous
brain tumor in April.*
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"I'm pretty scared," Giertz admitted in the video. "But that's the healthy response to the prospect of having your skull cut open."*
Giertz initially thought the swelling behind her right eye was because of allergies, but tests revealed that she had a golf ball-sized tumor. Although it's not malignant, the size of the
tumor means that removal will involve an extensive 8 to 12 hour surgery.*
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