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After undergoing tumor surgery, there are a number of things you can do in order to help your recovery. Here are some suggestions that will assist you in bouncing back after the ordeal of undergoing a surgical procedure involving the removal of a tumor.

One of the first things to remember is that, depending on the type of tumor and the location, what you may have experienced was the presence of a benign tumor rather than a malignant one. Count yourself lucky if that is the case. The presence of a malignant tumor indicates there is much more to do in the way of treatments and possibly more surgery before you have the situation under control. When your tumor surgery yields a benign tumor, your main task will be to focus on getting over the effects of the surgery.

Getting over the actual tumor surgery will vary somewhat, depending on where the incision was made and how large the incision happened to be. This will involve avoiding any type of activity that might lead to ripping or tearing of the incision as it heals. Your physician will be able to provide you with ways that you can get some exercise safely during the healing period. In many cases, you may be able to resume normal activities in less than a month.

During your recovery period, there will be days when you feel as if full recovery from the tumor surgery has already taken place. By all means enjoy that sense of renew vigor, but don't assume that you have bounced back more quickly than the doctor indicated was normal. Persons recovering from any type of invasive procedure go through days when they feel great, only to be followed by days where they do not feel quite as well. While you may feel fine one day, engaging in too much activity too soon could lead to a setback. Take those good days with a grain of salt, but don't see them as indicators that the healing is done.

Tumor surgery is a serious matter, as is any invasive procedure. While getting the good news that the tumor surgery revealed that the growth was benign will take a huge burden off your mind, don't discount the importance of following the doctor's instructions for your recovery time. Observe any guidelines about physical activity to the letter. In the long run, listening to the advice of your medical professional will make your tumor surgery recovery much easier.

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Any field of research that relies on eyewitness testimony and circumstantial evidence will incite plenty of argument among researchers. The study of Bigfoot-type creatures is no different. I'd speculate that Bigfoot research has encouraged more bickering than most any other branch of paranormal research. So what topics get everybody's tempers boiling?

5. Sexism

Women's liberation was supposed to free women. Yet, today, women still endure the spiteful, juvenile behavior of some men. Bigfoot research has proven no different: how many women Bigfoot researchers (or cryptozoologists) can you name? And if you dare to discuss the issue, better duck! Mud slinging will ensue.

4. Belief

Bigfoot researchers have taken fear of belief to befuddling extremes. Many proudly proclaim they have no theories; others extol the virtues of "nonbelief." They say say they don't believe anything about Bigfoot, and they don't "believe" witnesses. They fear the word belief so much they must place it in quotes, as if handling it with thick gloves to avoid contaminating themselves.

3. The Word Paranormal

Bigfoot is not paranormal! Bigfoot is not paranormal! This chant echoes through most email discussion lists, online forums, and other discussion venues devoted to Bigfoot. Yet, by its very existence, Bigfoot is paranormal. The arguments will never end, however; simply uttering the word paranormal in the presence of Bigfoot researchers can trigger an attack so vicious it makes killer bees look tame.

2. Repeat witnesses

Everybody knows you can see Bigfoot only once, and only in a chance encounter while out backpacking or hunting. Witnesses who claim to have had ongoing encounters with hairy hominids often become objects of ridicule and disdain. Only one issue can rile Bigfooters more than repeat witnesses...

1. UFOs & high strangeness

Witnesses who see Bigfoots in conjunction with UFOs or who have missing time after seeing Bigfoots might think the worst has passed once their strange encounter ends. If they report the sighting to the average Bigfoot researcher, however, they may suffer a rude shock. Many researchers won't consider a sighting that involves high strangeness. They might toss out the report and forget it, or they might treat the witness with contempt. Nothingand I do mean nothinginstigates more arguments than the issue of Bigfoot and high strangeness.

Lisa A. Shiel is the author of Backyard Bigfoot: The True Story of Stick Signs, UFOs, & the Sasquatch, a ForeWord Magazine 2006 Book of the Year finalist. Critics have praised Backyard Bigfoot, saying [it] is as informative as it is entertaining (Midwest Book Review), [it is] one of the best types of investigative reporting I've seen (Reader Views), and you may agree or not with her conclusions but you will be entertained by the discussions (The Mining Journal, Marquette).

2007 Lisa A. Shiel

As a recognized Bigfoot expert, Lisa has been interviewed by big-city newspapers, drive-time talk radio hosts, local and national magazines, and TV reporters. In 2005, she founded the Michigan Upper Peninsula Bigfoot Organization (MUPBO) to explore all aspects of the Bigfoot phenomenon, from sightings to evolution to UFOs. Lisa has a master's degree in Library Science. She currently pens a blog, Bigfoot Quest, as a companion to the MUPBO site.