I just finished Stereotactical Radio Surgery, the poor man's Gamma Knife. It took almost forty minutes and the nurse congratulated me on not moving. Actually...
well, you are down one treatment? how many --or rather how many total cGy's will you be receiving? i had 25 txr to total about 5400 cGy's. i lived in...
Hi all: I have one daughter, and when I was 8 months postpartum in 9/02 I was diagnosed with a meningioma the size of a tangering. I have since had 2...
Susie I am in florida and had surgery in tampa also. Who was your NS? Just curious Thanks Lyndie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Lyndie, My surgeon was Dr. Harold Colbassani, Jr, at Mease Dunedin Hospital. Susie Foster raising brain tumor awareness ... From: meningioma@yahoogroups.com...
Yeah, As soon as I was fastened to the table, I started thinking about what would happen if I got some saliva running down my throat and I had to chough. Never...
Hello! I do not know exactly what you are looking for. I am from Boston and My Dr. is Julian Wu from the Beth Isreal Hospital. He is cheif of neuro surgery....
I don't do this very often, but I need to vent!!!! Two things have come up for me recently and I'm curious to see if other people have the same situations...
I check in to see how the polls are going and I'm finding this one very interesting. This is still an open poll. If you haven't voted in it yet, just visit: ...
The medical leave which Chris refers to here is very important for all of us to be aware of. She is referring to the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) which...
Do you have any info on Glomus Jugular Tumor. They said it was a meningioma, did Gamma Knife. Still growing and now they call it Glomus. I need to talk to ...
Let me see what I can find for you. I don't believe there is anyone in this site who has had it. But, I know another list where you are the most likely to...
Jo - Here are some links for you to check out. I hope this helps. What I could gather from what I read is that this tumor is very rare, occurs more ...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the BrainSurgery group: On a scale of 0 to 10 with 0 being no pain and 10 being severe pain, how would...
... Well is well knows that meningiomas have a great response on hormones, female hormones in particular, so i tend to agree with the neurosurgeon, but since...
does anyone else have a meningioma so small that they don't need surgery? I have one on the right frontal lobe that is only 12mms by 6mms It has no blood...
... well not all the ppl are so lucky that discover meningioma so small.. usually someone discovers when it starts to give troubles, so when is big enuf, most...
Funding mechanisms to support long-term (e.g., >10-year) longitudinal studies of tumor growth rates and the natural history of tumors in specific patient...
Update: I had surgery as scheduled on 6/2. I made it home tonight 6/3 (yes ok I had to get nasty to be released but they were not doing anything so I saw no...
Tori!!! What an amazing story! I had not yet heard of anyone going home 2 days after a craniotomy! I am so glad it is behind you now. Take care of yourself,...
Congratulations!!!! I am so glad that your home and feeling better. Continued improvements! Your friend Reenie ... __________________________________ Do you...
You sound like me. I made them let me go home too. A lot of the noises in your head could be rehydration. I heard click click click, and other bizzar stuff....
They tried to send me home the next day and I refused. I went home the 2nd day. Trisha Williams <trisha4080@...> wrote:Tori!!! What an amazing story!...
wow! i was still in icu 2 days later. it took me a week until i was okay to go home. they asked me how i felt at 5 days, and i said "no way!" the extra 2 days...
Hello evryone, I was diagnosed with a meningioma 5 months after the birth of my third child and my neurosurgeon explained to me that the tumor had probably...
does anybody know if scar tissue from a tumor being removed can cause headaches. does anyone else get light headed when they bend over to pick up something, or...
hello, im scarlet i had a 7 cm falcine meningioma tumor remove from the frontal region of my head, i just was wondering if some one here would know if scar...
Dear Scarlet, Welcome to the list -- I don't have an answer to this particular question, but I just wanted to let you know that you are doing fine. ... Robin ...
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