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 ...
Would like to hear some insight on recovery time - - my 66 year old Mom will be having surgery for a benign meningioma, doctors expect she'll do well/regain...
i also now get migraines (never used to) i had my sx april 1003. also had 5 weeks of radiation. i can get dizzy just walking! ain't life grand! (haha) ...
hello there...I am about a year and 4 months post op, I still have lightheaded moments bending over and looking to the right. Or if I roll over onto my back in...
Is encephalomalacia "normal" after having a tumor removed? ... Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. [Non-text portions of...
i think it is. i also had 5 weeks of radation. i saw on my yearly mri that i also had it. to mu understanding it is softening of the brain tissue? what do you...
The first time I saw "encelphalomalacia" on my BT MRI report after my surgery, I had no clue what it meant and was convinced my luck had gone bad once more!...
thank you for the explanation! another quwstion. i had 25 xrt to the cerebellum. now that plus the surgery....could that increase the brain softening? thank...
Teresa, Interesting that you should ask that. I also have encephalomalacia (softening of the brain) but the area has gotten a fraction larger but no tumor or...
Thought you would be interested in news from Walter Reed Army Hospital regarding plastics in the microwave and cancer......frightening. ... Johns Hopkins has...
Jay I can never get on the chat at the same time others do. I always miss the chat or something. I do chat on yahoo and would be glad to yahoo with anyone ...
Hi, I went to see my NS this past week and asked him to explain what encephalomalacia was. When you have a brain tumor it pushes on part of the brain as in...
Hi Jay, I can feel for you. I too have gone into Yahoo chat and never meet anyone when I am logged on and I'm logged on as moderator. Don't know what that...
... old Mom will be having surgery for a benign meningioma, doctors expect she'll do well/regain life quality, but am curious as to those of you who had this...
Hi Jay, I am sure that everyone heals differently and that every case is different. My first meningioma was removed in 1999 when I was 63. I was in the...
I had my tumor taken out at AGH in Pittsburgh PA on Aug 27,1996, and have been tumor free ever since. It took me about 16yrs of complaining to different drs...
Hi ALL. I picked up my MRI's yesterday. My surgery was 01/05/04 so it has been 6 mos. The report indicates a "small recurrent residual tumor". I am having...
Karen, First, congratulations on doing your homework! I am always so glad to see people taking the lead for their own medical care. I read your bio info and ...
i dont know if this is the normal feelings or what but all i want to do is cry and i dont know why, its been 7 months ago when i had my surgery and the tumor...
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