Thank You for emailing me back. Do you recieve disability? If not, did you ever? Or did the benefits stop after the surgery? They determined me disabled due to...
Linda, I hope your GK goes well. I am scheduled for GK Feb 15. It was originally scheduled for Jan 20 but was delayed due to an insurance dispute which is now...
Hello to you all. I am so glad to find this board. It's comforting to know there are others out there who are like me. I'm a 45 year old male with two kids and...
It sounds like you have a good attitude so far. Isn't it surreal when they tell you that you have a brain tumor? I remember driving home in a daze. I told...
TM I hear what you are saying. We told our children when we found out and I even made a living will in case I died. I am a nurse so I had a lot of thoughts....
Hi, I realize that every case is individual but, I would like to tell about you my experience. Currently, I am 69 years old. In late 1998, at age 63, I...
mine has been there for 3 years and hasnt grown much it doesnt bother me much i will have surgery when the little bugger gets to be too much to deal with ... ...
Hello! I understand your feelings! I was diagnosed with an M and waited 17 mths before operating. I was one of those that was frightened just like you. ...
One more thing, where are you? They did not shave my entire head they on;ly shave where necessary! Judy [Non-text portions of this message have been...
TM, I had gamma knife treatment for my meningioma. No surgery. Just gamma radiation. Usually one treatment. Painless. It doesn't get rid of the tumor for...
Why wait for it to get bigger and cause problems. It can cause nerve damage that can never be repaired and the bigger the tumor the longer and more complicated...
Your feelings and journey are quite normal in my experience. The best advice I can give to give you assurance is to get 2nd and 3rd opinions. With any brain...
Hi everyone! My name is Lin Patton and I am a meningioma survivor. I had crainiotomy surgery 2 years ago January 23, 2003. As a result of the surgery I had...
Thank you everyone for the wonderful responses! By the way, my name is Tom, TM was the name yahoo assigned to me. I want to update you on where I'm at with my...
Hi Lin. My name is Jeannie. Where do you live in Texas? I'm from Marshall, Texas. I had a 'm' removed in December, 1995. I am approaching my 10 year...
Lin, Very interesting. I know that the weather plays havoc with my head but no MD will agree with me. Thanks for the link....now I don't have to log into my...
My daughter has began to have seizures. I took her to my neurologist and he said the left side of her brain the hippocampal is smaller than the right side. He...
That is exactly how I feel. Like a hand resting on my head. Sometimes gently and sometimes like its ramming its thumb through my temple. I had a 4 x 7 cm m...
This is what I found when I looked it up: "As people age, they often develop problems with short-term memory. This loss is caused by the inevitable shrinking...
here is a website that expains the hippocampus and its functions http://www.psycheducation.org/emotion/hippocampus.htm just click on the link or copy and paste...
I looked in encarta and it says hippocampus is either of two curved ridges of tissue in the brain, located in the floor of the cavity(vrntricles) within each...
Joyce, My NS warned me after surgery that I would be able to tell when the weather was going to change. He said that there was no research to prove it, but he...
Dear Denise, I am sorry to hear about your dad. My dad also has a GBM Stage 4. I am careing for him now. My mom passed last Sept. right after finding out my...
Thank you Ali for your support and reply. Yes it has been a long hard road, more than anyone can imagine. I will try to give you and idea of how bad it really...
Has anyone been checking the solar data? Do you agree with me that it makes a difference in how we feel? ... weather was going to change. He said that there...
Hi Sharon, I think Lin explained the feeling pretty well. I always said it felt like I had a watch cap type hat on and some days it was tighter than others....
Hi Joyce, My 2 children are always happy to know before it starts to snow, so that they can plan for a day off! I have the same feelings, the tightness, but...
I truly think your MD hit the nail on the head......so many people are saying the same thing. I think that a lot of Drs try to down play what is happening so...
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