Trisha, I really enjoyed the essay you posted. Thank you so much for sharing it again. Rebecca/Becky Currently Reading: Atonement by Ian McEwan Sign1f...
You are welcome. I enjoy it every time I read it. I think sometimes I should read it each day when I arise! Hugs to all my fellow tulip-pickers, Trisha ...
Claudia is he on watch & wait like me. I have also noticed that I am having trouble swallowing at times. Don't have the numbness in my tongue, but I am...
No removal yet. His dr. says that at this point surgery is a bigger risk than what symptoms we are dealing with. Of course, he doesn't have to deal with any...
I've been told that mine is still small. The symptoms I am having are not caused by the M. You know my opinion of that. Right now I am in the process of...
Hello all Very excited today as have finally managed to secure an appointment with a neurosurgeon for next week. It's been over a year since the M came into...
Well..I don't want to alarm anyone with my story...but, I had a ping pong ball size tumor..I was being treated for Migraine headaches and they didn't find it...
This is all so frustrating to me. So many people who post to this group are talking about symptoms that are so similar to Joe's (my husband), and their...
I completely understand how you feel - although that's not necessarily accurate because I'm not the one who would have to have surgery. I know that right now...
Claudia: I can relate. I think most of us know that our symptoms are related to the M. I don't care what the doctors say. To many of us have similiar or the...
Claudia..this surgery is a BIG deal. It is a continual recovery. Take it slow and really ask your doctor all the hard questions. Make sure they tell you...
Cathy: You are absolutly correct in demanding that any surgeon tell you the good and the bad of any surgery. To me opening your brain is a risk in itself even...
Exactly! And at what point is what you are living with bad enough to take that risk? And are there any other options - like gamma knife? Another thing I'm...
Claudia: What I have done with the medication is that any other doctor that I see has to coordinate with my PCP on any medication that he would want me to...
I have seen many posts talking about these issues. Neurosurgery is not something to be taken lightly. However if you are having distressing symprtoms and...
Hi Becky in Louisville. I just saw "Elizabethtown" on DVD and thought of you when Orllando Bloom drove through Louisville! How are you? Becky in Oakland,...
Hi all--An interesting study from Strong Med Center/ U of Rochester: University of Rochester ScienceCache Vol. 222 Feb. 28, 2006 'NORMAL' CT SCAN DOESN'T RULE...
Doo, Thanks for sharing this, it really made me feel good reading it. You are right, one day at a time and isn't it amazing what a small gesture like holding...
How did they discern that the apostle Paul had a tumor or a seizure? Where did this information come from. Interesting if true. I didn't think that they had...
(Message 2572) This is the number of the message way back after Joe's Surgery.. Hi All., It has been a long while since I have posted. So much has been going ...
Thank you for updating us; have been thinking of you both. Here's to continued progress for Joe; you are both very courageous and in my thoughts and prayers. ...
Becky, I finished the V.C. Andrews book! I had read several and I had to get this one on tape as the library didn't have it on paper. I used to get books on...
My husband also had excellent results from Michael McDermott. We are 11 months out from surgery and all is well. Highly recommend UCSF and the entire staff for...
Great news! He is amazing! I stand by UCSF as well. Without a doubt. Jill SF, CA ... From: meningioma@yahoogroups.com [mailto:meningioma@yahoogroups.com] On ...
George's surgery was April 12, 2005. March 11 will be the anniversary of his seizure which was our first symptom of the tumor. It's been a long year! ... ...