Angie: I have 2 teenagers and I understand how they can be. Though I have not had the surgery yet, I have severe symptoms and my whole personality has...
Margaret: I hope I can go for the radiosurgery myself. My M is small. I am having more and more symptoms so they think there could be compression on the...
Angie, My name is Cathy and I had my m tumor removed @ 44 yrs old (over 2 years ago). Fortunately, you are young enough to come through this little journey...
Hi Cathy Where was your tumor located? Cathy Frank <lvegoldens@...> wrote: Angie, My name is Cathy and I had my m tumor removed @ 44 yrs old (over 2...
Becky: thanks for the postive attitudie. I went through a few days last week of really feeling sorry for myself. Had to slap myself around a bit to get out of...
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My family doctor and N told me that the rise in diagnosis is due in part to the availability that we now have to MRI's. In the past, one must be literally on...
Hi Becky I believe this is true about finding these tumors. New advancement in medicine has made it possibile to find tumors earlier. I think this is the same...
Hi Becky: I agree that our technology has now made it possible to find tumors of any kind sooner than they normally would of. This can be a life saving and...
Hi all. Thank you for all your prayers and good wishes as we have been going thru all of this. I'd love to tell you that the dr. at Vanderbilt (VMC) just...
Claudia I will definatly be prayer for you and Joe. Have they suggested any Gamma Knife or Protron Beam treatments. If surgery is not that great of an option...
Hi Deby! Thanks for the good thoughts. We have asked about gamma knife and were told that radiologists probably would be unwilling to do the procedure...
Joe is his own miracle see. I think at times when you are hit with a situation that really throws you a curve, we step up to the situation. For some reason...
Hey All, I had my surgery almost a month ago, and still have pain in my incision. Wearing my glasses it out of the question (they don't help with the double...
Cheryl, You only had your surgery a month ago. My NS said it take at least a year for the brain to heal of surgery. Are you still on steroids for the ...
Hey Joycey, I need to be reminded every now and then to take a reality check. Thank you ;-). It is hard to wrap my mind around the lenght of healing (sigh)....
Cheryl, ask for lydacaine stick before IV. It is a little sting as compared to IV. Then, they can do almost anything with the IV and it will not hurt. They...
Hello, I am desperate for help and have posted in the past. My husband is 33 and had a craniotomy in June of 2005. He had 80% of the meningioma removed. He...
I don't have any experience with Mayo Clinic or Sloan but I do have experience with symptoms that no one can find the cause for. Yes get another opinion....
Hi My husband had radiation to the entire abdomen in 1989 He also became very tired. We found out the radiation had weaken his heart muscle to 35% which made...
Hi, Gosh your husband has sure had a tough go of it. I am sorry to hear about all these difficult experiences. I am not sure but maybe he is a candidate for...
Hi, I do have experience with Mayo, as I had Gamma Knife treatment there. If you decide to go there, plan to spend 3-4 days, as they schedule appointments...
Oh the glasses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a pain. I ended up taking an old pair and bending one side to the point that it would never be going back. They were...
Carmen, So sorry it has taken me so long to reply to this post. My e-mail server is giving me major headaches. I'm curious if you stuck with your job? I...
I had my Follow up yesterday. My brain looks good and Ken ask Dr. Nanda about a memory upgrade, and he told him he put a 1 GB there. LOL I can stop my...
Cheryl: Sold glad to hear that you are doing well. One step at a time and before you know it you will feel pretty good all things considered. Don't overdue....
I'm so glad to hear that all is going well in your recovery, Cheryl. LOL about the memory upgrade :) Becky ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Cheryl, the loss of smell affects the change in taste. I have always puzzled the docs because I can vary rarely smell anything but have a good sense of taste....
I started having a yucky taste and almost phamtom smell yesterday. My Post Follow up was great and even was told to stop the Anti-Seizure meds. I feel OK,...
Well, after being diagnosed on 3/1, I will (finally) be having my M removed on Monday morning. The doctor is saying 3-5 days in the hospital. Is that pretty...
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