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Hello! I am new here. I was diagnosed with a left cerebellopontine angle meningioma three years ago, although this tumor had been raging for six years before...
28 Jul 22, 2006
5:16 am

Margret Lankford
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Reading from those who also had or have fibroid tumors, I wonder how many here have had those too. This is to see if there really could be a correlation. On...
10 Jul 21, 2006
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nancynoreen
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Hi Friends. It has been a month since the last post and I am doing well for what I have been through or at least that's what they say. I really don't have any...
6 Jul 21, 2006
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ray hartwick
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Both are these are benign, even if the cells are similar. I believe that if the composition of an M was discovered on your arm or leg, it might be called a...
1 Jul 20, 2006
2:35 pm

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I believe at this point there is only speculation about why some of us have meningiomas. At least, with the recent implementation of mandatory reporting of...
5 Jul 19, 2006
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Margret Lankford
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Jeannie, I know we have no reasons for these things. ` But, I for one would still like to know why I had it. Maybe if we know why, some day they can be...
1 Jul 19, 2006
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Margret Lankford
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Elgreca, Glad to hear it is over all but the healing. Margret [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
1 Jul 19, 2006
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Margret Lankford
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Debi - along with others here, I too wonder why you are on W&W. I had a very small, non-symtomatic M, diagnosed by chance in February, and was given my options...
14 Jul 18, 2006
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My tubal ligation was in 1991, or so; Sorry, can't remember all the details, since my M. My doctor had several problems with the procedure, and she had to...
1 Jul 17, 2006
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Patti & Bill
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I worked for several years in an office that had been a photo-color- print lab. The air quality at times was very poor, due to the toxins that had seeped into...
18 Jul 17, 2006
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Kaye Joyce
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Hello everyone. I was just diagnosed with a meningioma last Thursday and am really glad to find this group. I spent 2 days in the hospital and met a great...
11 Jul 15, 2006
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prairistar
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well today i do all the running around. i go the church pack the luggage go to a bridal shower and post a message. i wa wondering if you can shower with the...
8 Jul 15, 2006
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Jeannie Brooks
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I am thinking about going to Houston, I see Methodist hospital has the beam, my sister is in Houston, and just curious who has been there, and what Dr?...
6 Jul 12, 2006
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Carine
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No biopsy was involved with my procedure, cause I didn't have any surgery. If you already had surgery, then perhaps a biopsy is called for - in my case, it was...
5 Jul 10, 2006
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First, HELP - I can't seem to 'respond' competantly....so am starting this as a new subject. I clearly had a Meningioma....small, on the spheroid wing abutting...
9 Jul 9, 2006
7:27 pm

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Hello, I just joined the list after finding out my mother was diagnosed with what the doctor says is probably a meningioma tumor on her brain. This is based...
3 Jul 9, 2006
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Margret Lankford
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well i had been putting it off but i finally wrote my letters to my children and my husband. i am going to give them to him when i go for surgery and then i...
3 Jul 8, 2006
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angela
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Has anyone else had a rapid weightloss with their M? I don't know if mine is causing that, or my thyroid imbalance all year....
8 Jul 6, 2006
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Edda R. Pittman
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This was obviously a 'blip' which I am sure many of you can all identify with!!! I'm trying to run this fundraising project, but in obtaining a second opinion...
2 Jul 6, 2006
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annetteh
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Hello all! I hope this note finds you all happily enjoying the wonderful summer weather and season for vacations! And, for those of you who have purchased ...
2 Jul 6, 2006
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angela
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The Braingels Fundraising Project conducted its May and June activities for the benefit of The American Brain Tumor Association. Thank you for all that you do...
1 Jul 6, 2006
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Patricia Williams
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well now the count down really happens. byt happy 4th of july everyone. i start my meds in two days and i have been looking to get an idea of how gresome i...
9 Jul 5, 2006
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angela
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you know i forgot to mention in one of my replies that often times family members are less then supportive. not because they are insinstive or don't get it but...
2 Jul 5, 2006
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Amy L. Hayden
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In Nov. 2003 my neurologist told me that I had Meningioma on the right frontal lobe of the brain. He put me on topamax for a year with MRI's every 6 months....
10 Jul 5, 2006
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Edda R. Pittman
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1 Jul 3, 2006
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Kathy Adamcio
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bottom of page - "treatment centers) If a page shows up as "error", click on "shaped beam surgery" on upper right hand side of page. ...
1 Jul 3, 2006
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www.novalis-surgery.com See - Shaped Beam (bottom of page) See - Patient info See - centers....list of places throughout the US offering this. (all top...
1 Jul 3, 2006
7:21 pm

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This is not the Novalis site, but this explains it all. AND, it's a hospital in the MidWest doing it. Cleveland Clinic, San Diego, Rochester, are other places...
1 Jul 3, 2006
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posted info from Southernmissouri too, but here is the Novalis site: http://www.novalis-surgery.com/scripts/website_english_novalis.asp? ...
1 Jul 3, 2006
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Dr. McAllister believes that Novalis expands the treatment options for patients who could not previously be treated with radiotherapy because their tumors are...
5 Jul 3, 2006
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Margret Lankford
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