Hi Donna! Thanks for writing back. Strangely enough, the seizures really aren't part of my meningiona. This is probably one of the only things I have been able...
Dear Cathy, You would have to be superhuman to not have a reaction to something like this. If you felt like throwing a party right now, I think that would be a...
hi..my name is marjorie. i had my surgery on april3,2002. i went in at 7 am and was done by 3 pm with no problems. april 3 is a good day for surgery ( if any...
Marjorie, My M is 1.5 X 2.5 cm and located between my cerebellum and spinal column (top pressing on one side and the bottom pressing on the other). It is ...
Cheri Biddle
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Mar 17, 2003 7:52 pm
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Cheri, I'd be interested in what they decide about Gamma Knife in your case, as we are strongly considering GK for my M. It is not in a difficult location, but...
I will try to remember all they tell me. I am taking "extra ears" as mine sometimes fail. HA I know how I am looking for more info all the time. Will...
Cheri Biddle
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Mar 17, 2003 8:01 pm
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Marjorie I have an M and my surgery is April 3 so I feel better about this. I have been having alot of head pain in my right temple area and i have to take...
cheri, i found a lot of info on radiation on the site... emedicine. i will try to remember others and let you know. is your surgery definitely on april3, or...
I go back to NS on 3/20 for the verdict. ... From: cruisemelodee@... [mailto:cruisemelodee@...] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:34 PM To:...
Cheri Biddle
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Mar 17, 2003 10:42 pm
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Hello my M & M friends. I just want to let you know not to forget to go to meningioma talk on the http://meningioma.intranets.com web page. SO many of my...
Hi Donna So glad to hear that you're doing better. It's so encouraging to know that you can have something as major as brain surgery and 3 weeks later be...
Hello Melanie, I have so many names my friends have given me, I'm confused. I like the DonnaDentHead too. I do have a really big dent. Anyone who gets stiches...
Hi I am butting in here, I had my surgery on Jan 27, 2003. I am doing fairly well. I still have headaches occasionally and I donąt take the pain meds either...
Hello Celeste. My dent or valley as I call it was visible the first day. My husb. kept asking "what wrong on this side?" They replied, "oh it looks good ...
Hi everyone-just wanted to update you. I had gamma knife done on Oct.10 of 2002 for a 2.5 cm M in the right frontal lobe. I had only had pulsitile tinnitis...
Hi Donna, I am a member of the meningioma talk board I haven't been there for a wile though. Do you ever have any visual disturbances? I occasionally see a...
Hello Back to You, Well I have had something else, like little black shadows. One day I thought I saw something run across the floor when scanning my bedroom....
Hi Donna again, Yes I did read all the post op stuff and found it informative. Everything seems to be good except that occasional blue dot and it is very tiny...
Hello Celeste, I live right outside of Hot Springs Arkansas about 20 miles in a place called Pearcy. I am the Co-ordinator of Public and Reference Services ...
Hi Ann, Congratulations on the good MRI!!! Hopefully, the next MRI will show some decrease in the size. Now you can relax for awhile--at least until the next...
hi...well i know this is minor for some, but it is a big step for me. i need to have a badly broken off tooth extracted. there is no way i could mentally...
Hi Donna I feel like I'm snooping sometimes when I read people's post to other people. Isn't that wierd? Anyway, just wanted to say you're place sounds...
Hello Out There, First of all, have you talked to your neurosurgeon about this? I think you should ask his opinion. Can you have gas? Is that what the oral ...
Donna, If you're seeing like me, my NS said that is a type of seizure. I was with my mom at the drugstore few weeks ago, and grabbed her arm to keep her from...
Hi, I sent Alan a web site it should be on the main page that has the different kinds of seizures on it and I think it describes the shadowy ones because I...
Karen, Thanks so much for that! I've never even noticed that link on the homepage. It answered some of the other types of things I've done that I hadn't...
HI I know exactly what you mean about starting a sentence and forgeting what you were saying in the middle of it. And also can't think of the words I want half...
Hey Girl, Well I haven't seen worms, do they really look like worms or just a black shadows? I have seen like a shadow fly past me or on the floor. As far as...
Yes Donna, mine was removed. Was removed on January 30th through emergency surgery. I didn't know until the 28th that I even had a tumor. Years of going to...