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Cell Phone - Brain Tumor Link Seen in Research Date Published: Friday, November 30th, 2007 Cell phone users beware! Over the past several years, research has...
HI! Ray here, still following the messages on here, nothing to report until now. I was supposed to have my yearly followup MRI in June, but when my wife died...
Happy hollidays to all, My mom who is 70 yrs old, had a surgery for meningioma on May of 2007. After the surgery, she has been doing great until she had...
Eugene: I had a meningioma removed on 11/22/06. 3 seizures on 11/24/06 and another on 3/24/07. Four seizures in July 2007 and one in September of this year. ...
... 2007. ... last ... on ... tumor ... Eugene, I'm surprised your mother has not been on maintenance meds for seizures since her surgery. I had a world...
I had a meningioma removed August 23, 2002. My first seizure was 2 yrs. later. I have had 5 seizures since. It has been difficult finding a medicine that...
DM, I also had a problem as well with the "brain fog". I noticed it almost immediately when I went back to work after the surgery. It seemed to get a little...
Hi, My name is Kenny. I was diagnosed with a (wlanut sized) meni in September and am scheduled for surgery at the end of January. I have tell you that frankly...
Kenny, I can't answer your questions about having seizures, but am wondering why your doctor isn't doing Cyber, Gamma or Trilogy treatments on your tumor...
Candy, I never heard mention of Trilogy treatment or Cyber (but i will look into it very soon...thank you). As for the gamma, it wasn;'t discussed because...
I am one of the newer members and there are others on this list that can better explain the treatments (Gamma, Cyber or Trilogy) than I can. All I know is that...
Hi Eugene, Hope your mom is doing well. I had a golf-ball sized meningioma removed almost 3 years ago (4-1-05). I didn't have any seizures until about 6 weeks...
Hello new readers, Total surgical removal is still the gold standard for treatment of most low grade slow growing primary brain tumors. The long term effects...
Kenny. the most important thing to remember is that you and your medical condition are individual in the treatment needed. I would suggest three medical...
Thanks Jamy and happy New Year. I am scheduled for surgery on the 29th of the month. Seems a little late to be seeking other opinions now; I think I'm just...
Kenny, I would also recommend having another opinion. What I don't understand is why your doctors won't consider either of the options I mentioned. One of...
Thank You Candy, Please trust me on this one...I DO NOT WISH TO GET CUT OPEN!! I had three independent consults (2 at Georgetown and one at Hopkins) and i...
Kenny, I know you will do fine. It is very scary but I think you have the right attitude. I have had three craniotomies and while I have a few changes in my...
Thank you, Renee My mom was on dilatin for 3 months because the doctor told her she should not take it. The doctor was concern about the damages that the ...
Hello there, There are other good seizure drugs that work. I had a reaction to Dilantin, made my gums bleed, blood pressure went way up, swelling in my lower...
It sounds like surgery is best for you since you did have multiple opinions. I ended up using a surgeon for my gamma knife that is also a well respected...
Kenny, As far as your doctors all suggesting you have open head surgery instead of the Gamma, Cyber, or Trilogy because they are all surgeons could be part of...
Greentrain... Sorry to hear about your mom. The thing about meningiaoma's is that they don't actually know why some grow e x t r e m e l y slow and others...
Kenny - I also had a neurosurgeon who advised me to have radiosurgery instead of an invasive procedure. My tumor is located on the trigeminal nerve and would...
hello everyone, when u have headaches, does it feel in the side of your head where the tumor is? for example, my tumor is on the right side and in the back of...
Hey mj, Sounds like a migraine to me, I have lots of them, especially when there are weather fluctuations. They can be brought on by the weather, food,...
Hi i just had to respond to your entry i to had a menig on the optic nerve I am on lyrica 150mg 3x day and it helps but does not take away the pain entirely I...
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