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...
TO My Dear Meningimates, (my own affectionate term for All?M patients and their loved ones) HAPPY NEW YEAR INDEED MARY, MANY?THANKS FOR SENDING THIS NEW BWH...
Yep, sounds like a migraine to me. I have been getting migraines for years -- luckily not too often. I have tried a few different kinds of meds -- and now I...
thank u guys for ur reply, the thing is that i nevvver a migraine before, only once and it was last month i guess, but no migraines before in my life ,...
Dear Ann, In one of your messages to the group you mentioned that there is a new blood test for meningiomas in Germany. I had a Craineotomy at Madigan army...
Hi mjaikat888, Before I had my meningioma removed, I was having headaches just about every day. I'd wake up with headaches. During the month before I had a ...
thank you kathy, this is the second time that i had such a headache for the past 2 months, my meningioma was discovered 2 years ago, i had headaches since then...
Hello everyone and thanks for all of the great advise/suggestions and comfort that you have provided me since I recieved my diagnoses back in November. Well,...
Hi Kenny Do not let them tell you what they want!!!This is your body. Chop! Chop! I do not think so!!! . My first menigioma was diagnoses on friday afternoon...
... and comfort that you have provided me since I recieved my diagnoses back in November. Well, it's anty-up time. I go to Hopkins (Dr. Brem) on Monday and...
Thank you Gayle. I will insist. Since this posting, the Dr.'s nurse was trying to set up a "phone consult". I think I want to see my Dr and spend time with him...
Thanks Kathy, I will insist on seeing my surgeon. Since this posting, the Dr.'s nurse was trying to set up a "phone consult". I don't think that's acceptable...
Wow...ran away! I'm finding that a common theme. I will commit to taking the medicine Thanks Vicky. Vickie Buck Taylor <derfsvic@...> wrote: Kenny Take...
I like phone consults cause I have my list of questions in front of me to ask and a space to write the answers. When I am nervous, I am worse in person. ... ...
Hello everyone...I guess that I had a stroke of lkuck ovber the weekend.As it turns out, my surgeon will be able to see and chat with me prior to my...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
