Hi Matt so sorry to hear of Sarahs dignosis.
Personally i would have thought someone who is early days out from
brain surgery would be on dexamethasone for swelling.
Swelling could be contributing to some of Sarahs problems, but could
also be psycological also coping with eveything that has happened,
effects of surgery, diagnosis etc. But that's just my opinion.
Make sure any concerns are addressed with her GP and/or specialist.
Do you help with all the day to day care of Sarah, or her family
involved also?


--- In nzbraintumour@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew Comb" <matt@...> wrote:
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> My partner Sarah was diagnosed with a Giant Acoustic Neuroma
tumour which
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> She is now off most meds except for Codine and basic panadol.
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> At present she is still unable to sleep, gets about 2-3 hours per
night and
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> This has all happened very fast, as she was diagnosed only 3 weeks
ago. We
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to see
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