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@tonimt

Mine is behind my left eye and close to my optic nerve. Are you having any symptoms? Are you having a craniotomy? I think that's the only way they can get to mine. I've had a lot of surgeries ( no spleen, hip replacement, ACL,etc) but none of those scared me the way this craniotomy does. Thank you for sharing your comment. It helps to know I'm not alone in this.

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The first neurosurgeon, I saw said he had to do a craniotomy and lift my brain to get to it. I know someone that had a tumor in the same area and he said they went through his nose, minimally, invasive, and remove the entire thing. His was 4 cm which is twice the size of mine, he said get another opinion. So I looked around and found someone that had a fellowship in the Intranasal technique. He said they should never do an open craniotomy for these because it’s much more dangerous. He’s confident he can get 80% of mine then I’ll have to have radiation either Gemini for proton therapy to stop the growth hopefully shrink it. My left eye has become fuzzy but I thought it was just getting older. I’m also going to Mayo in July for a third opinion. I’m very scared too. I hope that helps. I’ll be on here throughout this journey