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Anyone have multiple meningioma brain tumors?
Brain Tumor | Last Active: May 29, 2023 | Replies (148)Comment receiving replies
Hi, thank you for responding ! The 3 most recent ones are on her left side, one over right eye socket , not positive about 3rd. I will ask her. Her scan in 2011 was clear. If they were there they were barely perceptible. Now one is size of nickel, other smaller. She lost her sense of smell during previous surgery in 2001. It was in frontal lobe, right side. She had to have 2 more surgeries and a bone flap inserted due to a hospital induced infection. She is very worried about future side effects of radiation.
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@nancye3 We appreciate the additional information. You did not mention headaches just vertigo so I'm assuming that was her only symptom. Has she discussed her concerns about radiation with her doctor? Teresa
Hi Teresa,
She does get migraines from time to time but has had them for many years. The Vertigo usually takes one Doctor appointment and treatment and she is over it the next day. She has had 3 or 4 treatments but still has the Vertigo. One Neurosurgeon thought she needed Gamma Knife soon, the other thought she could get another MRI in 4 months to see if they have grown at all. So she would like a 3rd opinion. One surgeon does the Gamma Knife procedure, the other Cyber Knife. She knows what all the possible side effects of radiation are. She is worried that it could cause seizures which is how she found out about the first tumor. She is on anti seizure meds and has been since her surgery. She is also worried about cognitive problems down the road and another tumor forming as a result of the radiation.
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She also has had Vertigo for a couple of months but one of the Doctors she saw dies not think it is related. But that is why she had the MRI to rule out a tumor.