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Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

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@darla01

Thank you so much for posting this.
My mother was recently diagnosed with possible Meningioma. She was having debilitating headaches for several days and tried to drive herself to the ER. She couldn't. That was almost a month ago, and still no relief. It is taking so long to get anything done. She just had MRI yesterday. We went back to to her oncologist at Shands here in Gainesville, FL. I am seriously considering taking her to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, because her next appointment is not until 11/19/24. Oncologist prescribed Hydrocondone it did not work. She then broke out with Shingles on her scalp so they tried Gabapentin, that didn't work either. Has anyone found any relief for the headaches ? What did you do?

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Unfortunately I did not have much luck for headaches. My headaches were do to the swelling and pressure so pain meds didn’t work much at all. A cold Ice pack was the best thing I could do. Sorry. Best of luck.

I think you’d be happy going to Mayo. They got me in very quickly and gave me answers. It’s a good idea to get another opinion and they have great neurosurgeons. Ice packs! We have a ton! There’s 6 in my freezer right now.

@darla01, if you would like to contact Mayo Clinic, start here http://mayocl.in/1mtmR63

How is your mom doing?