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Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened
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I am 69 yrs old male currently at the Mayo in Rochester. I had a 2.6 cm by 2 cm by 2.3 cm meningioma removed last Monday Nov 25.
The surgery lasted 7 hours and my masively deviated septum was corrected. ( that was great) the drs informed me that they were very happy with the surgery, and they were able to remove all of the meningioma. I was surprised at this news as it had surrounded both cart arteries the pituitary gland and was pressing on my optic nerve. I was having blurred vision in my left eye.
Immediately after surgery I had a very significant loss of vision in both eyes. My right eye was 20/20 prior to surgery. After about 36 hours most of my vision has returned to my right eye.
I am early into my recovery, and I think only time will tell.
The big question I have now is the Drs want me to be seen by a Neuro oncologist. The pathology came back benign type 1 meningioma. No one has been able to tell me why an oncologist is being brought in now? I am experiencing mild headaches and very sensitive to bright lights.
I’ll let you all know as things progress.
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verdescape: Congratulations on the successful removal of all the meningioma even though it was located around so many critical structures. I am a success case as well, having had a 3 centimeter meningioma completely resected 1/16th of an inch from my optic nerve a year ago. I had extreme double vision afterward for 3 months. So I am hopeful your vision will return to normal within that time frame. My neurosurgeon was sure he didn't nick the nerve during surgery and I was told my double vision was due to generalized trauma to the nerve. Also, swelling is a given after a craniotomy and that could put pressure on the surrounding nerve tissue. I would like to bring up a point with regard to the vision issue. After surgery I was immediately referred to a neuro-opthamologist because of the vision problem. Given your vision issues are you sure the referral isn't for a neuro-opthamologist as opposed to a neuro-oncologist? Hope you aren't offended that I would ask/suggest that. It just seems so odd given the grade of your meningioma along with being told it is benign.
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That’s fantastic! I’m not sure why you would see the oncologist. Maybe it’s their protocol?
Best!