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Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

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Hi I had a MRI 4 days ago I was called 3 hours after to tell me I have a tumor on the lining of my brain thats about 2 inches big which has some swelling and wanted me to go back in a day later to have another but to have the dye put in to highlight the bloody, so I did that now im just waiting. I'd love to know how long full recovery is as i have a holiday booked and paid for for the 13th (just over 2 weeks) for my birthday and dont want to miss it so does the recovery take longer. I'm hoping they can just control the swelling and remove it when I get back but I am so scared I'm scared to do anything right now in case I make it worse I cant even have a shower unless I have someone come and just sit and wait while I have it

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It’s scary for sure but I would check with your Dr and tell them your concerns. They can give you some meds to control the seizures while you wait to get it removed if that’s the path. I say live it to your hearts fullest and then get the thing removed. For me the first couple weeks after surgery was strange with what I can only describe as just noise in your head. Feeling of being off a bit and dingy. All said it wasn’t so bad. Small steps back while going through recovery as mine was at the end of 2022 and I still have some slight issues at times. The most annoying was that I lost my sense of taste and the only things that tasted normal was anything with marinara sauce and chocolate. I could tell if something was sweet but it could have been anything sweet and I could say what it was. I had a kidney stone removed several years ago and I would say that was more painful but didn’t take as long to recover from.