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Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

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softie: So your surgeries were back in 2007, 2008? You sure went through a lot, including an extremely long time under general anesthesia. Thank you for the reminder that sometimes we need to push for an MRI. The "olden" days of just trusting "Dr. Welby" (tv show aired 1969-1976)
are over. We know when something is not right with our bodies and need to be our own health advocate.

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Yes, the surgeries were 2007 & 2008.
Recovering from the anesthesia was interesting. The sensation was like being trapped in a semi transparent white cone, a few feet taller that me and extending down to my feet. Some times the bottom of the cone rise up a few inches some times up to my knees. I could 'see' clearly the world where the cone had lifted. The cone lowered after a minute or so.

I wasn't supposed to drive the car for 4 weeks.

I waited 4 weeks, then for the first trip, I drove the 'back roads' - no real traffic , for a distance of 4- 5 city blocks. Seemed to be OK. The next trip was driving in real traffic
to a shopping mall. As soon as I stepped into the mall, and saw dozens of people, chaos and noise, I was overwhelmed . It was like there was no gas in my tank. I sat down to recover and needed to sit down a few more times while shopping. I drove home but I needed a 4 hour nap to recover.
The tumor was in the front of my head, the third eye. Interestingly, within 2 months I met 3 others who had the same operation . One person 's tumor was discovered because a biological family member had a tumor so they were given an MRI . It was located in the back of their skull and affected their vision processing
I was getting MRI up until last year. They cut me off the MRIs when I turned 75.
I really think they cut me off for making a bad joke. When I walked into the MRI waiting room, they asked me what I was here for. I said that I was here to meet a Mister Eye. "No person by that name ,Could you spell it for me" . Sure thing M-R-I. The nurse said she had being in the department for 40 years and never heard that joke before. "Of course nor, I just made it up"
I am trying to get an MRI but the problem is to get a neurologist to read it.