Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

God Bless you. You have been through so much. May you continue to live without having to do more chemo and radiation. We can only address one problem at a time in fighting this battle. I hope and pray all the procedures you’ve been through help you live as best you can.

bonjour oui moi aussi suite a un irm meningiome mais generalement benin mais le probleme juste rique parkinson ou eihzemer donc je connais 2 personnes operees tout c est bien passe et ils n ont aucun soucis courage a vous l inconnu fait toujours peur moi aussi

I had a similar diagnosis about 4 years ago. I've had 3 MRIs since then - the last just yesterday - July 30. I'm speaking with my doctor tomorrow. The report says no change. I'm 77. I have no symptoms but of course I'm worried.

I go for my third MRI in November. The first two showed no change. My question is, if they ever have to do surgery to remove the meningioma, how do they do that? I asked the doctor and he said since my meningioma is on my side of my head above my left ear they would drill a hole in my skull to get to that. Has anyone ever heard or had experience with that? I don't know what that is called.

No change sounds great! I hope that’s what mine says.

A craniotomy? Maybe they can remove it with just a drill hole if it’s small enough

Welcome to the group today and, just going to give you my opinion from
past experience. Im 68 and last year was diagnosed with cancer in the lung
and a brain tumor that was cancerous. The lung scans over a period of time
went unchecked instead of every 6 months. I let it go until the dots in my
lung had one break loose and went to my brain. Needless to say that mass
grew until it dropped me. And here I am, scans every 3 months on chest,
stomach and pelvis, every 6th month one of the brain. The emergency
surgery and radiation treatments with chemotherapy mix got rid of the
cancer. That was last march and April. Still have no cancer back but wish
I would have stuck with the 6th months check up. Maybe they could have
headed this off at the start. Hope this helps you.

Does a craniotomy require a lot of time to heal?

I’m certainly not a neurosurgeon, and each situation and area is different. Bone takes 6-8 weeks to heal even in someone without health issues. It’s a brain surgery as well, so I would say yes. But again, I’m not the expert and didn’t have a craniotomy. They went through my sinuses.

Thanks. I understand. I hope you are getting along well from your surgery.