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Hello,
67 isn’t too old for craniotomy surgery if you’re healthy otherwise. I’ve read about people in their 70’s and beyond having successful surgery. I had a 6.3 cm tennis ball removed from my right frontal lobe 6 months ago and just completed follow-up IMRT. I recently ran the first 10k in 20 years and am biking up 20% grade hills. I was 67 at the time of surgery. Age is just a number.
Oh, darn, just reread what I posted in response to your reply and a correction needs to be made. The last sentence regarding the window closing for radiation therapy. It should be the window closes somewhere between 3 and 4 Centimeters, not millimeters. I am sorry for this typo. I guess I forgot to proof read. So you are still a candidate for radiation. Also, you are 67 years young; I was 72 when I had a craniotomy to remove a large meningioma that was almost 3 centimeters. By the way, the neurologist I consulted with initially gave me wrong information and said my benign tumor was inoperable. So I encourage you to now consult with a neurosurgeon, especially given you feel as if the neurologist didn't really discuss your situation at length. It's your brain, after all, and deserve to have all the details and options discussed.