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What's your life like after Brain surgery?

Brain Tumor | Last Active: May 6, 2021 | Replies (53)
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@gloriajean

I had brain surgery 2 yrs ago - successfully removed a benign 3 cm meningioma.
Sounds great
but I have balance problems, severe depression, ostopenia & other stuff. In reaearching all of these problems,
I've found out that the anti- seisure med (Kepra) causes a lot of these problems! .No doctor warned me of this.. So
my quality of life after surgery has been disappointing

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 28, 2019

@gloriajean, what activities do you do to help correct the balance issues and depression? Do you find physical activities help? They may also help ostopenia.

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Christel Pareigis | @pranas | Oct 29, 2019

I had my surgery 7 years ago and since then I am on Keppra. I had similar problems of feeling sad/depressed (1-4 years) but now I am so used to Keppra and don't have any more issues. By the way, I take 2,000 mg daily. Sometimes...not always...time helps ...specially with brain issues, this is my opinion.

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