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Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

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I had meningioma surgery nine months ago. The tumor was half the size of a cue ball, for reference. I had no symptoms other than increasing weakness ( I had lost nearly 50 pounds and was exercising daily). I was on a high dose of mounjaro for my type 2 diabetes and my A1C was 6.1 at that point. My surgery went very well and I only spent 1 night in ICU and I night in the hospital. I had been an accomplished pianist but the surgery left me unable to play with my left hand. After months of intense practicing I am once again able to play but not at the level of consistency I used to have. I am still experiencing extreme weakness on my left side in particular and have had to start using a walker over the past several weeks. I'm very frustrated at this point. I had my first ever seizure a month ago and now can't drive. I'm sorry for the essay but wonder if anyone else has experienced anything similar. The doctors keep saying that this should reconcile in time

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@carlvcjr: When you notified your doctor that you were now using a walker, but more importantly that you had a seizure, and this happening 8 months post surgery, did he/she order a repeat MRI to take a look/see? With those new symptoms ( needing a walker-seizure) I wouldn't settle for being told things "should reconcile in time" unless another MRI was done to rule out anything new.