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Inoperable Meningioma: not feeling support by my partner
Brain Tumor | Last Active: Dec 31, 2025 | Replies (39)Comment receiving replies
@randallshields56
Hi Randall .. happy belated birthday. How are you doing? Hope you are doing better. How long has it been? It must be awful being widowed and going through this. I, too, am widowed and just been diagnosed with 1.8 cm, left inferior frontal lobe with edema. 2 Neurosurgeons suggesting craniology due to the edema. Stanford neurosurgeon said it’s small but have asoc/edema and get occasional mild headaches. There is calcification which tells them it’s been there for a while. She said there’s a 50/50 chance it will grow. When I asked what she would do if she were me, she said she would wait 4 months and do another MRI.. Do I wait and chance getting more neurological symptoms, such as seizures and grow larger, or do craniotomy surgery with all the risks? I’m 72 yo. My sons want me to wait. Do I want to walk around with a tumor and swelling taking up real estate in my brain or do surgery and spend the rest of my life healing?
Replies to "@randallshields56 Hi Randall .. happy belated birthday. How are you doing? Hope you are doing better...."
@as72 I keep thinking I'm getting replies to my thread, but it looks like others have gotten mixed in. You may get more info by starting your own, specific to you. I wish you the best-
@as72 how old are you and how old do you want to get too. me as old as i can give the family's. feel free to call me i believe my number is in there if not and i can let you have it. i can help you with a lot of same things i had to go trough. was outside fixing to get critter bowls for this evening, we feed the wildlife that lives around here.
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@as72 know that i appreciate the birthday wish and asking what i would do. Lots to think about but i will give you my opinions- 1st- id do the 4 months and go for the odds, as to seizures depends what kind and can they be controlled, I got bumped up om my Keppra .25 and its been working at keeping them at bay. 2nd its the holidays and i for one would not want to spend them in the hospital , i might request 3 months not 4 and let the family know my reasoning. Lastly life is just too short to not want to enjoy every moment feeling alive. I have sent a prayer to be able to find true love again and want to live another 30 years and some. as to heal time on me its been two years and i am actually fairly happy. just little things now but i am enjoying family. feel free to call me anytime or message me with questions. Thank you, Randy