Benign brain tumor in the front: I'm freaking out

Posted by leell58 @leell58, Feb 22, 2025

I'm so scared about this tumor! I'm having a second opinion this week with a different neurosurgeon. I'm freakin the fuck out and all I want to do it drink over it!

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vernicek | @vernicek | 17 hours ago

I have a small skull-based meningioma near my optic nerve on the left side that is not easy to remove. My neurosurgeon at the UC Davis Medical Center recommended an MRI at six months to see if it’s growing. If not, I will have a second MRI six months later, then every year. My only treatment options is small doses of radiation over a 16 day period or a craniotomy. The surgeon said a craniotomy required 5+ hours of surgery and might not be a good choice for someone my age. I’m 74 and in excellent health otherwise.

wife2 | @wife2 | 16 hours ago

In reply to @vernicek "I have a small skull-based meningioma near my optic nerve on the left side that is..." + (show)

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wife2 | @wife2 | 16 hours ago

In reply to @thomhorowitz "The truth is in the pathology report. It will state stage of tumor." + (show)

what is scary for us is the path report is inconclusive; we have been told a stage 1 to a stage 3. did 30 treatments of radiation as radiology felt a stage 3. three months after radiation the cognitive abilities are decreasing and we have no clear answers other than it was a meningioma and time will tell.