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Replies to "That does sound hard to have a meningioma and afib discovered all at once, @alex31. A..."
Thanks Lisa. I'm not sure how this discussion group works e.g. meninigiomas vs watching meningiomas, I'm not even sure that I am replying right. Yeah, it was pretty shocking meningioma on MRI Thursday and the next day atrial fib on an echo. The neuro surgeon I saw at Stanford didn't know about an increased risk of the meningioma bleeding on anticoagulation. The cardiologist asked some Stanford neurologists and neurosurgeons and told me that the consensus was that it is OK to anticoagulate meningioma patients. I pick up the med tonight. I'll ask the pharmacist. One thing for sure, there is a definite risk of a throboembolism to the brain from afib, so I'm going to do it. They are going to try to cardiovert me in a couple weeks and if it is successful, I may not need long term potent anticoagulants. Unfortunately cardioverion often fails or is temporary.
I do not know anything about anticoagulants.