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Lump by screw from gamma knife surgery, anyone else?

Brain Tumor | Last Active: May 15, 2020 | Replies (42)
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@jmb73

The MRI showed arthritis in the area where the nerves leave the spinal cord and my PC thinks that is causing the headaches. But the headaches are right at the pin site. The pain is severe at times and I wonder if the neurosurgeon hit a nerve when he screwed them in. My PC wants me to see a pain doc for a nerve bloc but I have had them in my hand and feet and they didn't work but they did hurt so I don't want one. The meningioma is stable. Any ideas?

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Lisa Lucier, Moderator | @lisalucier | Dec 22, 2019

Hi, @jmb73 - sounds like you have questions about the cause of the headache and are uncertain about the nerve block direction your PC suggested. Have you checked back with your neurosurgeon or someone on his or her team about the pain at the site of the pins? If so, what did they say?

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