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Has anyone been diagnosed with a pilocytic astrocytoma as an adult?
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@sparky0114, welcome to Connect. That must have been frightening to have to learn to walk and talk all over again at age 12. Do you remember vividly?
Quite incredible that the malignant tumor is causing fewer side effects.
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Hi Colleen. I do remember it being scary for me as a child but I also didn't really understand all of it. I didn't know if I was going to be "normal" again or not! I remember my nurses and how wonderful they were to me. Also my grandma was by my side almost every day at the hospital which was a couple of hours away from her house. I don't remember the procedure or pain much. The tumor I have now is benign so the side effects I have now are from my 1977 surgery for the cyst. I didn't really have any additional ones after my surgery in 2008.