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Should I choose to do surgery right away or wait a while?
Brain Tumor | Last Active: Feb 16 7:35am | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for your response!
Glad to heat about tour wife’s successful surgery…The surgeon is giving me 6 months to sit on it, also to find out how fast the tumor will grow. Its been a couple months since we’ve discussed it but I am seeing more changes/symptoms so I feel like if I wait and the tumor grows, I’d have more problems. But if I go thru surgery, i’m worried about the ‘what if’s’ since the tumor is pressing on the pons, putting pressure on my trigeminal nerves.
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Your age is also a consideration. If you are young-ish, waiting is a good game. But if you’re older, the impact of anesthesia could be far more troubling in 3-5 years vs now. If surgery is inevitable, I’m a sooner vs later as was my husband 10 years ago. He was 77 and opted for surgery after watching his meningioma continue to grow for 9 months. But his tumor was readily accessible, so an “easy” decision.
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Ask the neurosurgeon these questions.
My spouse asked his neurosurgeon
similar questions and his opinion on whether to wait or operate.
The NS explained all very well and gave us his opinion but left decision up to my spouse. I Agee’s with my spouse and NS to remove the tumor as it was in a safe place to access in the brain and possibilities of damage were low.
The NS can explain this based on your particular Tumor location.