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Thank you for this info. My meningioma is size of 1/2 of a peanut. Right falx...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/94471/

Discussion: Meningioma - I'm scared to watch and wait

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Feb 5, 2017

I suppose they left the 2% so that they didn't mess with your facial nerves which...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/84279/

Discussion: Anyone else diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a benign brain tumor?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Nov 7, 2016

Another detailed and thoughtful response! I agree they should give us all options, and inform us...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1211333/

Discussion: Cyberknife surgery for Meniogima side effects?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: 3 days ago

Hello @jmotte12 and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I thought you may find this article interesting....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/791497/

Discussion: Has anyone had Gamma Knife for a glomus jugulare benign tumor?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 2, 2023

Hello @vickid117 and welcome to Mayo Connect! First, let me express my sympathies to you on...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/84447/

Discussion: Anyone else diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a benign brain tumor?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Aug 23, 2018

Kia ora and welcome to Connect, @fleurnz. We have several New Zealanders sharing here on Connect...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/116385/

Discussion: Anyone have multiple meningioma brain tumors?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Mar 16, 2018

Nancy, thanks for your note. Unfortunately for a Gamma Knife treatment my tumor is too big......

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/184149/

Discussion: Watching a Meningioma Brain Tumor

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Feb 9, 2018

Hi Erika, I had my appointment with the neurosurgeon last week and he told me the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/322570/

Discussion: Meningioma showing signs of re-growth

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Nov 20, 2020

My June 2021 MRI showed my “persistent” tumor. My neurologist brought it before the Gamma knife...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/627766/

Discussion: Any Optic Nerve Meningioma Patients Who've Had Surgery?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Aug 19, 2021

I had surgery in 2005 to remove a large meningioma and followup Gamma Knife radiation in...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/245981/

Discussion: Left Frontal Meningioma surgery recovery

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Mar 13, 2020

Hi @colleenyoung, unfortunately, I have. Last October I was incidentally diagnosed with a 2.5cm meningioma behind...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1202355/

Discussion: Watching a Meningioma Brain Tumor

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Jan 2 10:23am

The location of my left optic nerve meningioma is pressing on my nerve. There is nothing...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/185900/

Discussion: Any Optic Nerve Meningioma Patients Who've Had Surgery?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Feb 20, 2018

Yes, I have NF2, but so far I have only had the bilateral Vestibular Schwannomas. Not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/84691/

Discussion: Anyone else diagnosed with acoustic neuroma, a benign brain tumor?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Apr 22, 2020

Hi @cacoon6, I'm tagging @indianascott on this discussion. Like you, he and his wife traveled from...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/269630/

Discussion: New pt appt in Minn soon for meningioma (or 2?) and Rathke Cleft Cyst

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Jul 27, 2019

I know it can be scary hearing the words brain tumor. I found out 2019 due...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1186796/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Dec 8, 2024

@julieannarcand Sorry to hear you have this cavernous sinus meningioma. Mine did not wrap around the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/254865/

Discussion: Cavernous sinus meningioma

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Mar 14, 2019

Hello came across your post regarding Meningiomas. I was diagnosed with falcine meningioma in 2019 (double...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1185885/

Discussion: Cavernous sinus meningioma

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Dec 6, 2024

In 2019 I had a Gamma knife procedure done at Mayo for my menginoma that had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/841450/

Discussion: Choosing how to handle a regrowth of a meningioma gamma knife/surgery

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Apr 11, 2023

Hope it continues to shrink. You may have Trigeminal Neuralgia which is one of the Largest...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/254886/

Discussion: Cavernous sinus meningioma

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Jul 23, 2020

I had a right frontal lobe meningioma in 2001. Because of the size of mine (5cm,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/184246/

Discussion: Watching a Meningioma Brain Tumor

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Oct 25, 2019

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