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I had 6 meningioma tumors, 2 surgeries, cyber-knife radiation, and perhaps gamma knife radiation in the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/88513/

Discussion: I've survived three brain tumors, one treated with cyberknife

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Sep 27, 2016

thanks for the referral to meningioma mommas -- definitely will check it out -- in 2009...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/94464/

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

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Aug 31, 2016

I have a large supposedly benign meningioma that is frontal lobe size betwwen golf ball and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/94461/

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

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Jun 24, 2016

Hi I also have a calcified extra-axial meningioma overlapping the left frontal lobemeasuring 8mm. This was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1243228/

Discussion: Questions: Anyone have a calcified meningioma on left frontal?

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Feb 22 6:05pm

Hello @pam1954, about 4 years ago, I learned through an MRI that I had a very...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/739112/

Discussion: Diagnosed with Meningioma

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Aug 19, 2022

Hi. Welcome to the forum. This is an exceptional virtual venue for anyone with medical problems....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/919280/

Discussion: Proton radiation for atypical meningioma close to optic nerve

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Aug 26, 2023

Eight years ago I had a meningioma which bled ( they usually don’t) and I underwent...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1197317/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Dec 26, 2024

Unbelievable to me what a month has meant since my message above of exactly one month...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1183449/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Dec 2, 2024

Congratulations on getting the surgery done and the tumor removed! I had a similar operation at...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1183295/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Dec 2, 2024

verdescape: Congratulations on the successful removal of all the meningioma even though it was located around...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1182734/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Dec 1, 2024

To MKoch My doctors consulted with a team. It was determined to wait 6 months and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1180392/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Nov 26, 2024

I was diagnosed with a 6cm meningioma of the cavernous sinus in April, 2024. It is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1179976/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Nov 25, 2024

I have a M overlying the anterior left temporal lobe measuring 3.6x 2.7 cm. I sought...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1177475/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Nov 21, 2024

Exactly. I just had surgery Oct 23 to remove a 4.2cm x 2.8cm meningioma at Mayo...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1168574/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Nov 5, 2024

Julie: By "outside" of your brain I am assuming the tumor is in your meninges, which...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1211423/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Jan 14 2:20pm

Like at least someone else mentioned, I wouldn’t wait to have it attended to, particularly if...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1217207/

Discussion: Diagnosed with Meningioma: Worried about another seizure

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Jan 20 8:42am

Hi, I just found out two weeks ago that I have a meningioma on my right...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1067790/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: May 14, 2024

Robin, you asked "I am 59 years old and the surgeon has told me I will...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/184146/

Discussion: Watching a Meningioma Brain Tumor

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Feb 8, 2018

Yes, it’s a difficult situation. What to do in these things is not always easy to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1238937/

Discussion: Craniotomy is 2/21/2025. Could use some encouraging words.

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Feb 17 8:56am

I had one in April 2022. I understand every person’s results are different. Benign meningioma was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1005552/

Discussion: Meningioma: Anyone else? I'm frightened

Support Group: Brain Tumor

Posted: Jan 28, 2024