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I have not posted about my wife, Anne, age 72, for several months. Last June diagnosed...
consecutive MRI with no results of tumor ... About two months ago she began recovering ... She has brain fog which is frustrating
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: May 5, 2024
I chose proton beam therapy in 2018. At the time, it was explained to me the...
proton beam for young children with brain ... tumors, so it would cause the least ... amount of long term brain tissue damage ... inserted for each treatment and then removed
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Jun 4, 2023
I had a craniotomy in September of last year to remove a recurring pituitary adenoma (I'm...
craniotomy in September of last year to remove ... adenoma (I'm 60 and, other than the brain ... tumor and related pituitary issues, ... that people would be poking around my brain
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Feb 17 5:58pm
Hi Ron, I just joined Mayo Connect. My husband’s renal cancer was found when he began...
A tumor was found on his pituitary gland ... when he had an MRI of the brain. ... The kidney and tumor was removed and ... a PET scan showed tumors in the lungs ... His tumors are stable and we have been
Support Group: Kidney Cancer
Posted: Apr 9 11:47am
kbsmith, I am similar with grade 3 meningioma. 100% resected, (removed through surgery) August 2024, and...
grade 3 meningioma. 100% resected, (removed ... I found my tumor because of things I ... Immediately I had brain surgery; within ... I recovered a lot of my deficit areas ... was injured from the tumor and has
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Mar 22 12:40pm
I wish the the best of what ever you both need. I was diagnosed in 2017....
My tumor was removed from my brain and ... This passed year I have had 2 more brain ... tumors and radiation to those and a
Support Group: Cancer
Posted: Apr 8 6:45am
My tumor was about the size of a twinkie with arms constricting my small bowel in...
My tumor was about the size of a twinkie ... Oncologist who presented my case to Tumor ... team took a conservative approach and removed ... ascites as well, so a lot of fluid also drained
Hi @fhueston, I am so enjoying reading your posts here on Connect. You are a good...
You are a good writer and your humor ... As a CNS lymphoma patient who had brain ... tumors which affected my balance and ... I liked your humor when talking about ... vigilant (and incredibly wonderful) as I recovered
Support Group: Transplants
Posted: Jun 20 6:20am
I'm really sorry to hear all this is happening to you. I obviously know how much...
build up in the nerve fibers or in my brain ... injecting bovine tuberculosis into the tumors ... right lung so bad that they had to remove
Support Group: Parkinson's Disease
Posted: May 9 4:13pm
Please let us know how you are doing. Joe has been doing standard 7 weeks radiation...
tonsillectomy , neck dissection with tumor ... removal and TORS they have been able ... He gets chemo brain/ fog for a few days
In 2022 my friends brought me to the ER after I just stopped and stared with...
A brain MRI showed a pituitary tumor ... Surgical removal of the tumor is not ... understand can be caused when the tumor ... on the medial temporal lobe of the brain ... Cabergoline to hopefully shrink the tumor
I'm curious if you had past Covid infection? First of all let me say you're the...
Then started getting benign tumors in ... had eaten through the BBB, blood to brain ... Had skin removed to close area after ... removal of tumor and R radical mastoiectomy ... drastic neurological damage due to "brain
I was diagnosed with the same type of tumor in 1992. I had surgery @ Mayo...
#39;s in a location where it can be removed ... Have you heard of the American Brain ... Tumor Association? ... removed? ... Having brain surgery is serious stuff
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Apr 17 3:07pm
I would love to try the big boys (ear attachments) but I am precluded as I...
surgical procedure 10 years ago (to remove ... a brain tumor). ... heat up the metal and this can cause brain
I had a meningioma removed about 7 years ago. I had a series of 30 rad...
I had a meningioma removed about 7 years ... Brain tumor and other cancer removal
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Aug 18 1:00pm
My drains had clips on the outside of the tubing of the drain. The clips had...
the tubing of the drain. ... Reoccurrence in April so had implant removed ... flat chest 3.5 weeks ago as well as tumor ... removed and 1 sentinel node. the plastic ... Both drains removed at 2 week mark.
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Aug 2 9:28pm
Hello, your nervousness is understandable. Have you discussed this with your surgeon? Have alternatives to surgery...
Surgery is often recommended if the tumor ... meningioma experience because the tumor ... You may have a drain at the surgical ... site which will be removed the next ... Depending on tumor grade the surgeon
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: May 3 10:48am