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Little Dad update — We are now 15 months post diagnosis and craniotomy, radiotherapy and chemo....
dad had a review, he’s had a small tumor ... advised he have another craniotomy to remove ... area, which it is on the top of the brain
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Aug 7, 2025
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, 2025
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
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, 2025
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
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, 2025
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, 2025
Thank you Kim. Your encouragement is a timely blessing. last week my wife's mother passed and...
days and postponed the surgery to remove ... the tumor in her elbow. ... as it turned out the plasma cytoma tumor ... The first cytoma was in 2013-brain tumor
Support Group: Caregivers
Posted: Apr 22, 2025
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, 2025
Hello. I was diagnosed with High Grade Bladder Cancer in January of 2025. It was noninvasive,...
high grade because there were several tumors ... was very young for this, and it was removed ... After 90 minutes it was drained, the
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, 2025
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, 2025
You are truly a brain tumor warrior! I am 65, was 63 when my brain tumor...
You are truly a brain tumor warrior! ... I am 65, was 63 when my brain tumor ... It took me a lot longer to recover.
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Mar 22, 2025
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, 2025
My mom was diagnosed w/ grade-IV ("lemon-sized?") glioblastoma at age 72 in 2009, and passed away...
in a region of the brain known as & ... performed her biopsy was not able to remove ... much tumor, but he also picked away ... new-mrilaser-probe-may-help-pinpoint-kill-brain-tumors ... new-minimally-invasive-mri-guided-laser-treatment-brain-tumor-found-be-promising-study
Support Group: Caregivers
Posted: Feb 26, 2025
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, 2025