r/braintumor

I've deleted a lot of my posts on this page, maybe somebody will remember me. Maybe not but I've struggled for years. I was diagnosed in 2021 in August with a dermoid cyst. In my equilibrium. I spent the better part of 2 years stuck in bed dealing with doctors medications. Hundreds of MRIs the worst depression. No demand waking up every single day wanting to end it all and going to bed every single night. Wishing the same, I remember at one point begging to God. Praying I could go back to work one day. Have a boss that I hated and co-workers that were jerks. I just wanted to be normal again and live a normal life, all. I can tell you after several years of working hard and trying everything in my power to learn how to walk normal and talk normal. Provide for myself for the past 3 years. All on my own. I have my own house that I rent all by myself. A three-bedroom house. I have three cats and I've been paying all of my own bills this entire time. I started my own company. I'll be it. It's not successful, but it's enough that it gives me the time that I can spend only 40 hours a month. Working sometimes less and I can spend time with somebody whom I met recently and start a new family, I never thought in a million years I would ever find love again after being sick, I always figured love life would be difficult. Tell him to tell somebody about my past, alas here we are. I got the job I hated and even got a work injury 😂😂😂 dealing with workers comp and a jerk boss too!!! 😂 I got everything I wanted. I lost what I THOUGHT was the love of my life, and FOUND REAL GENUINE LOVE. Once and a lifetime love you only see in movies. She's a biologist and very interested in my health and has improved many aspects of my life physically and mentally. I've been well for a while and mental health have been amazing But after being bedridden for 2 years, I never imagined ever that I would experience this unbelievably fall of your life. Never give up. Fight your hardest fight. You have this. It will get better.

Hi friends! I have a benign 3 cm meningioma — tentiorial, right side. It has grown 50% over the past 20 years. I am 62F. It appears to be pressing on the brain stem but no major symptoms yet. Neurologist and radiation oncologist both recommended 5 cycles of cyber knife.

I’m nervous 😬 they assure me all will be a-ok 👌 any thoughts/ advice? Also stupid but what should I wear. They said it could be cold. 🥶

I am a struggling, single mom that has heart failure with a daughter who has a growing brain tumor. I’ve never reached out for help. I just don’t know what else to do.

Did it and completed the brain tumor removal done and 90% and they think it went went really well! The problem for me is that I was tired and resting but now I’m like I caught up can’t sleep at night. Def be cause I’m getting stitches out Monday and making sure it was cancer but just wide awake can’t fall asleep! Any advice would be so helpful! And thank you guys for last stuff truly helped me!

Just wondering whether this is a normal/regular occurrence or not lol
I underwent brain surgery in July, but right at the beginning of September I realized that a tiny part of a titanium plate is visible (50 days after surgery). Like there’s literally a hole in the middle of my head and the titanium plate is just casually visible inside it, which I thought was very bizarre.

So anyways we contacted my neurosurgeon and found out that this is in fact, not okay. So I had to undergo a short surgical procedure in the emergency OR. He removed the titanium plate and placed another one instead in order to avoid an infection and a whole bunch of other issues.

Has anyone experienced this? Genuinely curious