Brain Tumors 101: Meningioma Brain Tumors

[@jkjobies]

They say a clever man can make a complex issue easy for the ordinary layman to understand. You did it Doctor! Such a fantastic explanation! Thank you.

[@DougKremer]

Foramen magnum meningioma survivor here. Great info.

[@indie8189]

I just diagnosed the exact same problem… very worried 😢

[@wickedqueenamanda]

Thank you for this video. We thought my mom was having onset dementia. She had short term memory loss, forgot to do simple things like combing her hair and brushing her teeth. She just wasn't herself so we were trying to talk her into going to the doctor. Her symptoms were slowly getting worse. The blacked out in the bathroom 4 days ago and hit her head. The emergency room did CT scans and showed a 6cm mass on her right frontal lobe pushing her brain. They did mri to confirm. She is in the hospital as I write this and is scheduled for surgery in 2 days. The neurosurgeon said he believes it is a meningioma.

[@BrainCancerorg]

wickedqueenamanda Thank you for sharing your mom's story. Please let us know how surgery goes and how she is doing!

[@mattscott6591]

How did everything go?

[@neutron9185]

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[@Foundingmother1]

I had headaches every morning for 30 years and was diagnosed from a CAT scan that showed a meningioma.

[@libbyschaefer7745]

very helpful thank you! Appreciate your time and teaching!

[@nadirollo]

For future watchers, a little bit of hope (I can tell I really need it when I was diagnosed): 6x6x6cm grade 2 meningioma in the frontal top left side, fully removed 4 years ago. No symptoms, no side effects. 100% normal life after the 3rd month after surgery. No recurrence so far. From the UK, the team that managed my case: Dr. Kevin O'Neil & team. I will always be in debt!

[@akshaypawar9248]

that's really great you are a warrior, may God bless you with long and healthy life.

[@ginobragoli1448]

Imperial college London?

[@9tribemama827]

This was a great watch for me, thank you. You have really explained all of the issues I have with my tumour. I am so very thankful. Sending my kindest regards Claire xxx

[@LisaCampbell-de5hx]

In January of 2023 Drs found, by chance, a massive meningioma pressing on my frontal lobe. I was life flighted to Shands Neurological Hospital, died twice in the helicopter, for emergency brain surgery. They couldn't get all of it.

[@JeannyWantschange]

Bless you for info❤

[@BrittanyKalesnikoff]

Very insightful thank you

[@danica9237]

I had a frontal lobe meningioma. I can’t smell at all through my right nostril. I’m so thankful it’s preserved on my left. Thank you for the lecture!

[@mattscott6591]

Did you have to have radiation in combination with the surgery? Also how long has it been since your surgery? How you feeling

[@danica9237]

@@mattscott6591 yes. I had a craniotomy 12 days after diagnosis and my follow up mri showed the tumor was the same size as before surgery. So I did 30 days of intensity modulated radiation therapy.

[@mattscott6591]

@@danica9237 wow! So your tumor regrew that fast? I also had a frontal lobe meningioma like 6cm. So far no growth, my 3 month scan showed a small cyst. How long ago was your surgery and did you have a lot of pressure in the spot the tumor was? When I stand up I get bad head rushes

[@danica9237]

@@mattscott6591 no it didn’t actually grow. Pathology showed zero cells in mitosis so I have the slowest growing tumor however I had sever edema which complicated things so my surgeon was not able to safely perform the extraction. It was very discouraging. Surgery was November 6, 2019

[@danica9237]

@@mattscott6591 I was seeing black spots but occasionally I’d feel pressure near my ear. My optometrist caught it.

[@peggyorr3199]

Would having multiple meningiomas indicate they are atypical?

[@karenmagtotolasvegasusa8039]

i had 2 craniotomy, cyberknife , now i'm getting radiation therapy , i lost my eyesight, you're actually accurate about everything you said

[@akshaypawar9248]

hope you are doing good. why 2 craniotomy? because of recurrance?

[@bridgetap4839]

Is there a link between a meningioma and ivf drug treatment ?

[@LiLi-ne2hj]

I’m thinking the same thing.

[@LiLi-ne2hj]

I happened to have mri scan immediately after I had multiple ivf treatments. It was clear. 10 years on, an MRI scan showed a 15mm menigoma

[@beatanegumbo5828]

Would say the same. I did IVF and was diagnosed with meningioma after.

[@psychicmediumtree8743]

Good info.

[@tirusenumariye3541]

What a wonderful doctor he is. I love the way he explained the. I am recently diagnosed as incidental. mine is cavernous sinus 2.5 x 1.7 cm . Thank you so much for great explanation. It helped me.

[@nhoj5784]

I have had been diagnosed with meningioma , but the doctors want a 2nd option to ensure if it was benign and the doctors told me that my meningioma maybe the cause of why im having seizures

[@Man_in_a_Gucci_Suit]

Hello everyone in the comments my mom had a benign brain tumor removed by Arthur Day on her STEM Arthur Day In houston Texas at memorial Hermann! Idk if he does a lot of cancerous tumors but use this guy

[@JohnMyatt-ko5rz]

Ozone ear insufflation ?

[@dorothydolly1088]

Stay blessed 🙏 always

[@lifegood8157]

Eastside Lancaster California

[@bobbym7159]

What would you suggest for a 76-year old woman with 2cm big olfactory groove meningioma with traces of calcification? Thanks!

[@annmarieyap9009]

Does anyone knows what side effects will one get after the surgery? Will one have to be on a wheelchair for life after the surgery? Mine is pressing on the optic chaism and currently it's affecting my left vision and slightly on the right also. I'm so afraid of going for the surgery.

[@mcdijkhuizen941]

Can you please tell me what the best approach is when the tumor has the size of a golfbal and sits between/above the eyes and there is notice of calcification and there are a lot of psychological problems. I have had big time depressions over the last two years and I'm still struggling because I lost a great deal of my capabilities. I went to a psychologist. My tumor was seen by accident because of having had a TIA I have had a scan. My psychologist tells my that lots of my psychological problems are due to the tumor. Can you believe how confusing things are Wright now. Please tell me if this is possible and if it would be better to take the tumor out?

[@monicachilds6882]

Mine was 5cm by 6cm on the olfactory groove. I lost my sense of smell after they removed it. Definitely caused lots of problems being there. Large amounts of swelling and pressure with it.

[@mattscott6591]

Was yours a grade 1 ? I had a grade 2 removed and they want to start radiation right away as like a preventive measure. Did you have to receive radiation?

[@colleenbattensabala1128]

What size is considered large or small. I was missed diagnosed in 2014. My mengioma was at a 1.0 and a 1.5 and now it is at a 2.0 and a 2.2. They found due to accident

[@sheshe4517]

Hi Colleen sorry who is your doctor? Or the hospital. I had an accident and now meningioma.

[@colleenbattensabala1128]

@@sheshe4517 I go to Methodist hospital in Houston. I see Dr Andrew G. Lee. For my Neurologist ophthalmologist, I see Dr, Mohammad Obadah Nakawah for Neurologist, and neurosurgery, Yi. Jonathan Zhang. They are amazing. I call them the dream team. I had a partial resection. Went from a walnut And now my tumor is the size of a blueberry. I can due gamma knife surgery/radiation to make it a pea size.. but it’s stable so I opt to leave it alone. And all of my people/ doctors agree.

[@sheshe4517]

@@colleenbattensabala1128 Thank you such Colleen

[@sheshe4517]

@@colleenbattensabala1128 I am glad it is stable. Work on gut health aslo that I have been reading.

[@midnightdew]

@@colleenbattensabala1128 is is cancer?

[@annetteminett8500]

Surgery ‘not worth it’ for 80 or 90yr olds……..

[@katsato3118]

I think neurosurgeons tend to not have the best layman verbiage. From my reading they say that post 7th decade anesthesia alone can be the end of an older person, and that I've seen. They also have a much more difficult time with recovery and rehabilitation. That said I believe he meant the risks would be paramount and not outweigh the benefit. I don't think he was saying older people themselves are not worth it.

[@lindadugre2838]

If I was in my mid 80s to 90s (I'm 73) I would say Let It Be, Let It Be. Not worth the risk, the caretaking and the rehab