my son had a non-cancer tumor [the best boat to be in] but he had the worst recovery from the surgery- he was left handed and had to become right handed he went to a infant sage after the surgery and i had to help him recover doing everything for him, he had lots of balance issues but no speach problems (gratefully)- he couldnt go up-down stairs and had 3 months of bed recovery and 3 months physical theraly for walking again. no-one really really understands what we went through and he seems to be good outside but other things have happened since the surgery....he is tired allt he time and i cant figure this out he si just 18 and goes to bed early and wakes up at a decent hour...he has not had a seziure but he has tremours (when it happens he looks like a parkensions*(sp?) patient -his head shakes uncontrolably) his personality is just off and not like he use to be uncontrolable anger sometimes....and sometimes he is normal...diferant days bring diferant things is seems and i dont know what to make of this. i feel for him cause i know this has actually taken a few years off of his life and he is playing catch-up with time but i am having a hard time finding any research on this type of tumor because its not life threatning but its serious to us....dealing with all the aftermath and finding others going through the same things has been hard. The only people i have talked to that can relate are people that say they know someone who has had a stroke....glad you guys are here you've helped me a lot! God Bless!!

Hi everyone, I am 40 years old. I had a brain tumor [meningeom] removed from the left side (front) of my head three years ago. It took me some time to recover from the common side effects after surgery. I was happy and everyone rejoice with me on my improvement. My physical appearance looks o.k but I suffer inside and some people hardly believe me. Sometimes they feel I am lazy. I still experience tiredness, imbalance (weak legs)and headache. I am a single mother of two children. Presently, I am not working because I cannot see myself coping with the care of the kids and work. I have done series of neurological tests incl. MRT and CT. Everything is normal. My doc. says my feelings are psychological.I am confused. Is he right? What do I do to overcome these? Please advise me.

Please DO tell your parents. Worrying is a parents job! no matter if you are healthy or ill. They might have the answers you are looking for since they were there when you the first operation, Im sure they were told of signs to look for. If they dont know they answers Im sure they will help you get them. PLEASE PLEASE talk to them. best of luck.

hi im 17 now and i had a brain tumor removed at the age of two.. i constantly get headaches and migranes which i understand, you cant have brain sugury without a few downers! But i am also tired all of the time, i often get weak legs and have black outs, my memory is often poor however im not struggling at school.. do you think this is to do with the tumor or not? Im not sure if i want to talk with my parents abaout it yet, because i dont want them to worry. id be really gratefull if you could reply.. Thanks, Kate x

what if the brain tumor is not yet malignant?is it still possible to the above mention can happen to the person who undergo brain tumor operation?

Hello to everyone, My friend has a brain tumor in 3rd stage,she is now 16 years old. she can't take breath properly when she get tension. Docs are said, they try to some injections and go for surgery then..... Plzz tell the what is the exact solution... is she recover from that brain tumor? I want to more suggestion for that...Plzz reply to my id too.... my id is pragneshvekariya@yahoo.com

The brain cancer symptoms tend to be the same as other illnesses. Many times, the symptoms don't immediately raise flags that alert a physician to diagnose a brain tumor. The most primary brain tumors are considered rare, although the rate of incidents is increasing. Due to the fact many of the symptoms are generalized and mirror other illnesses. The physicians or the health experts often don't evaluate patients right off the bat for brain tumors. Physicians generally rule out other, less serious conditions initially. The brain cancer symptoms depend on their size and location in the brain. http://www.biblehealth.com/

hi becky i hope your kid is better now. wish you all the luck will keep sarah in our prayers

Hi, My name is Becky and my daughter is Sarah she is 14 years old. Saturday, October 9th 2010 she was having a horrible headache. Her family doctor had actually been treating her for Migraines and the medication was just not helping. When I took her in to the E.R. the doctor asked me if she had any images done and I told her no. She ordered a CT Scan and came back to us to tell us Sarah had a mass in her Cerebellum it was about 3 cm in size. Of course I was in shock and then she told me a Neurologist would be in to see me to explain what needed to be done. Shortly after when all family was with us, Sarah had been taken down for an MRI to confirm what the CT Scan was showing and the doctor came in to confirm in fact it was a Tumor approx. 3 cm in size, he told us she would be admitted and surgery as soon as possible. Sarah was in surgery Monday October 11th 2010 to remove the Tumor. She had been in surgery a few hours and when the surgeon came out he told us he was able to get it all but did find another part that he was unable to get to and would address that later. She came out with a tube draining the fluid off her brain. The Mass was large enough to cause swelling and fluid build up which is what was causing the pain. She had the tube until Friday October 15th 2010 to install a shunt. She ended up not needing one they did a Third Ventricular Bypass which just re-routed the fluid to drain out of her brain. Now, since her surgery she is home and has double vision in both eyes but weak muscles on her left side arm and leg. Now she has a rash that started out like hives but has now taken over her top part of her body, her cheeks and she is having some headache over her left eye. She has a doctor's appointment tomorrow to see what's going on. We haven't gotten her pathology report back but her doctor is looking at Polocytic Astroytoma. I know this is a long story but has anyone got any information on this or her systems? If so please share. Thank you! Becky from Indiana

My fiance had surgery last Nov. to remove a tumor from the left side of his brain. Surgery went well, but has left him with no movement on the entire right side of his body. He needs complete assistance with getting in and out of bed, showering and any and all daily functions. He also has alot of speech difficulty. So much of what i've heard and read, it seems so many are able to back to normal life very quickly. It's been almost a yr with no improvement!