ANA Discussion Forum
AN Community => AN Community => Topic started by: trishy222 on November 25, 2014, 11:14:11 pm
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I was diagnosed with lung cancer after a CT showed a tumor in my head. The tumor was diagnosed as an acoustic neuroma and I had gamma knife procedure done. The fact that I had lung cancer which had spread to my lymph nodes of course it is really hard to not be afraid that the tumor is actually a metastic tumor from the lung.
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I do n't think they should call AN a 'tumor'.It's to generic Of a term.
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trishy222, I was diagnosed with kidney cancer six months after I had my AN removed and worried that there was some kind of connection between the two tumors, which there wasn't. I am not a doctor, but as I understand it, by definition, an acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor. You should talk to your doctors. Hopefully, they will be able to relieve your mind.
staypoz
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Thank you for your posts. I have talked with several doctors. I have to remember to not worry but to put my faith in God. I think the "unknown" is the factor here, not having it removed I am told by my Neurologist that there is no way to know if in fact it was cancer or not without a biopsy. I will have to just accept that.