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Pre-Treatment Options => Pre-Treatment Options => Topic started by: lisab66 on August 17, 2016, 11:25:37 am

Title: MRI results
Post by: lisab66 on August 17, 2016, 11:25:37 am

So my MRI results came today. My tumor is 2.3 x 1.8 x 2.0 and I probably shouldn't have read the findings. Obviously I don't understand everything, but freaked me out reading about all the parts being effected by the tumor :-(

Title: Re: MRI results
Post by: keithmac on August 18, 2016, 06:59:28 am

Quote from: lisab66 on August 17, 2016, 11:25:37 am

So my MRI results came today. My tumor is 2.3 x 1.8 x 2.0 and I probably shouldn't have read the findings. Obviously I don't understand everything, but freaked me out reading about all the parts being effected by the tumor :-(

You need the expertise of specialists to interpret the significance of your results and explain things for you.  It's a shame you appear to have seen them in isolation or perhaps you actually have been consulted and had everything explained?

Title: Re: MRI results
Post by: lisab66 on August 18, 2016, 12:23:16 pm

I have already seen the surgeons and my surgery is scheduled. Reading the results was more anxiety provoking than talking to the surgeon.

Title: Re: MRI results
Post by: Jet747 on August 23, 2016, 07:31:50 pm

lisabb66,

Even a year away from my surgery I can still really empathize with you as it relates to that initial shock from the AN diagnosis.  Disbelief. What is it?  The word tumor.  Brain surgery.  Etc Etc...

I can tell you that I had a very positive outcome thus far and believe you can too!

I wish you the very best outcomes on your journey!!!

https://www.anausa.org/smf/index.php?topic=21969.0

Title: Re: MRI results
Post by: WhatnotGems on August 25, 2016, 06:33:25 pm

size is only one factor of tumor removal the second is position, listen to your surgeon.