wondermom Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 My mom just met with a neurologist today and he gave her a choice of more radiation to her remaining brain met or surgery. She chose to have surgery. I wasn't there so I am not sure of the reasoning and my mom doesn't ask a lot of quesions. I know the doc said something about it being hard on the brain to keep doing radiation and since the tumor is close to the surface he thought surgery would be a good choice. She has already had WBR. He also said there could be a slight chance it would be an infection and not a tumor. What are the odds of that? I also e-mailed Dr. West but I wanted to hear from people who had this surgery too. I am very nervous about such an invasive procedure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamasbabygirl Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 What kind of surgery? For instance, my mom had stereotactic "radiosurgery" and also a full craniotomy. Find out which it is and let me/us know and I know I can definitely help with either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamasbabygirl Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Also, check your PMs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wondermom Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 I guess I don't know what they called it as I wasn't there but originally they were going to do the radiation surgery like the stereostatic you mentioned but this is surgery where they put you under and cut. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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