Brain Tumor

[katrina]

Wow.... Question: Has anyone on here ever had a brain tumor, or known anyone with a brain tumor? Please tell me what happened.

~ Katrina

[C.Thep]

My friend's dog had one. It died.

[jaxadam]

Originally Posted by katrina

Wow.... Question: Has anyone on here ever had a brain tumor, or known anyone with a brain tumor? Please tell me what happened.

~ Katrina

I have a friend who's mom had one. She had surgery and is now fine (and this was like 6 years ago).

[mi2tom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_tumor

[IbanezGirl]

My grandfather had a brain tumour. He only lasted 6 months from the time of diagnosis. It was not a very pleasant time for the family, as we looked after him at home, and that's were he passed away.
He went from a very sporty person to someone who had lost ALOT of weight and looked like a skeleton. He had lost all motor functions, memory of anyone or anything, stopped eating, and on ALOT of morphine.

Don't mean to scare you Katrina, as the above was a worst case scenario.
It really does depend on the type of tumour. Alot of brain tumors can be non cancerous. Also, alot depends on it's location and whether it's something that can be operated on or treated.

[kirk]

My friend Jeff just had a tumor removed over the summer. By removing it, it relieved a number of medical problems that he was having. He's back to full duty now, and the only sign that there was ever a problem is his "zipper." The zipper is the scar on the back of his head where they entered to perform the operation.

[katrina]

Originally Posted by jaxadam

I have a friend who's mom had one. She had surgery and is now fine (and this was like 6 years ago).

That's good!!!!!

~ Katrina

[crevis]

Originally Posted by IbanezGirl

My grandfather had a brain tumour. He only lasted 6 months from the time of diagnosis. It was not a very pleasant time for the family, as we looked after him at home, and that's were he passed away.
He went from a very sporty person to someone who had lost ALOT of weight and looked like a skeleton. He had lost all motor functions, memory of anyone or anything, stopped eating, and on ALOT of morphine.

Don't mean to scare you Katrina, as the above was a worst case scenario.
It really does depend on the type of tumour. Alot of brain tumors can be non cancerous. Also, alot depends on it's location and whether it's something that can be operated on or treated.

Thats sad ibanezgirl, My nan died in similar curcumstances a couple of months ago, Its hard when the're so full of life and then all of a sudden they deteriate like that. My grandads getting really sick just now too, im going down there at the end of the month and it might be the last time i see him alive.

[C.Thep]

Katrina, why do you ask?

[TongueShredder]

Never had Brain Tumor. But I had a Brain Freeze once from drinking too much Slurpee. It felt just as bad....

[Lefty Robb]

Originally Posted by C.Thep

Katrina, why do you ask?

Yeah, I was gonna ask that too, this seems to be a bit bothersome to me since its not a question most people would ask...

[pawel]

Originally Posted by TongueShredder

Never had Brain Tumor. But I had a Brain Freeze once from drinking too much Slurpee. It felt just as bad....

I'd think that flippant comments like this might be somewhat out of place if, say, someone close to Katrina had it and she was looking for some advice and consolation.

That said, it would be good if we knew why she's asking that, so we know how to approach it.

[crevis]

Originally Posted by pawel

I'd think that flippant comments like this might be somewhat out of place if, say, someone close to Katrina had it and she was looking for some advice and consolation.

That said, it would be good if we knew why she's asking that, so we know how to approach it.

Depending on the reason, the question itself might have been out of place.

[TongueShredder]

Originally Posted by pawel

I'd think that flippant comments like this might be somewhat out of place if, say, someone close to Katrina had it and she was looking for some advice and consolation.

That said, it would be good if we knew why she's asking that, so we know how to approach it.

I think I would have been really insensitive if the question was posted as "Question: Doctor told me I have a brain tumor...........". Anyway, my answer was not meant to be funny because Brain Freeze is actually quite painful.

[markg5150]

Katrina - you are not going to find the answer to that question from us.

Some people wll get better, some people will die. There are too many variables that will affect somebody diagnosed with a brain tumor for anybody other than that persons doctor to give any info