Brain Tumor Symptoms

Interesting and it depends on where the brain tumor is, but the maths symptom is something worth considering

clipped from www.dadsbraintumor.com depth perception ( a bit scary when he was driving) Shaking of the left hand an inability to process simple maths problems dragging of the left leg a problem with his right eye, focus and peripheral vision and in the end, no balance. I would like to draw your attention  to the Maths Problem,  I have since heard of two other people that had a brain tumor.  Their tumors were in different parts of the brain.  However they both had the same issues with simple problem solving.  This stands out to us now as about 12 months before my Dad was diagnosed he was covering a deck.  The deck was a rectangle and he could not figure out how to calculate the area of shade cloth he would need.  He KNEW he should be able to do it, but just could not figure out HOW to do it.   (length by breadth)  This from a person that had never had any issues with this type of problem in the past.  We put it down to getting old.  but now we know why.

video library

this is a great site with heaps and heaps of video information on brain tumors.

I really suggest you get to this site and have a look.

there is videos on treatment, surviving, nutrition, experimental treatments etc.



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brain tumor treatment options

this is a very very interesting article on treating brain tumors.

when we heard the news
"there is nothing more we can do"

we went looking for options, after all what have we got to loose.

A huge video library of brain tumor options

Video library, there is heaps and heaps of information here on brain tumors treatments and a whole heap of other stuff.

If you looking for brain tumor info check this out.



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Brain Tumor Questions to Ask

Brain Tumor questions to ask.


What You Need To Know About™ Brain Tumors - National Cancer Institute

A person who needs a biopsy may want to ask the doctor the following questions:

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Why do I need a biopsy? How will the biopsy affect my treatment plan?
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What kind of biopsy will I have?
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How long will it take? Will I be awake? Will it hurt?
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What are the chances of infection or bleeding after the biopsy? Are there any other risks?
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How soon will I know the results?
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If I do have a brain tumor, who will talk to me about treatment? When?

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brain tumor symptoms from my point of view

I look back now and can see all the classic brain tumor symptoms of my dad.
It is sad that we did not know what to look for earlier, other wise we may have done a little more about investigating his symptoms.

His symptoms were typical of brain tumors, but were attributed to getting older.
shaking hand
dragging the left leg
slight vision imparment
maths or problem solving ability affected
he also said an odd thing or two.

etc.
the thing was he had a CT scan at a check up and it showed no problems. we later found out that he should have had a contrasting CT scan, and should have had a different doctor. the one we had was not qualified to read contrasting CT scans.

Maybe if we had known all this prior we we have invested more time into finding things out. my mother suspected problems for over a year, but the checkup came back OK. now we know we should have pushed for an MRI or a contrasting CT scan.

amazing brain tumor surgery

Surgery with a smile: wide-awake brain surgery

If he's awake and I keep taking tumor out and he keeps moving and he's fine, I can keep pushing the resection," Dr. Mintz explained before the surgery. The goal: excise more than 90 percent of Mr. Dubovich's cancer, called a glioblastoma, because studies indicate that can lengthen survival time.

"We know we can't remove the entire tumor," the surgeon said. "At some point, we have to stop because the tumor is intermingled with normal brain matter."

Imagine the brain is the white paint in a bucket, and the tumor is a glob of red paint dropped into it, Dr. Mintz said. There are very red areas that could be scooped out, but then some pinky-white parts, whitey-pink parts and then white.

"As you get into that whitey-pink area, you're taking more brain than tumor," he said, and that could unacceptably impair the patient's function.