Experiences with

Neurosurgery

Anybody else being diagnosed with cerebellar degeneration following acoustic neuroma neurosurgery? Had neurosurgery in 2018 and already some 9-10 months following surgery and rehab, my balance started worsening.

Being told you, or your loved one, needs to have surgery for their brain tumour can be a worrying time, which we know many of our community face. Help us ensure that patients and their loved ones are provided with the best information and care during treatment by sharing you experience through our Improving

hello,I am awaiting neurosurgery for multiple extruded discs in my lumbar and sacral spine. My pain has not been controlled on oral opiates, gabapentin, and muscle relaxers.

Now I am urgently transferred to a hospital that can perform neurosurgery and I have a drain fitted to drain the blood that is merrily compressing my brain. I was discharged from care a few weeks later and am feeling much better, but it is safe to say to that life is not perfect.

The research team, led by Professor Kim Joo-pyung of Neurosurgery at CBMC, administered three different doses of cells to 15 patients accompanied by a 12-month follow-up under the age of 70.

Hi Everyone, This site has been a great comfort and source of knowledge for me. I'm travelling down a difficult road. I've had a brain tumour/brain surgery. My mother has severe dementia. My father was diagnosed with PC in 2018. He had prostate removed in 2019, but cancer had already spread outside prostate

I am going to see an specialist next Monday and the clinic I have to go to is Neurosurgery - General Cranial does this automatically mean they are going to suggest surgery

I’ve gotten a tbi and had to get brain surgery craniectomyfor it. It’s been a while now and I could say I feel ok but I’m curious to know the average number of ct scans given for tbi brain surgery.? anyone know?

Just met with my regular hematologist for a follow up. The CBC looks good, with HCT dropping a bit more to 43.0%. All the other numbers look good. We will carry on with the current plan, Besremi 150mcg and monitor labs every 8 weeks. I am very pleased that the three more doses of Besremi + a single

I have been horrifically plagued by MDD for over a decade. In my journey I have tried literally every therapy and intervention possible including multiple medications, every psychotherapy possible, residential treatment programs, partial hospitalization plans, intensive outreach programs, TMS, ECT, ketamine

I leave here a copy of a reflextion i posted on my FB Sorry for the english, i'm not a native speaker "January 13, 2023 Exactly 2 years ago today my life changed radically. Exactly 2 years ago today I was in the city of Solothurn, in central Switzerland, undergoing an innovative surgery, in the

Hi there I have epilepsy and have had brain surgery anyone else been threw this. Memory got worse after this lost my job etc.

2 years since my injury and I'm starting to realise the person I was isn't around anymore, and I'm not sure what to do about it. I contstantly think that as I seem OK to people I should just shut up and get on with it, people have a lot worse outcomes than me and I should just be greatful to be getting

Hello everyone. I have today taken my first CoQ10 after being told that it's a good thing to take when suffering aches, pains, weakness. I am happy to try anything that might help. I don't know if my constant aches, pains, weakness and stiffness are down to my age, my brain surgery, my stroke...

DBS Surgery #2 by Gary Turchin On Nov 12, 2020, a good eight months into the pandemic, I found myself checking in to Kaiser Hospital, Redwood City, for brain surgery. I arrived at the hospital in terrible pain. I had stopped taking my medications for Parkinson

Hello friends! It's been a long time since I've posted. It's hard to keep up with my dad's health on my end.. we've had so many close calls that his prostate cancer has felt like a bump on the head compared to all the rest of his concerns! So, to bring everyone up to speed as quickly as I can, dad

Reading through many posts of those who’ve suffered a TBI rehab is frequently mentioned. I was offered no rehab or OT and had to self-refer to Headway. I have no fine motor skills in my left hand since brain surgery and it is much weaker than my right. Thankfully I have a wonderful partner who is so

. ----------- Professor Tom Foltynie is Professor of Neurology in the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Neurology and Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London.

Viviane Tabar, Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Additional Neurology sites were added at the University of California, Irvine, under the guidance of Dr. Claire Henchcliffe, M.D., D.Phil., F.A.A.N., F.A.N.A.

I've had brain cancer twice. My last brain surgery was 5 years ago and last chemo 3. Since then, I have lost my over 7 year relation due to the cancer, my independence, identity, financial stability. All my grandparents passed during the beginning of the pandemic and my dad died 1 month ago. I'm struggling