Everything about my Meningioma Surgery

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How to Choose a Hospital for your Cancer Treatment

When you are tasked with choosing a hospital for your cancer treatment, my advice is to weigh your options and narrow it down to your top...

Cranial Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak Post Craniotomy

I’m sure there are a slew of nasty complications that can arise after a craniotomy but I’m not a doctor and I can only speak from my own...

What is a Craniotomy?

My surgeon cut an incision in my scalp from the middle of my forehead head, right behind my hairline, down behind my ear. He cut out a piece

F.E.A.R

False-Evidence-Appearing-Real. Dealing with FEAR after a cancer diagnosis, during cancer treatment and during recovery.

Things You Can Expect After Brain Surgery

I was really disappointed by the lack of information out there about what it was like to recover from brain surgery, specifically a...

14 Things You Should Do Before Brain Surgery

I had the best doctors, and I adore them all, but when I asked what I should do to prepare for my craniotomy, with my pen and paper in...

Cancer During COVID

A blog post about a woman's meningioma diagnosis and preparing for a craniotomy during COVID

Meningioma - Prognosis & Treatment

I was diagnosed with a Meningioma - these were my treatments options...

Why a blog about brain tumors?!?!

A woman's story about her malignant Meningioma Cancer diagnosis, treatments, and recovery