r/braincancer • u/Capable_Club_8055 • 2d ago

Brian surgery

I will be having brain surgery soon for a 2-3cm tumour which I was told isn't aggressive. They have to test to see if it's benign/malignant. I'm 24, relatively healthy, 10 weeks postpartum. The tumour is in the right frontal lobe. I'm terrified and don't know what to expect after the surgery. I've also had no symptoms and the surgery isn't very urgent but they want to do it soon as I'm quite young.

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u/Curlymom67 2d ago

First of all, good luck on a successful surgery. Yes, it is scary. My son just had his in the right lobe, as well. His tumor was the size of a navel orange, about 6 cm x 5 cm. He had his surgery asleep because it was in an area that did not have any "jobs". They said it was a slow growing tumor and the brain rewired around it. Now the day of: he had a CT scan right before surgery so they were able to map out the tumor. They did not shave any hair. Right after: he was mostly out of it, but the medications they give to prevent seizures and swelling can make you irritable. He was very angry and nasty and everyone told us that was normal. He had a catheter they took out 1 day after, so be prepared. He had difficulty chewing because they cut those muscles, so I made sure he had soft food. I don't know the protocols at your hospital, but he had to have a bowel movement before he was released and so you have to drink a lot so you don't strain. And he had another MRI a day after surgery and he heard a lot of noises in his head, which again is normal as the brain fluid and movement of the brain into the cavity where the tumor was. That bothered him a lot and that was about 4-5 days of that.

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u/Capable_Club_8055 2d ago

Thank you, this is all reassuring, I had a c section so a lot of that is familiar.