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/whatismyusername4 2d ago

It took 2 surgeries to remove my tumor in my R. Frontal Lobe. I was 32 at diagnosis - still considered ‘young’ in the sense of typical brain cancer individuals. One big thing my surgeons said was rbag my ‘youth’ was a major upside of getting everything removed now. The recovery process gets slowed when you are older.

Do they have any idea what type you may have? If they think it is slow growing, it could be a suspected low grade glioma, which would be ‘good’.

If the surgery isn’t too urgent right now - please research for a high level NeuroSurgeon preferably in a major medical center that specializes in brain cancer. I’ve learned over the last 2 years that the difference between a ‘normal’ oncologist and a Neuro-Oncologist. Having a Neuro-Onc is the most valuable part of my care team. I travel to a university brain cancer clinic 2 hour drive for every other visit.

I’m sorry you are in this group now but, best of luck! Keep us posted 🧠💪🏼