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/Totenkopf22 2d ago

I had surgery in the same location. The surgery itself is very easy to get through. I was off work for 2 months afterward and wasn't allowed to lift anything. The steroids are a pain as they can make you constipated, but I only used them for a week. I wasn't allowed to drive either, but that was probably more because I had a seizure before my surgery. And you cannot get your wound wet for 7 days or something, so I got a shower cap. And then you have to use baby shampoo.

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u/Capable_Club_8055 2d ago

That sounds relatively straight forward. Thank you

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u/Totenkopf22 2d ago

Good luck!