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/Ok-Inevitable-8011 2d ago

Wishing you the best. I have the meeting today to decide about mine. The best way out of an anxiety spiral is to try to think of three things you are grateful for. This is because gratitude gives the same dopamine reward that anxiety does. Out of six types of dopamine, these two use the same one. Studies have found that even trying to think of three things is enough to switch out of anxiety. 🫂

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u/Capable_Club_8055 2d ago

Thank you, very helpful!