http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/ Meningioma Support and Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:21:29 GMT zo8166 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7231 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7231 Hello Meningioma friends, Time to time i come accros some interesting articales on the internet, here is one I'd like to share. "Interestingly, these Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:03:03 GMT Meg Kolodick http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7230 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7230 Judy,    I would like to second Norma's words also.Being new to this, and not having spoken to your surgeons yet, are impacting your emotions, and naturally Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:29:48 GMT sylvano CERNIGLIA http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7229 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7229 My "M" right infra tempra fossa 2 CM could have been there for years. It was not causing any symptoms and would not have been found if I didnt have a cat scan Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:18:29 GMT Norma Stephens http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7228 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7228 Hey Judy! Welcome! Just take a deep breath and relax. Don't panic. That makes the whole nervous system work overtime and your body reacts with twitches and Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:54:54 GMT sylvano CERNIGLIA http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7227 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7227 Well to start with with You are in the right place. There is no need to panic at this stage. The people in this room will give an honest information. My "M" Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:46 GMT Judy Houbre http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7226 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7226 Hi all, I am new to this group and just was diagnoesed with a 6mm meningioma on my 5th cranial nerve it started with a twitch in my lip my GP said it was Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:30:48 GMT Meg Kolodick http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7225 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7225 Hello Annette,    6 years is a terribly long time to be in so much pain! What have your doctors done to try to find a cause for it? I was having severe pain Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:03:56 GMT annetteh http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7224 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7224 I have it too. My docs (after 6 years of this) just told me there are no good options left for my TN. They say even morphne type drugs won't help this type Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:41:52 GMT meg_kolodick http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7223 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7223 I am on gabapentin and Tylenol. My primary doc is pretty conservative and since gabapentin has the fewest side effects, left me on it. I really don't think it Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:24:09 GMT Kathy Adamcio http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7222 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7222 Hi I had my last surgery in 2002 and i am left with trigemial neuropathy and i would not wish it on my ex husband HA! HA! [we need a little humor].But Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:09:39 GMT Susie McAllister http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7221 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7221 Does anyone have nerve pain in their legs?  My tumor was on the right side, with left side weakness as a symptom.  Ever since the surgery last November, I Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:07:54 GMT wvmtlady http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7220 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7220 Welcome Meg!! I sure hope they have found a med that will keep you pain- free! There is nothing quite like nerve pain. Are you on Neurotin or Gabapentin? All Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:42:18 GMT meg_kolodick http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7219 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7219 Thankyou for admitting me to this group. I had surgery to remove a meningioma that was compressing my 5th cranial nerve, that runs across the upper jaw. I Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:08:59 GMT Kathy Boglarski http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7218 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7218 I had a craniotomy in June 2005. They were not able to remove the whole tumor so I had Gamma Knife in August 2005. There was regrowth in 2008 so I had Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:35:03 GMT Dennis/Jane Arnholt http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7217 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/meningioma/message/7217 Thanks Tanja, and I am glad you are doing better ! Jane [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]