Partial recovery from meningioma brain surgery takes between 2 weeks to 4 weeks and full recovery from meningioma brain surgery takes 6 weeks to 12 weeks.
After meningioma surgery you can drive as soon as 6 months after the surgery as long as you are not having any seizures.
The meningioma surgery takes between 3 hours to 5 hours in most cases although in some cases meningioma surgery can take as long as 5 hours to 7 hours.
The success rate of meningioma removal surgery is 95 percent.
You can live a normal life after meningioma surgery and you should also remain vigilant with regular brain imaging.
Nearly half of surgically removed meningiomas have come back after 20 years so that is why you need to have regular imaging and monitorning after the meningioma surgery.
You should have a meningioma removed if it presses against your brain or spinal cord but most meningiomas do not need to be removed.
Not all meningiomas are removed and many meningiomas do not need removed or treated unless they press against your spinal cord or brain then surgery may be needed to remove those meningiomas.
Most meningiomas are non cancerous and small and do not require treatment or removal.
The average size of a meningioma is 3 cm at the time of diagnoses.
The life expectancy of a meningioma patient is between 5 and 10 years and sometimes longer as more than 90 percent of adults between the ages of 20 to 44 years of age will survive at least 5 years or more after being diagnosed with meningioma.
A meningioma can make you tired as fatigue and tiredness is a frequent problem in people with meningioma even several years after treatment.
Meningioma can spread to the lungs as the lung is also the most common site of meningioma metastasis, followed by the bones and your liver.
You should worry about a meningioma when you experience other symptoms such as loss of coordination, weakness in a leg or arm, trouble thinking, seizures, hearing loss, vision loss, nausea and headache.
A small meningioma is not considered serious and most meningiomas are benign and non cancerous but when they grow and depending on their location they can become serious and be life threatening.
Some types of meningiomas are more aggressive than others.
The common site of meningioma is along the surface of the brain and meningioma forms along the dura mater which is the outemost layer of tissue which covers and protects your brain and your spinal cord.
The dura mater is also one of three layers which form the meninges.
Meningioma is sometimes urgent but not always.
If you have sudden onset of seizures, sudden changes in your memory or vision then meningioma becomes urgent and you should seek emergency medical care right away.
Meningiomas are tumors which arise from the meninges which are the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord.
Although not technically a brain tumor, meningiomas are included in this category because it can compress or squeeze the adjacent brain, nerves and vessels.
If you leave a meningioma untreated, it can grow as large as a grapefruit and can cause persistent headaches, nausea, loss of neurological function, weakness and/or numbness and tingling on one side of the body, seizures, hearing or vision loss, balance problems, and muscle weakness.
Most meningiomas are small, slow-growing and noncancerous, and many do not need to be removed or otherwise treated.
However, if a meningioma presses against the brain or spinal cord, surgery or another treatment may be considered to manage the resulting neurological symptoms.
Although the majority of meningiomas are benign, these tumors can grow slowly until they are very large, if left undiscovered, and, in some locations, can be severely disabling and life-threatening. Other forms of meningioma may be more aggressive.
More than 90% of adults between the ages of 20 and 44 survive for five years or longer after being diagnosed with meningioma.
This encouraging survival rate includes many patients who have gone on to live several decades after their diagnosis.
Meningiomas are the most common kind of brain tumor and account for about 30 percent of all brain tumors and most are treatable.
In fact, the majority of these tumors can be removed surgically, and many do not return.
Larger meningiomas may be more difficult to treat surgically in terms of their complete removal, depending on where they are located.
Although most large and giant meningiomas require surgical treatment, the decision for removal of smaller meningiomas (less than 3 centimeters in diameter) must be individualized.