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My Brother's Tumor--what we now know.
Jul. 9th, 2010 02:50 pmI don't have the name of what it is--but here's what his text told me:
It is most likely benign---but it has to come out---and he's had it since before he was born. It is apparently something extremely rare--the doctor who will do the surgery actually TEACHES about these tumors at Johns Hopkins. Basically, skin cells wound up inside his brain--a malformation during fetal development, just like I have some Endometrial tissue inside my bladder and possibly my kidneys. That it has grown to such a large size is alarming--BUT he is in the hands of one of the world's authority on this time of brain turmor. They are going to wait about 2 months before going in--they want to monitor it for growth. I'll know more when we talk tonight...I had already been told that it was a very rare type of tumor and that's why they brought in the third doctor. There are risks. Serious ones. But it's easier to face the devil you know than the devil in the dark.
It is most likely benign---but it has to come out---and he's had it since before he was born. It is apparently something extremely rare--the doctor who will do the surgery actually TEACHES about these tumors at Johns Hopkins. Basically, skin cells wound up inside his brain--a malformation during fetal development, just like I have some Endometrial tissue inside my bladder and possibly my kidneys. That it has grown to such a large size is alarming--BUT he is in the hands of one of the world's authority on this time of brain turmor. They are going to wait about 2 months before going in--they want to monitor it for growth. I'll know more when we talk tonight...I had already been told that it was a very rare type of tumor and that's why they brought in the third doctor. There are risks. Serious ones. But it's easier to face the devil you know than the devil in the dark.
