Meet the Other Phone. Protection built in.

Meet the Other Phone.
Protection built in.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Children's health

Mumsnet doesn't verify the qualifications of users. If you have medical concerns, please consult a healthcare professional.

Ds1 has a benign brain tumour

29 replies

EddieReadersglasses · 01/02/2015 21:30

Just wondering if anyone has any experience of this? Ds1 (8) was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour last week and had immediate surgery to relieve the pressure in his brain. However the tumour itself is inaccessible so the treatment plan at the moment is just to monitor him with regular scans.
If the tumour progresses then his vision would be at risk (and ultimately his life)
He's also now at increased risk of seizures though he's thankfully not had this so far.
I'm struggling to get my head round this and wondering how on earth we can carry on as normal knowing this thing is there in his head.
And how much do I tell him- it's not the kind of thing we can keep secret but how does a child deal with this sort of diagnosis?
Any advice or pointers to good sources of information would be really appreciated.

OP posts:
fastdaytears · 26/11/2015 23:40

Ah well you are clearly crazy worried so waking a zombie is not a big crime. Did you get any responses on other threads yet? Do you have appointments booked? Flowers

Ingles2 · 26/11/2015 23:43

Hippo Flowers my ds has adies pupil which is differing pupil sizes and also different colours.. It doesn't necessarily mean a brain tumor, but can be associated with it. I hope things turn out well for you

Themodernuriahheep · 27/11/2015 00:16

Op, friend has this. Regular treatment as a child, was nearly blind but shunt and laser work on eyes means he can see with glasses. Regular checkups. Fine.

Hope all goes well with you and others.

Am about to start radio myself to reduce tumour that has wrapped itself round an artery. Modern medicine is wonderful. Queens Square London Ace.

boble1 · 24/03/2020 19:34

@EddieReadersglasses

Hi, are you still on Mumsnet?

xx

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Swipe left for the next trending thread