Brain tumor 6month wait

[fitnessmummy]

My friend has been told she has a brain tumor. It's small and at the front - they can't operate with its location.

My concern is that they haven't told her what type of tumor it is, they've just advised her to go back in 6 months for another scan to see if it's fast or slow growing! This doesn't seem right.

She's had brain tumors before and they've always had a plan in place and been really informative and helped her get a plan together. But with this she just feels in limbo!

Has anyone heard of this before? It seems risky to me.

Thanks 😞

She would be well within her rights to seek a second opinion - perhaps from someone that has treated her before that she trusts?

This is her next goal but I just wanted to know if it was common to wait that long

Well, it's not common to have had previous brain tumours. Perhaps information from those is influencing the plan?

with some types of brain tumour eg. Low grade gliomas or meningiomas it’s not unusual to take a “watch and wait” approach because they are perhaps slow growing or unlikely to cause symptoms…or perhaps as in your friends case if it may be inoperable.They’ve found from post-mortems that many people die with brain tumours in situ that have never been discovered or caused any problems. I would imagine that if she has a history of past tumours that she may have access to a clinical nurse specialist..perhaps encourage her to ring back and ask for more info to explain the decision.

She's defo going back and requesting more information. I think the whole thing took her by surprise. I think that's their approach watch and wait but I'm not sure she's comfortable with that. Thanks everyone, she's the most amazing person.