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NEW AND CONFUSED
Fri, 04/27/2007 - 07:10Topic: Epilepsy.com Help
I AM WORRIED THAT I MAY HAVE HAD A BRAIN TUMOR FOR 3 YEARS. I HAVE HAD SEIZURES FOR 3 YEARS BEEN TO THREE DOCTORS ONE NEUROLOGIST HAD A CT SCAN DONE AND WAS DIAGONOSED WITH DISSOCIATIVE DISSORDER. I HAVE RECENTLY HAD LONGER EPISODES OF RECOVERY AFTER MY "DISSOCIATION" DOCTOR SENT ME TO HAVE AN EEG WHICH SHOWED EPILEPSY. I AM NOW WORRIED THAT WHY DID THEY NOT FIND THIS OUT BEFORE AND AM I IN MORE DANGER THAN 3 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST COMPLAINED. I AM WORRIED ABOUT A BRAIN TUMOR. I COULD USE YOUR HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT i just now found out that there was abnormal slowing of waves on the left front side of the brain due to a structural issue
THANKS
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Re: NEW AND CONFUSED
Submitted by aquila316 on Fri, 2007-04-27 - 09:11
Hello and welcome. Try not to worry too much, stress doesn't help the seizures, either.
I can tell you to request an MRI from your neurologist, this is usually a little more detailed than the CT scan, but along the same lines, and will detect a brain tumor.
If an EEG shows abnormal brain waves, however, it is possible that you have E, and not a tumor.
Hope this helps a little,
Susan
Re: Re: NEW AND CONFUSED
Submitted by michelle harrison on Fri, 2007-04-27 - 16:21
thank you both for your help especially the part about possibility of e and not necessarily a brain tumor.
Re: NEW AND CONFUSED
Submitted by kasala on Fri, 2007-04-27 - 09:04
I am sure that you have been checked for a brain tumour and would know now if that was the case. I too had a similar worry when my daughter started to have seizures. Thankfuly it was epilepsy which is treatable . I hope that you are getting the medical help you need as the worry will not help.Best of Luck