Suboccipital craniotomy for biopsy and resection of right cerebellar tumor - Recovery and assurance
Hey all,
looks like in a month i will be having my Hemangioblastoma removed. i made a post a few days ago discussing the symptoms and my misgivings, but the TL;DR is it is symptomatic, but doesnt fully express like normal hemangioblastomas. nausea, ataxia, and vertigo, but no headaches, and sypmtoms are very positional, with rapid onset of symptoms.
regardless, the topic of this post is - im fucking terrified of brain surgery. my main fear is that it wont improve my symptoms, or it will make them worse.
the first 2 months after they found the tumor, only a few people believed it was causing the symptoms, due to them being abnormal in presentation. eventually it seems people began to believe it was, but it does not fill me with confidence that the removal will cure them.
not really sure what to expect from the surgery, though still waiting on a pre-op visit with my surgeon.