Brain cyst

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Difficulty swallowing, some facial numbness, fatigue, a constant headache and a little blurry vision. At first the doctor thought it was a stroke. The CT scan shows a brain cyst on the back of my cerebellum. I have an appointment with the neurologist on Wednesday. Meanwhile, I'm reading all I can about brain cysts. The radiologist thinks it's benign.

Anybody have any personal experience with this?
 
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Al I have no experience with rain cysts so no help there but if you need any other type of support you know you have it with this bunch...Thinking of you take care!
 
Al, I have no experience with Cysts, But do have a Niece going through something quite simular. They need to operate, She has been to a Neurologist and so far the whole story is to complicated to try and relate in writing. In short surgery was scheduled, Mother In Law was flown out from New York, Surgery was canceled, Medications where contemplated. Now they have rescheduled surgery in New York so everyone gets to be flown back. It is all pretty difficult on my Niece and Nephew but the doctors are just being very careful and trying to make sure the best course of action is taken. Take care i will be thinking of you.
 
Dang man, keep us posted for sure on this!

Ran across this in Google. Oddly enough, the poster's username is "The Doc"!

http://www.healthboards.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-23374.html

My son(at age 21) also had a brain cyst which caused him bad headaches for a long time. He had surgery for it almost 1-1/2 years ago. A cyst is like a balloon inside the ventricle of the brain. It's almost always benign, alost always completely contained, so it can be either punctured and the fluid inside (just cerebrospinal fluid)just flows into the ventricle, or it can be removed, or shunt can be placed in it to allow the fluid to drain. The surgery,while not fun, did solve the pressure problem.It depends on the location of the cyst as to how they'll go about treating it. You'll have a bunch of MRI's and blood tests prior to surgery, so that's a bummer, and you will have one heck of headache for some time after--bu I think the prognosis on this type of surgery is good. It could be whole lot worse---cysts are definitely preferable to tumors.
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Al,
My family and I will be praying for you and a good appointment with the neurologist. Whatever follows that hopefully will lead to a quick resolution. Take care!
Michael
 
I have a friend who is going through this right now. Other than the annoyance of shaving her beautiful locks of curls and recouperating from the surgery she's done quite well.

Good luck and God Bless!
 
Praying for you here in Japan too! While we would like for you to keep us posted on this, our primary concern is for you to take care of yourself and family.
 
Our thoughts and prayers are with you on this one. Your IAP family is here to help with anything you need. All the best and keep us posted.
 
Hope your appointment with the Neurosurgeon goes well. Most often surgery takes care of the problem quite easily. I will send positive energy in your direction accompanied by prayer. Let us know if you need anything.
 
Al , We are sending all kinds of good vibes your way . Do what the Doctors say and get well soon . I'm not very close to Macon but if there's anything I can do , just ask .
 
Al, I work with a lady at work with the same thing. The doctors are letting it ride for now. She has a lot of headaches, shoulder pain, and neck pain. They did a biopsy (or something similar)and it's not cancer, they told her to leave it be until she couldn't deal with it anymore. That's where she is at right now. She has good days and bad days.

I'm praying for you Al and I hope everything goes great concerning all this.
 
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LOML had a pituitary cyst removed about 4 years ago. She had all the symptoms of meningitis when we took her to the hospital. Spinal tap and CAT scan led Docs to believe tumor. One surgery performed through her nose to remove it, but nasal and sinus irregularities caused the surgeon to back out, as he could not reliably guide his instruments from her structural "road map", and deviation either right or left would have burst her carotid and killed her. Did a hi-res scan the following day at another facility, and then brought the pictures back on a disk and used them to computer-guide the instruments and successfully remove what thankfully turned out to be a cyst, rather than a tumor. Amazing surgeon, amazing technology... She was home in 2 days.

I wish you every bit as much good luck, and have faith in your Doctor and trust in the Man upstairs...
 
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Al, Very sorry to hear about your Brain Cyst, I'll pray that everything is good and you have a quick recovery if surgery if needed, you have the support and well wishes of every one here.
 
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