BRAIN TUMOR & FLUID CYST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joedev51]

About six months ago I started to have daily headaches, I started to forget things and my side vision went away. I went to my doctor who sent me for a MRI of my brain. To my shock he said, I had a walnut sized tumor and a grapefruit sized fliud cyst in the back of my head. I had surgery to remove them a month ago. My memory cleared up, but I am still having headaches and eyesight problems daily. I see flashes and things that look like pinwheels along with what looks like a giant eye. I have been back to see the brain surgeon and I ask him if these strange things will go away over time and he had no answer for me. I can't go the rest of my life seeing all these crazy things. Does any one know if they will go away over time or has anyone ever heard of people seeing these things after brain surgery ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[horselip]

Hi-
Yes I've heard of these types of things happening after brain surgery. At least your surgeon was honest and said that he did not know why. You might consider asking your doctor for a referral to pain management. They might be able to treat your headache and get to the bottom of why you are having them?
Hope this helps-

[rumpled]

Please go see a neuro-opthomologist. That type of doctor can exam the eye and the optic nerve as well as do visual field tests and see what is going on.

Flashes and things may be migraine related. May be visual migraines. They may not have pain with them - just visual flashy things.