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Several weeks ago I started noticing that I was spelling words incorrectly, having some difficulty writting on paper (a pause or delay before I start to write), and hitting the wrong keys on the key board. I have been complaining about vocabulary loss for several years, and feel that it has become worse, and my memory has become terrible,  I have also had some subtle balance problems.  
I have been ignoring the memory & vocab issues thinking it was related to menopause, but when the spelling, typing, writing issues started I went to my primary. I had an MRI done which showed a 2cm left parietal meningioma with mild mass affect to the underlying sulci. When I saw the neurologist, she told me the meningioma had nothing to do with my symptoms, and asked if I had ever seen a psychiatrist. I asked her about possible hormonal influence on meningioma growth and she said she has never heard of any connection between hormones and meningiomas.
Nothing she has told me makes any sense to me based on what I have been reading.
Feedback would be appreciated
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Remember any mass or meningioma cannot cause memory and vocabulary issues.
If you have a brain mass pressing into the memory or area of speech you might have these symptoms.
As you have a parietal meningioma and nothing else in your brain the neurologist is perplexed when you are confusing and linking all the symptoms.
(Meningiomas often express progesterone receptors, and rapid growth during pregnancy has been reported.)
Follow what your Neurologist says and go for the cure of your meningioma and assess the damage done or would be in future with the meningioma.(cancer is rare)
This parietal meningioma should be your primary concern and you always have a choice of another Neurosurgeon/Neurologist
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I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand. Your first sentance says a mass cannot cause memory or vocabulary issues, I assume that is a typo?
Would a parietal meningioma cause these symptoms?
What do you mean when you say follow the neurologists and go for the cure? The neurologist said the meningioma is not causing my symptoms, and I should ignore it.
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