Headaches after benign tumor removal

[elaine815]

My daughter had a benign DNET tumor removed from her frontal lobe in February 2008.  She starting getting headaches were the surgical site was on the right side of her head and the back of her head (right side).  She has been prescribed Neuronin which doesn't take the pain away completely.  I am desperately searching for the cause of these headaches and wonder will they go away.  The surgeon ruled out an infection saying she would be running a fever or have discharge.  She did have discharge from the surgical site up until December which an antibiotic seemed to clear up.  Any suggestions?

[rumpled]

I had a post-op infection and my WBC was not even elevated. Lucky for me (or not) mine was pituitary and I could smell it. There was no escaping it. No antibiotics helped. I did run a bit of a low grade fever for a while though and felt bad. I ended up having to have it cut out. Oh well. I felt better immediately, It sure smelled better!

Make sure she is sleeping well, eating well, and as enzy said, check out her vitamins as those will impact healing. A good multi will help as will adding D3 and making sure she is well hydrated. That is just standard for any good healing, infection or not.

[elaine815]

She just had blood work yesterday, but I don't think it was to check for vitamin, mineral & enzyme deficiency.  They are looking for infection, lyme disease and something else I can't remember.  That is an excellent idea to check for the vitamins/min/enz deficiency.  Her diet isn't that great either.  Do you think taking over the counter supplements would help?

[enzymelover]

  She could still have an infection other than in the brain, without fever, that could be causing the headaches. Surgery will cause severe deficiencies of vitamins (especially B vitamins, important for brain function), minerals, and enzymes. Has she had a metabolic panel done recently (blood test), to check for deficiencies?