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Dan
Joined: 11 May 2006
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Location: Southern Calif
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 Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject: BRAIN TUMOR PITUITARY |
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Hi my name is Dan my wife Debbie has a pituitary brain tumor. She was diagnosed in Nov 2003 and had surgery in Jan 2004 going up through the sinus to the brain. Still having symptoms her Dr went after the rest of the tumor with Gamma Knife radiation surgery. My question is since the both the surgerys her personallity has changed and her ability to think clearly and it fustrates her. Are any other care givers noticed this with there spouse or family member .
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wolfsoul
Joined: 28 Jun 2006
Posts: 7
Location: East Texas
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| Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: BRAIN TUMOR PITUITARY |
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| Dan wrote: | Hi my name is Dan my wife Debbie has a pituitary brain tumor. She was diagnosed in Nov 2003 and had surgery in Jan 2004 going up through the sinus to the brain. Still having symptoms her Dr went after the rest of the tumor with Gamma Knife radiation surgery. My question is since the both the surgerys her personallity has changed and her ability to think clearly and it fustrates her. Are any other care givers noticed this with there spouse or family member .
Sincerely
Dan |
Hi Dan: I've been caregiving someone who has brain cancer. It was discovered a year ago. Although it's not in the pituitary part of the brain, it was in the occipital and temporal lobes.
As to your question; yes, his personality has changed. This person had two degrees from college, was warm, loving, laid back and very slow to anger. Now (after surgery/chemo/radiation) he has very good days where you'd never know he had cancer. However, he also has bad days when he gets confused easily, slurs his speech, is clingy, indecisive, emotional, and argumentative.
I notice also that he is trying to cover up the fact that he is having a bad day. He will pretend he understood or heard what I said (he has hearing deficits from the tumor) and reply with a nonsensical sentence. When I point out to him that what he just said made no sense, he will blame me in some way.
He is also less able to communicate how he feels about things. He will say one word when he means another and has difficulty completing tasks. He gets very frustrated about his shortcomings because he's not incompetent and can "watch" himself doing these things.
He was once a people-lover who loved talking with anyone, anywhere, anytime, but who now shys away from talking/people because he feels everyone is watching/staring at him.
He also gets flustered quite easily. For instance, he sat his prescription down on a shelf in the store and forgot that he did it. He totally panicked about it and called the police before I could get to him (I had gone to the restroom) and talk him down out of the fear.
There's more, but you get the idea. If you'd like to talk about it further, just let me know.
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MandyW
Joined: 11 Oct 2009
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| So are the changes that take place in a person's personality permanent after brain tumor removal surgery, or do they typically return to normal after a time? My sister-in-law had 3 surgeries, and there are physical problems that she suffers (although minor) but I haven't seen an improvement in her personality that was altered. |
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