<p>Drdrewsmom/Suzy - my thoughts and prayers are with your family and Anne. I’m so sorry that you are all going through this - just reading your post brought tears to my eyes. I’m happy to see all the positive outcomes people have been posting. I believe positive thoughts help bring about positive outcomes. Positive vibes coming your way.</p>
<p>thanks to all of you and especially for the stories/anecdotes about good outcomes. </p>
<p>I don’t have a clue what kind, what size, where it is, etc. I asked S this morning and he said she didn’t say much b/c he thinks she didn’t want to talk about it (understandable). Frankly, I don’t think he did either so I didn’t press him too much.
And this is very small potatoes in comparison, but this morning he had to go to school early to audition for the talent show, so I felt horrible that he had to do that with this situation laying heavily on his heart and mind. </p>
<p>I will definitely update as I find out what is happening with Anne.</p>
<p>Suzy, it is such heartbreaking news. Anne is very lucky to have such a sweet boyfriend in her life for support. Bulletandpima really is right. You have a very special son.</p>
<p>Suzy, my brother-in-law was diagnosed with a non-malignant meningioma six years ago. He’s had brain surgery and radiation treatment and, to all intents and purposes, is fine now. He has MRIs about every six months, and a few other little things, but you’d never know he had had a problem if he didn’t tell you. My prayers are with Anne and your family. I’m beginning to think we need a CC prayer group.</p>
<p>My husband was diagnosed with a benign hemangioblastoma 8 months after we were married. He had surgery and required no follow-up treament other than periodic MRI. His only side effect is a paralyzed vocal cord, and last month we celebrated our 22nd anniversary. I hope and pray for as good an outcome for Anne!</p>
<p>Booklady, Congratulations to both of you, on your 22nd anniversary!</p>
<p>Suzy, thinking of you and yours.</p>
<p>Suzy,
Let us know how we can support your son and his young friend.</p>
<p>I too hope that Anne’s course of treatment and recovery will be a positive one. I’ll keep your family in my thoughts and prayers.</p>
<p>Anne and your son will be in our famlily’s prayers.</p>
<p>You know, I was thinking about this news for a few hours now, and sometimes life is so hard. This situation just stinks. I pray that this will have a good outcome for Anne.</p>
<p>Do you know Anne’s family and would a call to the parents be appropriate?</p>
<p>lorelei, I don’t know her family at all.
What I do know is this: her mother lives in Germany and I’m not sure which state her father lives in. She stays with a foster family, and I think she’s been with that same (stable) family for a long time. If there is any surgery necessary, I sincerely hope her mother will make the trip to be here. Honestly I don’t know much. She and my son have been like an on-again, off-again thing, with always being friends no matter what. They have known each other for many months and are planning to go to the prom together and are constantly calling/texting/emailing each other. </p>
<p>I really hope that it will turn out to be not as serious and dreadful as it could be. I just usually freak out when I hear the words “tumor” and “brain” in the same sentence!!</p>
<p>My thoughts and prayers for Anne’s full and complete recovery. It’s true that not all brain tumors mean a dire prognosis - I’m hoping and praying that that’s the case here. All the best to your son and to your whole family as well - keep us updated.</p>
<p>There are some good reasons to freak out with ‘tumor’ and ‘brain’ in the same sentence. It sounds horrible. But the devil is in the details, and for your and your son’s sake, hope you can learn some of those details soon, so as to have a clearer picture of what all this entails. </p>
<p>As already posted, there are many, many successful brain tumor recovery stories out there. My friend with a rare genetic disease has had numerous brain surgeries over the years for small tumors. Recovery gets easier with each one, as surgical, and diagnostic techniques improve. </p>
<p>Wishing you the best in this difficult time.</p>
<p>I’m so sorry! I will be praying for Anne and your S. Let us know any news as you find out. Perhaps it will be operable and she will make a full recovery.</p>
<p>So very sorry to hear this news. The thought of a young person coping with such difficulty is so distressing! Adding my prayers and good wishes for this young woman to the others here - and for your son, as well.</p>
<p>UPDATE
I heard a little more from DS last night. Apparently Anne is being treated in Seattle (I assume Fred Hutchinson, but I’m really just guessing and DS doesn’t know). She is scheduled for surgery on the 28th of this month, and her mother is with her.
DS said there’s a 50-50 chance that the tumor is cancerous and that it’s in a bad place in the brain. I’m guessing that means it will be more difficult to get to. And I’m not sure if the surgery she’s scheduled for is to remove it or what. I assume so.
Sorry the details are sketchy, but that’s how it goes when it’s coming from an 18-yr-old.</p>
<p>thanks again for all the success stories, prayers and good thoughts.</p>
<p>Thanks for the update, even if it’s not such good news. There are several cancer surgery specialty hospitals in here in Seattle, so there is a tremendous pool of expertise.</p>
<p>UPDATE</p>
<p>Surgery was successful, tumor was removed and she made it through OK, and is back home. As far as I’ve heard it was benign, which is a huge relief.</p>