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Left Parietal Lobe - surgery
Sat, 04/12/2008 - 12:22Hi,
I have parietal lobe epilepsy and have just found out yesterday that I got the green light for surgery.
I hav yet to meet the neurosurgon and discuss how successful it could be and the risks involvoed if I still want to go through with it.
The doctors were worried that it might affect my speech but turns out i am using my speech in another area of the brain, not near my scar which is all good news.
I was just wondering if anyone who has had parietal lobe surgery could let me know the outcome of going through with it, if it was worth it, any body parts affected after etc
I would appreciate this very much.
Thanks in advance,
quirky
Re: Left Parietal Lobe - surgery
Submitted by StaceyM on Mon, 2010-03-01 - 00:33
I have only been given general odds about results for people in a situation similar to mine. However, I have not started to do research about success rates of particular surgeons. I think if your type of surgery is more common and straight-forward, it might be something you could ask. You can always ask HOW MANY of the surgeries they have done, as well. In my case, I think I will request a meeting with the surgeon directly and ask them some questions about the proposed surgery, the kinds of experiences they have encountered, outcome, and how much follow-up they have done on their patients. Stacey M.