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My wife Nadine had a satsuma sized benign meningioma resected from her frontal lobe. After surgery she lost sight in her left eye, has no sense of taste or smell and developed 2 DVT's. She's at home now. She complains of a nasty taste at the back of her throat (last 3 weeks)and was re-admitted last week for CSF leaking from her nose. She has recently started losing feeling in her left and right arm accompanied by pins and needles. The neurosurgeon assures me this is unconnected to the operation. Is this true? She also has headaches over both eyes and her affected eye swells occasionally. I think I want reassuring that these symptoms are not serious. Please help?

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I'm a medical oncologist & radiation therapist with experience of treating brain tumors but I'm NOT a neurosurgeon! The nasty taste (connected to her CSF leakage) and that CSF leakage itself were definitely in some way connected to her surgery. Probably also her left sided blindness in some way. However these effects may not have been the result of malpractice. They may have been unavoidable. I'm worried though by her arm symptoms and her eye symptoms! I strongly do suggest a second opinion by another neurosurgeon soonest! Good luck!

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I`m a doctor of medicine and specialist in radiation therapy and medical oncology. I have a long time experience of these tumours.

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I'm a Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Medical Oncology and Radiation Therapy, educated and trained in Sweden. Now retired. Background in Radiation Therapy, Medical Oncology, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Medicine, Diagnostic Radiology, Gynecological Oncology, Clinical Pathology, Clinical Cytology,Hematology and Internal Medicine. M.D. from the faculty of medicine, Royal Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Have also been an exchange student at the Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel. Former medical consultant, Swedish National Board of Radiation Protection. Former Police Surgeon and Medical Examiner, Stockholm Police Department. Former Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Guards, The Royal Horse Guards and the Royal Household Brigade, Royal Swedish Army Medical Corps. You can also reach me on: http://www.lifestylerescue.com/expert/health-fitness-advice/dr-claes-gustaf/128 . I have no restrictions on the number of questions there. I also answer questions about Oncology (General Cancer), General History, Military History, Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer.

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