Hey I had a brain aneriysm and 6 months after surgery started having seizures. Dr. Said it was from scarr tissue from the brain healing. I am hoping I will not have to take seizure meds for the rest of my life. Doc said it might heal on its own. Have you heard of this?????

Princess8561: my neurosurgeon has told me that the cause of my headaches was scar tissue. They had fixed the problem(hydrocephalus) but headaches and pain in head remained. He explained it as such, whenever I became stressed or tired, my neck and shoulder muscles tense and become tight. This in turn pulls on my scar tissue on and in my head which causes me to have headaches. I have had 17 brain surgeries so there is plenty of scar tissue inside my head as well as outside.

One thing that has helped is having physical therapy. It is basically a massage (paid for by insurance) on my shoulder and back muscles. I was taught stretching exercises. If ur dr writes a prescription for it and you take it to a physical therapist then most insurances cover it. I usually went 2-3 x a week for several months. Then I stop until I start to have problems again. Then I repeat it for a few months.

Hope this helps

paula

My son had bacterial meningitis at six months of age. He spent a month in the hospital and went home with a pic line and home health care for another month. After he was done they did an MRI and found no sign of damage or scar tissue. The past three weeks my son started having seizures he is now four years old. We went to a neurologist and they did an MRI, EEG, and EKG. The EEG came back mildly abnormal, the MRI came back with scar tissue caused by meningitis. He has been having severe headaches and has been sleeping a lot. The doctor is going to have him repeat the MRI to make sure it is not a mass and then go from there. So I am so lost as to what to do since he had a clean MRI after the meningitis why would something be there now all of a sudden four years later?

I had brain surgery a year ago and my headaches have only gotten worse. My surgery was anything but invasive. I had a craniotomy and have 3 titanium plates in my head, now I can't get rid of my headaches. Does anyone feel the same?? I guess I need to know there is others out their feeling the same?

I had a benign brain tumor removed when I was 4, 30 years ago. For the past 10 years or so, I've been getting migraines more and more frequently- in fact, the last 5 years, I've had them chronically, up to 3 times a week. Medicine was working, but has become increasingly ineffective. Last week I saw a naturopath, who told me about scar tissue build up, and worked on my head to loosen the scar tissue and also allow my skull to move more than it can now. So far, I've seen a difference in how my head feels (it's much looser, so it's easier to stop a headache), though I still don't have a good pain killer that will work- I built up a resistance to tylenol years ago, before the new migraine medicines came onto the market. Any ideas?

I have also had a 6 cm. benign tumor removed 3 years ago. Largest one taken out of the head in the hospital I was. Large cut on right side of head. Titanium plate and 4 screws. I have alot of headaches now to where before the surgery I hardly ever had a headache. Now my head hurts so bad sometimes I have to wear earplugs. Especially at work. Been going to neurologist for 3 years because of headaches and partial seizures. Have been a guinea pig for this Doctor (I think) because when I tell him I am still having these migraines he will give me a new medicine to try or raise/lower the meds i already on. Somedays I can hardly work but I trudge on w/ ears PLUGGED! Headache goes all into shoulders and neck. Some say it could be scar tissue hurting. I have never heard of this. Is it true? Help! I am only 41 and feel a headache as i type. I take fiorcet w/ codeine and this seems to do wonders if i can take two at a time. Only allowed 60 per month. So you see it's hard to take 2 at a time when I have headaches 4-5 days a week. I run out of meds before the month is out. Please help!!

I feel for all of you but know nothing to help. Could u try holding the pressure points to kill the pain? Pumping drugs in is so unhealthy for the rest of body. I'd search natural cures and herbs if me.

Maybe plate is too tight and need to give brain more room?

My friend found out he has a tumor in center of brain. Wondered if it was scar tissue or damage from when he fell as a child. He didn't receive med care, at age ten he was in a poor Russian country. I'm thinking his tumor might be where his brain got squashed as a child and never healed. If that is the case operating would probably not be needed, because it will not change--so far his only symptoms was when he felt tingling in his face and a headache now and then. I'm sure he could live with that, whereas the surgery is risky.

When I was 18 months old I died from spinal meningitus for about 3 minutes, when I came to I fell into a coma for about 4 weeks. The doctors said that I would be a vegetable for the rest of my life. I seem to be doing all right now except for the fact that I have really bad headaches and I don't see as well as I should. I am only 26 but my body feels like I am an 80 year old woman. Would my pains and headaches have anything to do with the coma or being pernounced as being dead?

ive had brain surgery about 3 months ago to remove a benign tumour on the right hand side, and ive had no headaches, then all of a sudden i have had a bout of about 10 sezuires and headaches.. please dont tell me i can expect this for the rest of my life?! could these be stress related? considering that i had the tumour removedin jjuly 09 and ive now just started my first year of univeristy...
oh and does anyone know if bumps/ depressions where the piece of skull has been put back in is normal? i was feeling my head the other day and i have loads of depressions.. which scares me a lot, would the piece of skull ever fall in?!
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