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As a fellow person that had a brain tumor removed (from the left side as well actually) have you noticed anything weird after surgery? A few things that I noticed from mine: 1.) Salty and sweet taste disappeared for about a month and made my favorite treat, peanut M&Ms, taste like just bland peanuts. 2.) Music suddenly had a more emotional connection for me (especially classical music or movie scores) For some reason, music from my childhood, like the Muppets or the Indiana Jones Overture, make me cry now. 3.) Learning to speak and write again took some time.

Glad that you're doing better now and this is just the beginning of recovery so don't get down on yourself. Once you put some distance between yourself and this event, you'll see how much stronger you are and how far you will have gone. I recommend getting the book "Shrinkage" by Bryan Bishop. It's a really great, inspirational, and funny read with a lot of good information on brain cancer and recovery. God bless, man. Keep up the fight.

The brain is so fascinating! I had a tumor in almost the same spot at about half of the size and had all of those weird side effects afterward, but nothing prior to discovering the tumor.

How did you sleep after surgery? I'm assuming they put you on some anti-swelling steroids?

Amazing! Thank you for sharing

I love this book so much. Very powerful and entertaining to boot

Hi OP,

First of all , congrats on them finding the tumor and the successful surgery! I had surprise surgery removing a brain tumor in my left temporal lobe two years ago. How are you faring with the anti swelling steroids as far as sleeping goes? Do you notice any sensory changes? (mine were with taste and music; for a short while I lost taste for sweets and music still gives me a very emotional reaction when I hear it).

Take care OP