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Big Joe - 15 Jul 2004 03:56 GMT

Spoke with our Neuro today about our 5 year old daughter. He stated the her
left frontal lobe was totally abnormal and it should be removed. Does any
one no the effects of this procedure? Please help

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Marco - 15 Jul 2004 18:17 GMT

> Spoke with our Neuro today about our 5 year old daughter. He stated
> the her left frontal lobe was totally abnormal and it should be
> removed. Does any one no the effects of this procedure? Please help
>
> Thanks

I never heard something like this before?

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Bob - 15 Jul 2004 22:43 GMT

> Spoke with our Neuro today about our 5 year old daughter. He stated the her
> left frontal lobe was totally abnormal and it should be removed. Does any
> one no the effects of this procedure? Please help
>
> Thanks

I'm very sorry to hear about your daughter's situation. Apparently there isn't
anyone in the group who has first hand knowledge of that operation or we
probably would have heard from them by now.

You didn't mention what her symptoms were and what drugs she is on now, but I
sure wouldn't take just one doctor's word for the necessity of the operation.
Please tell us more.

It is a very serious operation. Take a look at:
<http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=135502>
to get some idea of what is involved.

Bob

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Marco - 16 Jul 2004 05:21 GMT

>> Spoke with our Neuro today about our 5 year old daughter. He stated
>> the her left frontal lobe was totally abnormal and it should be
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>
> Bob

Unbelievable that removing the "whole" left frontal lobe is possible in
todays surgery? Are you sure that this is what they told you? I always
believed they removed "part" of the damages tissue, etc.

There are some good links listed as well regarding frontal lobe epilepsy
which I am dealing with so I am going to read those as well.

Big Joe, I do know that there are some books about neurosurgery in the
library on in a book store. Actually I never looked at them at this does not
really apply to my situation (so I cannot tell you which ones are
interesting for you), but you may want to start buying a couple of these
books or ask your neurologist about more information as this is definitely a
very tough decision you need to make for your daughter as it affects her
live significantly.

Here are the links again:

NeuroPhysiology, Executive Function Disorder
http://www.braincampus.com/npsych/frontal.html

Traumatic Brain Injury Resource Guide
http://www.neuroskills.com/index.html?main=tbi/bfrontal.shtml

Research Show That Adult Brains Compensate For Damage To Language
Systems
http://www.neuroskills.com/index.html?main=tbi/pr-plasticity.shtml

Broca's Aphasia
http://www.sci.uidaho.edu/med532/Broca.htm

Frontal Lobe, Common Disorders
http://www.student.carleton.edu/P/peterseb/psych/disfrontal.html

Search Stategy:
left frontal lobe
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=left+frontal+lobe

I wish you all the best.

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Marco

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billx - 19 Jul 2004 17:52 GMT

I saw a PBS series on "The Human Brain" that someone had video taped for me.
There was one segment that reported on patients under 20 years of age that
had an entire hemisphere removed to aleviate seizures that were occurring
100's of times per day. This was a last ditch effort and as might be
expected led to total paralysis on side of body opposite to extraction. The
video showed that over the course of years most of these patients regained
partial use of the disabled limbs and ability to speak. They showed the MRI
of one patient and it was totally dark on one side. My personal opinion
would be that unless the person was at "strong" risk of dying from seizures
that it would be better to wait for a medical cure as removing that much of
the brain will leave a permanent disability no amount of medication or
therapy can recover from. Perhaps you can source the PBS video and judge
for yourself if you can't find any other references. Good luck making your
decision.

-Bill

> >> Spoke with our Neuro today about our 5 year old daughter. He stated
> >> the her left frontal lobe was totally abnormal and it should be
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>
> I wish you all the best.

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RENEE2A - 20 Jul 2004 20:04 GMT

hi big joe,
my left tempol lobe was removed in april at RUSH UNIVERSITY CENTER in chicago
il the hospital epilepsy center is on top of epilespy DR KANNER WAS MY
NEUROLOGIST (MY PAST NEUROLOGIST HAD RECOMENDED ME TO HIM TO SEE ABOUT MEDS
BECAUSE I HAD TRIED EVERYTHING).THEY RAN EVERY KIND OF TEST THERE IS. (EEG LAST
FOR ABOUT 5 TO 7 DAYS. YOU ARE WATCHED 24 HOURS ON CAMERA. ALL THE TEST ARE
AMAZING.THE TEST WERE REVIEWED BY SEVERAL DOCTORS AND THE SURGEON.DOCTOR BYRNE
HAD 156 SURGERY. I HAVE NOT HAD A SEIZURE IN 4 MONTHS.

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Marco - 25 Jul 2004 08:38 GMT

> hi big joe,
> my left tempol lobe was removed in april at RUSH UNIVERSITY CENTER in chicago
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> AMAZING.THE TEST WERE REVIEWED BY SEVERAL DOCTORS AND THE SURGEON.DOCTOR BYRNE
> HAD 156 SURGERY. I HAVE NOT HAD A SEIZURE IN 4 MONTHS.

Hey Renee,

Good to hear that you are doing so great. Just curious, what type of
epilepsy did you have? Was it caused by brain injury, tumor or meningitis
or a specific Epilepsy syndrome like Rasmussen's Encephalitis Epilepsy?
What are the long term effects of not having the temporal lobe anymore?

It is so unbelievable that in todays surgery this is possible.

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