re: Greg Brooks family has spoken/Brian Kelly quotes

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it’s probably a positive that they could do the surgery

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most brain tumors are benign

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I'm no brain surgeon, but I know a little about brain tumors because I have a couple- and the most common brain tumor is a benign meningioma (my type), and they are CALLED a brain tumor but technically they're in the lining between the brain and skull; a cluster or tangle of veins &/or capillaries in the lining that's roughly the thickness and consistency of a paper bag- so this location on the outside of the brain itself means that surgical treatment, if necessary, is usually successful, routine, doesn't require cutting brain tissue, etc....

It would go a long way towards easing people's minds if anyone could identify if the tumor was classified as a meningioma; even if it turns out to test malignant, the surgery is still likely to get it all w/ no complications.

A side note is, at my age, if shrinkage becomes necessary, they will bomb the crap out of it with radiation, since I'm not having any more kids, so no risk of warping my chromosomes, and I won't live long enough to have any long-term complications from radiation exposure (unless I make it past 100, haha) - so I've got that going for me!