Hi, I'm new to this group and I wanted to ask whether anyone else has had a similar experience to me. I'm a 34-year-old woman and in late January I suffered a seizure which involved loss of consciousness and fitting. I was taken to hospital by ambulance, they couldn't find anything to explain it, and the neurologist I saw as a follow-up thought that it was probably a dissociative seizure, which I think was probably influenced by the fact that I have suffered from severe depression and anxiety, which comes and goes, for a long time. He sent me for an MRI scan, however he didn't seem to expect it to show anything.
But I was called back for a re-scan, which involved having dye injected into my blood, and I was asked to attend a consultation with the same neurologist the following week. He told me that it turns out I have a low-grade glioma and it is likely to need brain surgery for a biopsy. He also prescribed anti-convulsants to prevent further seizures.
My case is going to be reviewed by specialists next Tuesday and I will be called for a consultation following this. I don't yet know what area of my brain the glioma is in, or what specific type of glioma it is, other than that it is low-grade.
I know that this all suggests a good prognosis, but I am very nervous about the idea of brain surgery.
Hi Tracy,
Thank you so much for your response, I'm glad to hear that your seizures are now more under control. It really helps to hear about your experience. Once I know more about where my tumour is, I'll hopefully be able to get a better sense of what to expect following the surgery. It's very good to know that in your case it wasn't as bad as you feared 
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