Impacts of a Brain Tumor

The Individual

Frontal Lobe

Problem Solving

Inhibition

Judgement

Personality

Personality Changes

Emotional Traits

Lack of Interest in Usual Activities

Language Production

Thinking

Forgetfulness

Movement

Motor Planning

Trouble Walking

Balance Problems

Temporal Lobe

Understanding Language

Organization and Sequencing

Memory

Information Retrieval

Memory Problems

Learning

Feelings

Senses

Hearing

Musical Awareness

See/Taste/Smell Something That is not There

Parietal Lobe

Academic Skills

Reading

Writing

Math Calculations

Processing Senses Information

Spatial Perception

Visual Perception

Sense of Touch, Taste, and Smell

Vision Problems

Hearing Problems

Occipital Lobe

Reading

Vision loss

Visual Perception

Visual Interpretation

Cerebellum

Coordination

Balance and Equilibrium

Brain Stem

Reflexes

Sense of Balance

Breathing

Swallowing

Digestion

Conciousness

Alertness

Temperature

Left Hemisphere

Math/Science Skills

Number Skills

Spoken Language

Written Language

Analytical

Logic

Reasoning

Objectivity

Right Brain

Intuition

Imagination

Creativity

Music/Art Awareness

3D Shapes

Subjectivity

Synthesizing

Emotion

Face Recognition

Employment

Time off work

Appointments

Treatment

Recovery

Side effectrs

Tumor

Cognitive difficulties

Treatments

Unmanageable fatigue

Giving up work

Chnaging jobs

Reducing

Hours

Duties

The Economy

Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada

$3.2 Million

2022 Revenue

$2.4 Million

Program costs

No government funding

The Health Care System

55,000 Canadians have Brain Tumors

Family

Financial difficulties

Divorces

The Media

Scare Tactics

"Symptoms You Should Not Ignore"

Mark Ruffalo

Tumor the size of a golf ball

Left side of face 'Totally Paralyzed' after having tumor removed

Michael Bolton

Gary Woodland

Michael Strahan;s Teen Daughter

Theo Burrell