My step-son is going for an MRI today

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They believe he has a possible neurofibroma on his C6 vertebrae. I've tried a few searches online to get a little more information to be prepared ahead of time but everything seems pretty vague. Basically, from what I gather, a neurofibroma is a tumor or growth that affects nerves. His happens to be located on his spinal cord where it goes up into his neck.(if that is what his problem is) Sometimes these "growths" can be removed if the nerve function won't be compomised (like on small, minor nerves not the spinal cord itself). Sometimes they grow quite large and compress the nerves. They also sometimes become cancerous. From what I'm hearing so far his is not removeable without causing severe permanent damage. Since if he does have this in that location removing it would cause him to be paralized from the neck down...but not removing it could also cause that if his spinal cord beomes compressed as the tumor grows. Or it could become cancerous which won't be good either. He's only 17 and just barely getting started in life. He's got a nice girlfriend and plans for his future....but now, it's all one big question mark. His dad (my s/o) has distanced himself from all of it until he knows for sure what will happen. He says he can't handle the stress of worrying about something in case it turns out there's nothing to worry about. I'm hoping that's the case too but I needed to share this with all of you. I know I can count on my mylot friends to offer support and advice.