today i met a 27yr lady in my clinic accompanied by her boyfriend who was operated for a low grade brain tumor 2yrs back. she had come for second opinion to me. she was very upset as her previous surgeon had advised reoperation as the scan done one year back had shown a small recurrence, but she had no problems. repeated brain scan and noticed that there was no recurence but was residual tumor whic had not increased in comparison previous scan. reasured patient and told that she is fine. she was so happy and firmly hugged the guy and said thanks for being my friend.