In 1978 a 19 year old Indian girl, Bhagawhandi P., suffering from a malignant brain tumor was admitted to hospice due to her astrocytoma. There are several types of astrocytoma that can form anywhere in the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). This appeared when he was only seven years old. Although it was limited and not that malignant, allowing her to lead a normal life for the next ten years. “He lived life fully, he lived it with gratitude… because he knew he had a 'ticking time bomb' in his head” (Sacks, 1985). When he was eighteen, the tumor returned with higher levels of malignancy and was no longer removable. When Bhagawhandi's tumor returned and began to expand and move towards the temporal lobe, she was given steroids to reduce the brain swelling. The tumor weakened her left hemisphere, causing numbness, followed by more frequent and strange seizures. His previous seizures were grand mal seizures, which he had on occasion. However, her newly characterized seizures involved temporal lobe seizures that caused her not to lose consciousness, instead appearing and feeling more dreamy (Sacks, 1985). Furthermore, EEG confirmed that temporal lobe seizures corresponded to involuntary reminiscences. Furthermore, this vague dream became more concrete when Bhagawhandi encountered what seemed like visions of India. In Bhagawhandi's dream, she saw visions of landscapes, villages, houses and gardens that she loved and knew as a child. The neurologists in the text deduced that these temporal lobe seizures were due to the steroid he was receiving to control the tumor. The massive doses of steroids are likely causing toxicity in his system, causing dream-like hallucinations. However, it was... half of paper... like dementias. However, administering these tests would not have been effective in Bhagawhandi's situation. The tumor affected her differently where it promoted dreamy, hallucinogenic visions of her country. In your specific case, extreme treatments such as biopsy or radiotherapy are necessary. Word Count: 893 Works Cited Blumer, D., & Benson, D. (1975). Personality changes with frontal and temporal lesions. In D. F. Benson and F. Blumer, eds. Psychiatric aspects of neurological disease. New York: Grune & Stratton. Milner, B. (1968). Visual recognition and recall after right temporal lobe excision in humans. Neuropsychologia, 6:191-209.Penfield, W. & Roberts, L. (1959). Mechanisms of Language and the Brain, Princeton: Princeton University Press.Sacks, O. W. (1985). The man who mistook his wife for a hat and other clinical stories. New York: Summit Books.