Maria Menounos

In the course of caring for her mother who suffers from stage 4 cancer of the brain, Maria learned that she was in the midst of the possibility of a health issue in her own. In February 2014 Menounos started experiencing troubling symptoms. She tells PEOPLE they've noticed headaches and lightheadedness since February 2014. "My speech became slow and I was experiencing trouble comprehending the teleprompter". The results of an MRI showed that Menounos had a size golf ball-sized meningioma brain tumor pushing the facial nerves. Menounos set an appointment visit her neurosurgeon mother, Dr. Keith L. Black. The surgeon scheduled the surgery for June 8, Menounos 39th birthday. The doctor told her that, "I am 98 percent convinced that this is a benign condition, but it is not certain until we go into the," After the lengthy surgery which lasted about seven hours, Dr. Black was able to get rid of 99.9 percent of the tumour, which was benign. The doctor. Black stated that it is possible to see the tumor return in between six and seven percent of cases. "But I'll take the odds every day." After returning home to her family after an eight-day stay in the hospital, Menounos is healing and spending the time she can with her mom, Litsa who's most recent MRI confirms that her cancer remains solid.