People with neurofibromatosis have to deal with pain the tumor grows in that area. The doctor can give you chemotherapy or surgery. You would also have to deal with the embarrassing bumps on your skin. One thing that makes neurofibromatosis patients frustrated or even angry is that there is no cure. When you go to the doctor there two things that they do. First they check physically if there is any bumps that they need to remove like fatal neurofibromas or even just the ones that they want to remove on them. Second they do an MRI to check for the non-visible ones.