Coming up on my 1 year MRI

[ghenier27]

Hi to all that remember me, I had my surgery for my An October 17th but my doctor scheduled my appointment for my MRI the second week of Sept. I had an unbelieveable fast recovery and no problems since. HOWEVER, I am kinda of getting worry about this up and coming scan. I was just wondering from everyone, how many of you had your AN come back ? Debi   

[Jim Scott]

Hi, Debi ~

Good to see you post again.  The regrowth rate for surgically removed ANs is around 3%.  Besides, to be realistic, re-growth rarely happens less than a year after the surgery.  So, unless you're having symptoms, I wouldn't let myself get too stressed out about your upcoming MRI.  I'm sure it'll be 'clear'.

Jim

[leapyrtwins]

Hi, Debi.

I remember my first post op MRI very distinctly.  It freaked me out because I was worried about regrowth.

I recently had my third annual post op MRI with clean results - just like the other two 

My docs told me my AN was removed "completely", but I still have a 1-2% chance of regrowth.

So far, so good 

Good luck,

Jan

[ghenier27]

Thank you so much for your replies. It does bring me some peace of mind to know that the chance of regrowth rate is between 2-3%. I don't know what I would have done without this site before my surgery or after it. It is a huge source of information for everyone dealing with this. Debi

[jaylogs]

Oh yeah...you should be good to go for a long time there!  Let us know how it goes with the MRI!! Good luck and take care!
Jay