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stephSF

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Graduated
« on: January 09, 2012, 12:26:12 pm »
I just wanted to share with you, my friends, here which to me are cooler then Facebook, haaa that I received my diploma the other day.  I earned my MA IN PSYCHOLOGY with also my MFT intern lisence while raising our 6 at home kids and sporting my acoustic neuroma diagnosis during my last two months of school!   Heading for translab in 2 weeks.  You just never know what's going to happen, so live each day to the fullest!
1.6 cm AN Translab with Dr.'s Friedman and Shwartz with HEI on 1-25-2012.  I am doing great!  Surgery saved my life :).   Be brave, have a great attitude, and hire the best surgical team!!!!

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Re: Graduated
« Reply #1 on: January 09, 2012, 01:28:46 pm »
Congratulations on a job well done and your great positive attitude, and best wishes for successful treatment of your AN.
MVD for hemifacial spasm 6/2/08
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 46 - 11/25/08
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Re: Graduated
« Reply #2 on: January 09, 2012, 01:34:46 pm »
Steph
Good job! I can't believe you have time with 6 kids  :o
14mm dx 9/07. CK done Seattle  1 year MRI showed some shrinkage. 4 year MRI 2mm growth nothing conclusive. Trigminal nerve involvment Retrosigmoid Friedmand/Schwartz HEI March 7,2012

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Re: Graduated
« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2012, 04:02:54 pm »
Steph ~

Congratulations on your notable achievement!  I'm very impressed (almost feel like a slacker ;)) and wish you a great future in your chosen field.   

Jim
4.5 cm AN diagnosed 5/06.  Retrosigmoid surgery 6/06.  Follow-up FSR completed 10/06.  Tumor shrinkage & necrosis noted on last MRI.  Life is good. 

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.  The way we cope with it is what makes the difference.

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Re: Graduated
« Reply #4 on: January 09, 2012, 06:31:59 pm »
Stephanie .....

Adding my congratulations to this amazing accomplishment, given the stressors involved.  Well done!!

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Right MVD for trigeminal neuralgia, 1994, Pittsburgh, PA
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Tumor regrew to 1.3 cm in February, 2011
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Re: Graduated
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2012, 07:39:35 pm »
Congratulations! Now the hard work begins, putting all that new learnin' to work.  ;D

-Tod
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