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ewchisek

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7 hours until surgery!!
« on: February 10, 2013, 09:18:08 pm »
Well, in about 7 hours I will be in surgery. I'm taking deep breaths and saying my prayers. Thank you all for your support and prayers. I look forward to being on the other side of this journey.

LakeErie

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Re: 7 hours until surgery!!
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2013, 09:56:53 pm »
I am glad the waiting will be over soon. Tomorrow at this time you will be post surgery and there will be no more anxiety. Good luck. A lot of posters here will be thinking of you.
4.7 cm x 3.6 cm x 3.2 cm vestibular schwannoma
Simplified retrosigmoid @ Cleveland Clinic 10/06/2011
Rt SSD, numbness, vocal cord and swallowing problems
Vocal cord and swallowing normalized at 16 months. Numbness persists.
Regrowth 09/19/2016
GK 10/12/2016 Cleveland Clinic
facial weakness Jan 2017

Sam-NewZealand

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Re: 7 hours until surgery!!
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2013, 12:42:47 am »
yes keep breathing - when i was in ICU thats what calmed me down just focusing on breathing in .. and out ... thinking of you Elizabeth
MRI on 16 Nov 2012 diagnosed - 29 years old!
Left AN 2.7 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm - pressing on brainstem & sensory nerve for face, full/numb ear feeling, constant tinnitus & major hearing loss in Left ear
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2 hr CSF Leak surgery 16 Feb
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james e

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Re: 7 hours until surgery!!
« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2013, 02:00:04 pm »
Hopefully by now you are in ICU and starting your recovery. Thinking of you.

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Re: 7 hours until surgery!!
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2013, 09:27:56 am »
Dear Elizabeth,

I have been praying a lot for you thst your surgery would turn out to be great.  Still praying!

Mike
1974 - Dr. Michelson  Colombia Presbyterian removal of 3 Arterio Venous Malformations
2004- Dr. Sisti  NY Presbyterian subtotal removal of 3.1 cm AN,
2012 - June 11th Dr. Sisti Gamma Knife (easy-breasily done)"DEAD IRV" play taps!
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