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Nank

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Do you have other medical problems?
« on: April 03, 2014, 12:39:19 pm »
My back has been hurting for some time.  I finally went for an MRI (which I HATE) but they saw herniated disc.  It is only slight, not bad, no surgery or anything like that.  I have been going to PT and am feeling much better! ;D  All through my AN stuff I was dealing with the back pain.  Glad I have finally got around to dealing with it. 

What about you?  What else are you dealing with?
1.3x0.7 cm AN in right ear
Diagnosed 6/12/13
Tinnitus, ear pain
No hearing loss
GK 7/25/13

lorjacks

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Re: Do you have other medical problems?
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2014, 02:58:47 pm »
Haven't posted in a while. I'm still in watch and wait 5 years now. I have spinal stenosis in the cervical spine. Had an MRI. It came on about a year and a half ago. I was warping my loom to weave a rug and had my neck in a weird position for a long time. Next day tried to do yoga to make it better, lol, big mistake. Anyway, the pain from that was so bad I forgot I even had an acoustic neuroma. I still have to deal with it but have learned to pace myself and what I can and cannot do.
It is part of the reason I think I am going to go with cyberknife. I can't picture my head in some clamp for 6-8 hours on an operating table. I'd be a cripple after that. 
diagnosed in 2009
W&W 5 years
AN grew to 2.4
CK at the University of Miami Sylvester Center
July 30, 2014
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Re: Do you have other medical problems?
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2014, 07:28:33 pm »


What about you?  What else are you dealing with?

Wow. That's going to open up the floodgates.

OK, well, I was dealing with obesity, hypertension, high cholesterol for many years and got a wake up call a year ago when I tipped the scales at 300 pounds.

Since then I've lost 100 pounds, I discontinued the BP medication last October and my cholesterol levels have been normal since last November.

Some of my aches and pains have been relieved quite a bit by the weight loss.

I have 15 to 25 pounds left that I want to lose over the next couple of months.



3/15/18 12mm x 6mm x5mm
9/21/16 12mm x 7mm x 5mm
3/23/15 12mm x 5.5mm x 4mm
3/13/14 12mm x 6mm x 4mm
8/1/13 14mm x 5mm x 4mm (Expected)
1/22/13 12mm x 3mm (Gamma Knife)
10/10/12 11mm x 4mm x 5mm
4/4/12 9mm x 4mm x 3mm (Diagnosis)

My story at: http://www.anausa.org/smf/index.php?topic=18287.0