Hi, I'm new to this so any advise and help would be greatly appreciated. I had surgery in July for my AN and the surgery was unsuccessful. I had been in the operation room for about 4-1/2 hrs and the surgery had to be stopped. Most of that time I was told was positioning me properly. Anyway, as the drilling started the blodd vessels in my head started to coagulate and caused a migraine at the same time which intern then the brain swelled soo much and blood started to flow and the procedure needed to be stopped. If the surgery was continued the surgeon said I could of lost my life and or been paralyzed in some form for the rest of my life.They had a hard time also getting to the tumor and seeing exactly where and what it was affecting. I have had multiple MRI's and CT Scans and this never showed before. In Feb, 2005 is when the AN was discovered. Another MRI was taken approximately 2-1/2 wks later and showed no growth. Then in Nov, 2005 I had another MRI done and there is growth. So of course there is concern. I do have other health issues which become a factor in any procedure I go through. I am still researching for an alternative way to resume taking care of this issue. And gain advise possibly from other doctors in hopes they might of seen or heard of an occurrance similar to mine. It has some doctors baffled and have never seen this happen before. If any one knows of this odd issue and can help in directing me to help or have any advice, it would greatly be appreciated.
Thank you - BEGONE
