Kinda dumb question I guess...lol

[tenai98]

Can someone state what is small, medium and large for ANs.  This is what I'm reading from the forum
Small....under 2cm
Medium ....between 2cm to 3.5cm
Large anything over 3.5cm......??

[leapyrtwins]

tenai -

no question is considered dumb on this forum 

Your recap looks correct to me.

Jan

[LADavid]

Tenai

Believe me, I am the champ at dumb questions.  But I always seem to get smart answers.  My impression is that a medium size goes down to 1.5.  If that isn't the case, I was mis-led.

David

[leapyrtwins]

David -

like lots of things AN, it probably depends somewhat on the doctor.

My AN was originally 1.5 cm and I was told it was considered "small to medium".

I was also told that 2 or 2.5 cm is generally the point where docs start to think that radiation isn't a good idea - but I have heard of docs who say it's more like 3 cm.

Jan

[Jim Scott]

Tenai98:

I also think your scale is basically correct, although the exact measurement threshold for determining the AN size category (small, medium, large) may vary a bit from doctor to doctor, as Jan indicated.  My 4.5 AN was termed 'very large' by my doctor.  I even heard the word 'huge' bandied about when I was having pre-op tests.  I decided to settle for 'large' and let it go at that. 

Jim