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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #30 on: December 14, 2009, 01:26:17 pm »
Thinking of you, Lyn.
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #31 on: December 15, 2009, 07:05:52 am »
My prayers are with you for a speedy recovery you have to get back to those law books...we are all waiting to hear how you are doing ?


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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #32 on: December 15, 2009, 08:47:48 am »
Thoughts & Prayers with you.  Keep us posted.

Happy Trails,
Lynn
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #33 on: December 15, 2009, 07:19:13 pm »
Hope everything turned out great, Lyn.

I've been thinking about you.

Jan
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #34 on: December 15, 2009, 08:22:54 pm »
I'm sure things are going about as expected (by us posties anyhow)...  Remember, the first 3 days don't count. 

Is anyone going to update for Lyn the first few days?

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Brian
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #35 on: December 16, 2009, 09:17:58 am »
Hi Lyn,

Thinking of you and hoping all is going well! Can't wait to hear how you are doing.

Bren~
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #36 on: December 16, 2009, 09:18:40 am »
Maybe I need to fly down to Florida to check up on our lawmama!   ;D ;) ;D
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #37 on: December 16, 2009, 12:11:53 pm »
Has anyone heard from Lynette? Just wondering how she is doing. I didn't see any updates on her blog either. I am not sure if someone is going to update us here or not?! :( I'm a worry wart  :-\
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #38 on: December 16, 2009, 02:40:14 pm »
I don't remember Lyn saying anything about a scribe.  So we may just have to wait for her to come back.

Patience, people, patience!  ;D

Jan

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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #39 on: December 16, 2009, 03:33:41 pm »
Quote from: leapyrtwins on December 16, 2009, 02:40:14 pm
I don't remember Lyn saying anything about a scribe.  So we may just have to wait for her to come back.

Patience, people, patience!  ;D

Jan

Yeah, you know how we're SO good at that around here..  :)

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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #40 on: December 16, 2009, 10:54:22 pm »
Yes, I do know.

One of the reasons I put that in my post.  I'm one of the most impatient people I know  ;)  :D

It's driving me crazy that we haven't heard about Lyn yet, but I'm still thinking good thoughts and praying for her.  I'm confident she'll be reporting as soon as she can.  And I'm also confident that things went well for her and she's on the road to recovery.

Jan
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #41 on: December 17, 2009, 12:59:51 pm »
Lyn stopped by and posted a message in the Post-Treatment area this morning:

http://anausa.org/forum/index.php?topic=11342.0
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #42 on: December 17, 2009, 10:05:42 pm »
Hi, I just wanted to make a comment about Lawmama & myself, both of us had the same doctors. We BOTH have been very blessed in our surgeries and their out comes.  I believes this saids tons about Dr. Stephen Lewis and Shands Teaching Hosptial in Gainesville,Florida.  I am just so proud of you Lawmama and how well you have done this week.  Keep up the great work, Debi
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #43 on: December 21, 2009, 07:35:44 am »
I agree, Debi.  I feel like I received the very best of care.  Both Dr. Antonelli and Dr. Lewis were fantastic and I'm thrilled with my results.  No surgeon could have saved my hearing because my AN was on the hearing nerve, but my face is perfect and I think my recovery has been very smooth and I give a lot of credit to the care I received from my doctors and the nurses at Shands.  I would recommend Shands and my doctors to anyone. 

Thanks for the kind words from everyone!!!

And sorry to keep you all in suspense earlier.  I did have a caringbride page that my sister was keeping up, but I guess I forgot to link it in my signature before my surgery.  Oops!!! Thank you all for your prayers and thoughts.  I think all of the positive energy sent my way just lifted me up and was the reason for my fantastic recovery.  I'm one week out and I feel pretty darn good!  I think this whole experience has really made me realize how much good I do have in my life.  I'm looking at things very "glass half full" now.  Very thankful.
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Re: Surgery scheduled! Shands hospital on Dec 14th
« Reply #44 on: December 21, 2009, 11:17:33 am »
Congratulations, Lyn! You and your story are a hope and inspiration for me.

Hey I just checked out your blog and low and behold your doctor also quoted you a 95% chance of facial nerve preservation. That's consistent with my doctors "stats".

And that fact you are here, posting your story just a few days after your surgery.

Wow.

http://lynettewp.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-11-09T11%3A10%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=7

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Odds of facial nerve preservation: 95% He says this can sometimes depend on factors outside of his control (my anatomy, swelling after the surgery, etc) but he has a very good record in this area.

EDIT:

I just took a good look at your blog. Your situation sounds like mine - my balance is what is out of whack and that is what brought me to the doctor. Thanks for documenting all of this ..... really, really, great stuff you have shared.
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