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HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« on: March 04, 2010, 12:31:43 pm »


Best wishes for a
 Happy 40th Birthday Kay!

Thursday, March 4 2010

May your next decade be filled with many more memorable (and HAPPY!) moments with the Curl Girls and hubby!

Thanks for all your contributions to the forum.


DHM :)
4cm Left, 08/22/07 R/S 11+ hr surgery Stanford U, Dr. Robert Jackler, Dr. Griffith Harsh, Canadian fellow Assist. Dr. Sumit Agrawal. SSD, 3/6 on HB facial scale, stick-on-eyeweight worked, 95% eye function@ 6 months. In neuromuscular facial retraining. Balance regained! Recent MRI -tumor receded!

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2010, 01:25:54 pm »
Happy OVER THE HILL Day, Kaybo.
Treat yourself nice. They say life gets better after 40.
Let us know what you think!!
Maureen :)
06/06-Translab 3x2.5 vascular L AN- MAMC,Tacoma WA
Facial nerve cut,reanastomosed.Tarsorrhaphy
11/06. Gold weight,tarsorrhaphy reversed
01/08- nerve transposition-(12/7) UW Hospital, Seattle
5/13/10 Gracilis flap surgery UW for smile restoration :)
11/10/10 BAHA 2/23/11 brow lift/canthoplasty

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2010, 01:50:54 pm »
Happy Birthday, Kaybo! May all your wishes come true!

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Right side AN (6x3x3 cm) removed in 1988 by Drs. Benjamin & Cohen at NYU (16 hrs); nerves involved III - XII.
Regrowth at the brainstem 2.5 cm removed by Dr.Shahinian in 4 hrs at SBI (hopefully, this time forever); nerves involved IV - X with VIII missing. No facial or swallowing issues.

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2010, 02:01:18 pm »
No wonder Kaybo is a great gal!  She's a Pisces, like me!!   Happy Birthday. 

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2010, 02:46:02 pm »
Kaybo ~

Happy Birthday, youngster!  :)

Jim
4.5 cm AN diagnosed 5/06.  Retrosigmoid surgery 6/06.  Follow-up FSR completed 10/06.  Tumor shrinkage & necrosis noted on last MRI.  Life is good. 

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.  The way we cope with it is what makes the difference.

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2010, 06:47:52 pm »
Happy happy birthda to you, Kaybo
JO
14mmX11mmX11mm left ear
TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
cyberknife on June 7

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2010, 06:51:41 pm »
Ditto what Jim said !  Wishing you a wonderful birthday ! ! !  We've come a long way baby !
Always good thoughts,  Nancy
2.2cm length x 1.7cm width x 1.3cm  depth
retrosigmoid 6/19/06
Gold weight 7/19/06, removed 3/07
lateral tarsel strip X3
T3 procedure 11/20/07
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lateral canthal sling 11/14/08
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right facial paralysis

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2010, 06:54:31 pm »
Did ya go see the slice of bday cake on your profile?

Have a happy day.

Sara
MVD for hemifacial spasm 6/2/08
left side facial paresis
 12/100 facial function - 7/29/08
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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2010, 07:40:23 pm »
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYBO!!!!!
You have entered an amazing decade, enjoy it to the fullest!
Hugs Michelle  :-*
Retrosigmond surgery on June 4th, 2008 for an AN. 100% hearing loss and facial paralysis (was not prepared for facial paralysis). Size: 2.3 cm, 2.1 cm, 1.8 cm. some tumour remains along facial nerve. Pray for no regrowth. Misdiagnosed for 10 yrs.

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2010, 08:19:18 pm »
Kaybo:

It's official. You are over the hill.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Syl
1.5cm AN rt side; Retrosig June 16, 2008; preserved facial and hearing nerves;
FINALLY FREE OF CHRONIC HEADACHES 4.5 years post-op!!!!!!!
Drs. Kato, Blumenfeld, and Cheung.

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2010, 08:24:43 pm »
HIPPY BURPDAY, KAYBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :-*  :-*  :-*



geesh, I miss being forty... or near 40........
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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2010, 11:07:37 pm »
Happy big Four Oh Kaybo. Enjoy.

Patrick
3.5cm left side AN; 11 hour retrosigmoid surgery 8/11/08 @ Memorial Hermann, Houston - Texas Medical Center with Drs. Chang and Vollmer; home on 8/13/08;
SSD(w/tinnitus); dry eye; Happy to be here and feeling good.

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2010, 11:15:44 pm »
Hope you've had a great birthday!

we love you!
keri
1.5 left side; hearing loss; translab scheduled for 1/29/09 at Univ of MD at Baltimore
My head feels weird!!

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2010, 11:29:31 pm »
Happy Birthday, Kaybo. Enjoy the next 40 years too. :)

Steve
8 mm left AN June 2007,  CK at Stanford Sept 2007.
Hearing lasted a while, but left side is deaf now.
Right side is weak too. Life is quiet.

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Re: HAPPY Big "Four Oh" Kaybo!
« Reply #14 on: March 05, 2010, 08:21:12 am »
Kay -

you're not getting older, you're getting better. 

And remember, you'll always be younger than Lori - and me!

Hope you had a great one, little sis.

Jan (arriving late to the party)

Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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