Odds your next door neighbor has a AN

[Raven]

What do you think those odds are? Actually our boats are side by side at the same marina. I was talking to him the other evening and my AN detector was going off, since then he had the MRI. Maybe he will post and we can give him a warm welcome, really a good guy, doesn't deserve this.

Hopefully everyone here is doing o.k.

John

[luvzmutt]

John,

What marina is your boat docked at.   My dad and my sister in law dock theirs at the Baltimore Marine Center.  Not sure if you are in Baltimore,  but thought I'd ask (I have a small AN,  9mm x 7mm and NF1).

Leslie

[leapyrtwins]

No boat here, but I wish I had one.

I'm hopeful your neighbor doesn't have an AN, but if he does, he's lucky to have you as a resource and as someone who will support him.

He's also lucky that you know enough about the Forum to direct him here.  I've found that sometimes newbies have no idea that the Forum even exists.

Jan

[Raven]

Leslie,

We are members of the Baltimore Yacht Club.

Hi Jan........turns out he does have a AN, 1cm.

John

[grega]

Hi John and Leslie ..... best to you with your AN decisions.

And hello Jan!  Hope you're doing well!  Been away for a couple months & haven't visited forum .... just lollygagging and thoroughly enjoying my baha.

John, what caught my eye on your thread was your moniker "Raven" .... and then, without reading much further, I knew you are from this area cause of your mention of Dr. Eisenman at UMMC.  Spoke with him back in 2004 re my AN .... but opted for Hopkins for my Nov 04 surgery.

I only chime in here to introduce myself ..... the forum is definitely a terrif place for advice and support.  So I too encourage you to mention this place to your next-slip friend.  It's also good to know others in your area, for a time when an AN get together is formed, as you might have read about from others in diff parts of the US.

Keep smiling ....... Greg

[lori67]

Seems we are not as rare as we used to be!  I was talking to the mom of one of my daughter's classmates last week and found out her husband was just diagnosed with an AN.  I guess everyone wants to be just like us!!   

And on the boat subject, my aunt and uncle used to belong to Bodkin Bay Yacht club in the Baltimore area.  Is that near you, Raven?  I don't remember exactly where it is since the last time I was there was many years ago.

Lori

[Raven]

Hi Lori,

I've been to Bodkin Yacht Club a few times. It is on Bodkin Creek off the Patapsco River, and yes it is in the Baltimore area. Fairly close to where I'm at.

Greg, I highly recommended the forum to my friend, I'm pretty sure he has checked it out. I did attend one of the AN get togethers for the Baltimore area, very informative.

John

[leapyrtwins]

Hi Jan........turns out he does have a AN, 1cm.

John

Well, please ask him to join us here, John.

Hi, grega 

Good to see ya.  The lollygagging sounds fun.  Glad you're liking the BAHA - likewise here.

Jan

[Raven]

Hi everyone,

Tom is having surgery tomorrow at Johns Hopkins.........I plan on paying him a visit on Thursday, should have an update that evening.

John

[annamaria]

I (with my husband's help) had posted before that the odds of a person developing a AN and/or meningioma over a lifetime are aound

1-in-200

(that being computed by accumulating the posted yearly rates over a lifetime of, say, 80 years)

That means that is a marina with 100 boats (say with two people per boat), then there will be a person with AN at the marina.

If the marina has 200 boats, then two people at that marina will have an AN [does your marina have at least 200 boats?]

if the marina has 400 boats, then four people at that marina will have an AN.

Etc.

Annamaria

[leapyrtwins]

John -

looking forward to your update on Tom. 

Hope things went well for him. 

He's lucky to have your support; please give him our best.

Jan

[grega]

Hi John, et al,

Thanks for keeping us posted on Tom at JHH.  Which docs?  Tell him a plethora of fine folks wish him well with his re-coop.

Annamaria .... hoping for calm seas for all those boaters 

Greg in Arnold

[questions?586]

Maybe not the same dock but we are all in the same boat!     Trust all goes well!

[Raven]

Update on Tom.................. I saw Tom yesterday at Hopkins. Dr. Tamargo performed retrosigmoid and all went well, the operation took about six hours. I could not believe how good he looked, no facial issues or eye problems. The bandage had been removed, I never seen a retro incision before, live and in person, definetly different then middle fossa. Tom said he could hear the Dr. snap his fingers near his ear, so hopefully some hearing was saved, time will tell. He should be going home soon.

Take care everyone,

John

[lori67]

Great news!!  WAY TO GO,TOM!!!!

Lori