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MNTim

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Forum is an invaluable resource
« on: March 12, 2011, 08:41:01 am »
I have been using the forum for about a week but dealing with an AN since 8/09.  In the past week I have had access to more valuable advice than all of the past year and a half.  Anyone who is dealing with an AN needs to utilize this resource.

In researching the forum I have found answers to questions that nurses and Drs could not answer. I can only imagine the peace of mind this would have brought if I had utilzed the forum prior.  I think it also benefits those close to you because it reduces the anxiety passed along to them. 

Thanks everyone for participating.  I hope to be able to provide information that assists another one of us.

Tim
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1/31/11 Translab, 7/12 Graft Mayo Rochester, MN
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3/14/11 Eustacian tube packing procedure for CSF leak
2/28/13 Platinum weight & Tarsorrhaphy

ombrerose4

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 09:54:51 am »
I agree- this forum is amazing. We have so many people willing to share their wealth of information and knowledge, along with warmth and support. I too wish I had found the forum before my surgery, but thankfully I found it early in my recovery. I don't think I would have made it this far without everyone's support! ;D ;D
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Mount Sinai Hospital, NYC (Dr. Bederson and Dr. Choe)
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Kaybo

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2011, 10:51:22 am »
That is exactly why so many of us stick around - to try to help & support others! Thanks for the reaffirming words!

K ;D
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12/7 Graft 1/97
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SSD
Facial Paralysis-R(no movement or feelings in face,mouth,eye)
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lori67

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2011, 12:05:16 pm »
Information from your doctor is wonderful, but nothing like information from someone who's "been there - done that"!   ;D

Lori
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Right 3cm AN diagnosed 1/2007.  Translab resection 2/20/07 by Dr. David Kaylie and Dr. Karl Hampf at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.  R side deafness, facial nerve paralysis.  Tarsorraphy and tear duct cauterization 5/2007.  BAHA implant 11/8/07. 7-12 nerve jump 9/26/08.

Jim Scott

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2011, 05:12:18 pm »
Tim ~

Thanks for your generous words of appreciation for the ANA discussion forums.   

It's ironic that just when I start to think that perhaps, after 5 years of posting, it might be time for me to think about 'moving on', we get an encouraging post such as yours that validates not only the mission of the forums but reaffirms my reasons for sticking with them even as my AN experience recedes into the mists of time.  For that, alone, you have my gratitude. 

Jim
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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.

CHD63

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« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2011, 08:18:49 pm »
Ditto to the others .....

The only reason I have stayed posting is to do what little I can to alleviate some of the terror of newly diagnosed patients ..... as well as to off-set some of the scary things we read about on the Internet.  Medicine has come a long ways in the treatment of acoustic neuromas.

Clarice
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Right MVD for trigeminal neuralgia, 1994, Pittsburgh, PA
Left retrosigmoid 2.6 cm AN removal, February, 2008, Duke U
Tumor regrew to 1.3 cm in February, 2011
Translab AN removal, May, 2011 at HEI, Friedman & Schwartz
Oticon Ponto Pro abutment implant at same time; processor added August, 2011

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2011, 09:58:03 pm »
I totally agree that the forum is great!!!  I thank each and everyone of you on this forum for helping me through the hardest time of my life!!!!!!
You are the BEST!!!! :)     Angela
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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2011, 11:04:20 pm »
Hear! hear! I don't think the doctors write down every tiny detail of any particular person's condition pre or post surgery.
Thankyou everyone for the help to stay sane.  ;D
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leapyrtwins

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2011, 10:53:17 am »
I totally agree!

The Forum has been a God-send to many.

Jan
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I don't actually "make" trouble..just kind of attract it, fine tune it, and apply it in new and exciting ways

jaylogs

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« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2011, 11:17:55 am »
I'll add my .02 worth here and echo the sentiments of everyone by saying this indeed has been a blessing having this as a resource for all things AN.  Thanks to EVERYONE who has posted here in the past!!
Jay
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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2011, 11:36:45 am »
Quote from: leapyrtwins on March 13, 2011, 10:53:17 am
The Forum has been a God-send to many.

Aye-men Sista!  :-*  Phyl
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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2011, 01:09:12 pm »
What they said ++++
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Diagn Apr 14 2009 with 2.5 cm lt AN. - numbness in the face and sudden onset headaches accompanied by balance issues. Consults with Drs in S Ontario, California (House) and Vancouver. Picked Dr. Akagami in BC.
Retrosigmoid July 6, 2010, 3.0cm by then. SSD left, no other significant side effects.

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2011, 09:13:53 am »
Tim,
Thanks for the kind words about the forum, and I totally agree! I also hang around to help others, and I have made great friends too...
We are like a little family here! Keep posting.
BTW you have been through a lot..... :o
Maureen
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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: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2011, 11:15:43 am »
Looking for the "Like" button....Love this place....
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cindyj

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Re: Forum is an invaluable resource
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2011, 11:53:12 am »
Yes, an invaluable resource and now a huge part of my life...can't imagine not hanging around here w/ you guys.  I don't "need" to be here any more, but I "want" to be here :)

Cindy
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