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jsanders1379

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Looks like "Watch&Wait" is over for me...
« on: March 31, 2013, 12:36:49 pm »
Got my 2nd MRI in the mail yesterday. In 5 months my AN has gone from 6.6X5.0X3.7 to 9.3X5.0X5.2. Will be calling the specialists tomorrow...Feeling scared, but also a little relieved that the decision has been made for me, I think...
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Dx 10-25-2012
5x6x4 mm
3-27-2013 MRI 9x6x6 mm
GK  5-7-13 Swedish Hospital, Denver

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Re: Looks like "Watch&Wait" is over for me...
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2013, 01:33:19 pm »
Got my 2nd MRI in the mail yesterday. In 5 months my AN has gone from 6.6X5.0X3.7 to 9.3X5.0X5.2.

Jeez, I hope that's mm and not cm.
 ;D

Anyway, assuming it's mm, same thing happened to me. First MRI April 2012 my AN was 3mm x 4mm x 9mm. Second MRI October 2012 my AN was 4mm x 4mm x 11mm.

Comparing the two images it didn't look much different until it dawned on me that the growth rate was 20% in 6 months.

Now if my money could grow like that in 6 months I'd be ecstatic.

Not so with a tumor. That's when I decided death to ALF.

Will be calling the specialists tomorrow...Feeling scared, but also a little relieved that the decision has been made for me, I think...

Keep us posted. You'll get plenty of support here.

PS: If you are considering GK as one of your options( I'm not pushing it) and aren't satisfied with local options, you're only a short flight from Phoenix. Check out the Barrow Acoustic Neuroma Center:

https://anausa.org/index.php/medical-resources/medical-center-directory/barrow-acoustic-neuroma-center

Porter, Weisskoph and Brachman made up my team.

« Last Edit: March 31, 2013, 01:47:11 pm by arizonajack »
3/15/18 12mm x 6mm x5mm
9/21/16 12mm x 7mm x 5mm
3/23/15 12mm x 5.5mm x 4mm
3/13/14 12mm x 6mm x 4mm
8/1/13 14mm x 5mm x 4mm (Expected)
1/22/13 12mm x 3mm (Gamma Knife)
10/10/12 11mm x 4mm x 5mm
4/4/12 9mm x 4mm x 3mm (Diagnosis)

My story at: http://www.anausa.org/smf/index.php?topic=18287.0