Welcome Susy,
It is amazing how many of us Canadians come to the American forum here … currently I am residing here and was fortunate to have finally located some good honest and sincere doctors here in the USA who had “the patients� best interest truly at heart (one even a Canadian
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).
Before you reinvent-the-wheel on the “searching for surgeons� thing know that there in Ontario you have some of the world’s finests right there in your snowy and cold back yard.
“If� it is an acoustic neuroma I suggest that you skip past the ENT and connect with a "neurosurgeon" and a "neurotologist" (worth speaking with both- as those are the best qualified to do this sort of treatment… and can help you choose your options. (Some AN patients have more options than others based on size & location of tumor... and their overall health, age etc...)
Here are a couple of world class reputable surgeons you may want to approach … again… “If “ you show positive for an AN.
(I will add you to my prayer list that it will
not be positive)
Julian M. Nedzelski, M.D., FRCS(C), Otolaryngologist-in-Chief
Sunnybrooke Health Science Center
U o T former Chairman of, the Department of Otolaryngology,
Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto.
Sunnybrook campus
2075 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3M5
Telephone: 416.480.6100
I suggest that you speak with your ENT and see if they can set up an appointment for you with Dr. Nedzelski and ask him to look at your case – specifically.
http://www.sunnybrook.ca/departments/ent/healthteamYou will see he is world renown for his expertise in AN -on this list
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=hstat6.section.55342Another top notch world renowned surgeon is at University of Western Ontario Medical School:
Dr. Lorne Parnes.
http://www.uwo.ca/ent/BIOPARNES.pdf ( Schulich Department of Otolaryngology) 519-663-3421
http://www.schulich.uwo.ca/ent/Know that by being an Ontario resident you are in a good position- being that some of Canada’s best resources, doctors, and facilities, equipped to deal with Acoustic Neuroma, are actually right there in your province. (I won’t even start on all the out-of-pocket expenses occurred over my AN research – many Americans choose treatment options based on financial resources and insurance … you have a health insurance coverage that many Americans do
not have). Trust me if you have OHIP- you are at an advantage up there.
Acoustic Neuromas are not typically fast growing – and know that you can take time to understand what you have, what are the best treatment options FOR YOU (every case is different) … and on this forum are some great understanding people. Know you are not alone and there ARE people there for you- we all just happen to reside in different geographical locations and the forum is what brings us together. (What did AN’ers do before the internet?)
Once you find out what the prognosis is -after the MRI (as to not overwhelm you) I can direct you to some more resources (alongside others on the forum).
I can tell you that by finding this ANA forum here -you are already a step in the right direction.
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