I thought I would pass along some information I received this weekend from a woman who had translab surgery at Georgetown U. Hospital with Drs. Jean and Kim-
I asked Dr. Kim if I could speak with one of his former patients who had translab surgery, and yesterday morning I received a call from a 31 year old woman who had surgery there two years ago. At the time, she had been complaining of dryness in her right eye, and after a series of diagnostics, an MRI turned up a nearly 5 centimeter acoustic neuroma. She was immediately admitted into their NICU, and a week later had the tumor removed via two surgeries within the span of three days. She said she experienced some CSF leakage within the first few days, which was fixed, but otherwise came through the surgery with flying colors. She had some facial weakness for only about eight weeks. She stated the doctors left some of the tumor behind on the facial nerve in order to preserve nerve function, and is still in an observation mode, getting an MRI once every 9 months at this point. Dr. Kim has recommended that she have radiosurgery to destroy the remainder of the schwannoma, but since it hasn't regrown yet, she still hasn't commited to it. She said she's nearly 100% now, two years later, and doesn't suffer from headaches or any other side effects. In fact, she said the only time she ever thinks about her tumor is when she goes for her MRI. Truly an unbelievable and inspiring story.
