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wendysig

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Happy New Year!
« on: December 31, 2008, 03:41:12 pm »
Hi all!

I just thought I'd take this opportunity to wish all of you a Happy New Year!    I want to thank all of you for your advice, support and help over the last 8 months -- it really made my life a whole lot easier knowing I had all of you to talk to.  May 2009 be a year of better health, happiness and prosperity for us all!

Cheers!
Wendy
1.3 cm at time of diagnosis -  April 9, 2008
2 cm at time of surgery
SSD right side translabyrinthine July 25, 2008
Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Extremely grateful for the wonderful Dr. Choe & Dr. Chen
BAHA surgery 1/5/09
Doing great!

leapyrtwins

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2008, 04:06:57 pm »
Wendy -

Happy New Year to you too - and to all my other fellow forumites (I just LOVE that word) ;D

1/1/09 means only 4 days until your BAHA surgery! YEA!!!

Is it on the AN Calendar so David can remind us in his weekly post? 

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2008, 04:46:37 pm »
Happy New Year to all!!

K
Translab 12/95@Houston Methodist(Baylor College of Medicine)for "HUGE" tumor-no size specified
25 yrs then-14 hour surgery-stroke
12/7 Graft 1/97
Gold Weight x 5
SSD
Facial Paralysis-R(no movement or feelings in face,mouth,eye)
T3-3/08
Great life!

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2008, 08:28:50 pm »
Wishing everyone a healthy and happy year to come!

Happy New Year!  ;D

Nancy
1.6 cm left AN diagnosed Oct. '07
1.9 cm on 2nd MRI, May '08
Retrosigmoid surgery at House Clinic/St. Vincent's on 8/6/08
(no post-op dizziness, nausea, facial or balance issues)
Thankful for a fantastic team of doctors - Dr. Rick Friedman, Dr. Marc Schwartz, & Dr. Michael Stefan

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 08:34:40 pm »
My New Year's resolution is to write 2009 on the first check I write in the new year. :)

Happy New Year to all the forumites, new and old, and best wishes for a great 2009.

Steve
8 mm left AN June 2007,  CK at Stanford Sept 2007.
Hearing lasted a while, but left side is deaf now.
Right side is weak too. Life is quiet.

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2008, 10:04:43 pm »
OK - I just thought of our new motto for 2009...ready?

I'm going to walk a straight line in '09!!

K   ;D
Translab 12/95@Houston Methodist(Baylor College of Medicine)for "HUGE" tumor-no size specified
25 yrs then-14 hour surgery-stroke
12/7 Graft 1/97
Gold Weight x 5
SSD
Facial Paralysis-R(no movement or feelings in face,mouth,eye)
T3-3/08
Great life!

Sue

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2008, 11:20:18 pm »
Or:

Everything is going to be fine,
Now that we are here in 2009!

Let's have a bottle of wine,
A raise a glass for  2009!

Let's all go out and dine,
To celebrate 2009!

This stupid AN of mine,
Is down the drain in 2009!

Sue in Vancouver USA





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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2009, 12:12:20 am »
Sue,
Thanks for the great poem--you are very talented!  I'll raise my glass (again  ;)) and say cheers!
Marci
3cmx4cm trigeminal neuroma, involved all the facial nerves, dx July 8, 2008, tx July 22, 2008, home on July 24, 2008. Amazing care at University Hospitals in Cleveland.

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2009, 06:49:08 am »
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL.
to those who are having treatment the first three months of 2009, I as wont be around, I wish you a successful treatment and a speedy recovery.
JO
14mmX11mmX11mm left ear
TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
cyberknife on June 7

Mickey

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2009, 09:26:31 am »
Happy New Year! Thanks to all the great people in this support group. Mickey

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2009, 01:03:51 pm »
Right back at ya, Mickey  ;D

Hope you are doing well.

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

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

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #11 on: January 01, 2009, 06:30:28 pm »
Happy 2009 Everyone!

I, too, would like to say thanks again for this forum, and for the advice and comfort that has been provided.  My  thoughts and prayers continue for those facing treatment as well as those facing ongoing challenges after treatment.

Mona
L An diagnosed 5/08 2.0 x 1.1 x 1.3 cm.  Cyberknife Stanford Drs Chang and Gibbs Nov '08.  One yr: 2.1 x 1.4 x 1.6, Two yr: 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.8, Three yr: 1.9 x 1.5 x 1.5, Four year 1.6 x 1.1 x 1.1, Six yr: 1.4 x .7 x .9

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #12 on: January 01, 2009, 07:21:31 pm »
~~~~~~~~~~Happy New Years~~~~~~~~~~[/color][/size]

A little giggle ... Lord knows I need one

WE went to town to watch fireworks and got to High School to watch only to find location had been
changed... so we go to square to find out where they were to be ...myself and a friend left my husband watching
a truck full and van full of kids (9 in all ) and went across street to tent where dance was being held ... we
see a policeman at entrance and I decide he is the guy to ask...

don't need to explain to you all  , but between low lights outside of tent and flashing light from inside tent
along with uneven ground and wind my balance was not at it's best... I am staggering toward him and about
3 feet away cup my ear and stop...only my  feet and lower half of me stopped   :o... the rest of me continued
on bumping into his chest and pulling lower half of me forward stepping on his foot   >:(... he kinda just leans forward
pushing me upright with his flashlight in one had and his other hand went to his gun ...

my now laughing friend caught my arm to steady me ... I went on and asked him about the location of fireworks
and he told me where we needed to go ... he watched as my laughing friend and I stagger back across the street to
my truck and her van ... I waved at him got in and drove off... I am sure if I had not been able to speak clearly I
would have been given a sobriety test... and failed it ... I need a medical card saying she ain't drunk , just dizzy or
something to that effect... got to parking place with about 3 minutes to spare ...still laughing our heads off and staggering

I have worried about doing just this sort of thing ... but to do it on New Years Eve and my victom to be a police
make it memorable and funny
3mm AN discovered Aug 2004
Translab July 2 ,2007
3.2cm x 2.75cm x 3.3cm @ time of surgery

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #13 on: January 01, 2009, 10:57:18 pm »
That is an awesome story. :D
3cmx4cm trigeminal neuroma, involved all the facial nerves, dx July 8, 2008, tx July 22, 2008, home on July 24, 2008. Amazing care at University Hospitals in Cleveland.

wendysig

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Re: Happy New Year!
« Reply #14 on: January 02, 2009, 10:00:09 am »
Hi Soundy and Happy New Year!

That is a very funny story.  My balance is not as bad as yours, but I've often worried that a policeman would mistake my unsteady walk for me being drunkI'm a little steadiier, but  every now and then it still happens.

Wendy
1.3 cm at time of diagnosis -  April 9, 2008
2 cm at time of surgery
SSD right side translabyrinthine July 25, 2008
Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Extremely grateful for the wonderful Dr. Choe & Dr. Chen
BAHA surgery 1/5/09
Doing great!