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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2009, 03:05:38 pm »
Great job on the hat!  Phyl, darling, you look great!

Regards,
Brian
Diagnosed 4/10/08 - 3cm Right AN
12hr retrosig 5/8/08 w/Drs Vrabec and Trask in Houston, Tx
Some facial paralysis post-op but most movement is back, some tinitus.  SSD on right.
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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2009, 05:52:31 am »
Phyl,

You are beautiful and I could never pull off a hat in my life!

Steve,
My Granny would have enlisted you in her knitter's brigade with your spectacular workmanship..........a fine knitter you are!  I'm sure you knit fine healing properties into those knit one pearl two's.


Hugs to you both!

Brenda

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #17 on: February 28, 2009, 08:19:07 am »
Thanks all for the kind words... I look like crap! Felt lousy this week and end of day (you can see the fatigue set in.....) but... I took Scooby's hint... new avitar piccie!

*groans*

Can I airbrush the pic? It stinks of me!

Phyl
"Gentlemen, I wash my hands of this weirdness", Capt Jack Sparrow - Davy Jones Locker, "Pirates of the Carribbean - At World's End"

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #18 on: February 28, 2009, 09:06:47 am »
Aw Phyl~
It is not bad & when you feel better, you can throw the hat on and take another pic!  ;D  Sorry you had a rough week, but I bet that surprise in the mail made it a little better!

Love ya!
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: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #19 on: February 28, 2009, 11:36:34 am »
Phyl,

Up close you can see a little of the bleary eyed look of a moderator who has been pouring over all the new posts again. Dedication has its price!

The small avatar picture hides all that, though, and looks fine. No worries. :)

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: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2009, 03:26:28 pm »
Phyl,

You look beautiful, now I know why you have a new picutre.  Steve this could be your new job, knitting hats for all of us!!  My favorite color is maroon.

LisaP ;D
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AN at 12mm by 7mm by 7mm,  shown no growth as of September 26, 2013, 5.5 years into this journey.  Next MRI 2015. Doctors: Mason and McKenna.  Continue to W&W

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2009, 06:53:03 pm »
I LOVE THIS FORUM!!!  IT IS TRULY FANTASTIC!

JEN
5/01  1.3 AN removed at NYU using Retrosig. Approach
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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2009, 07:21:16 am »
Great hat, love the color.
Steve you do beautiful work.

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2009, 09:36:43 am »
Phyl:  You're beautiful, fatigue & all ! !  & Steve is right about the avitar picture.
Always good thoughts,  Nancy
(heck,  I'm beautiful,  paralysis & all !).
2.2cm length x 1.7cm width x 1.3cm  depth
retrosigmoid 6/19/06
Gold weight 7/19/06, removed 3/07
lateral tarsel strip X3
T3 procedure 11/20/07
1.6 Gm platinum weight 7/10/08
lateral canthal sling 11/14/08
Jones tube insert right inner eye 2/27/09
2.4 Gm. Platinum chain 2017
right facial paralysis

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #24 on: March 01, 2009, 02:18:21 pm »
great hats and great picture ...

I hate my picture made especially since surgery and the extra
pounds  I have gained through inactivity... or rather less active activities...
3mm AN discovered Aug 2004
Translab July 2 ,2007
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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #25 on: March 01, 2009, 05:32:43 pm »


I was presented this lovely hand knit RED "toque" by Steve at an ANA meeting. Such a sweetie is "our Steve"... a great guy to have in a club. :-*  :) The workmanship in the knitting is excellent. Warms me right up  :) does this hat - knit by Sunny Disposition Steve.

Merci beaucoup,

DHM
4cm Left, 08/22/07 R/S 11+ hr surgery Stanford U, Dr. Robert Jackler, Dr. Griffith Harsh, Canadian fellow Assist. Dr. Sumit Agrawal. SSD, 3/6 on HB facial scale, stick-on-eyeweight worked, 95% eye function@ 6 months. In neuromuscular facial retraining. Balance regained! Recent MRI -tumor receded!

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2009, 05:40:10 pm »
What a delightful disguise, Daisy Head "Charlie Chaplin" Maisy!  ;D

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: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2009, 06:14:13 pm »
DHM:  A Groucho Marx fan I see ! !
Beautiful !  Always good thoughts,   Nancy
2.2cm length x 1.7cm width x 1.3cm  depth
retrosigmoid 6/19/06
Gold weight 7/19/06, removed 3/07
lateral tarsel strip X3
T3 procedure 11/20/07
1.6 Gm platinum weight 7/10/08
lateral canthal sling 11/14/08
Jones tube insert right inner eye 2/27/09
2.4 Gm. Platinum chain 2017
right facial paralysis

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #28 on: March 01, 2009, 06:46:26 pm »
Hi,

A lovely photo Phyl! You don't look fatigue at all!

You're so fantastic Steve! In the beginning I thought you were joking, but I realize you don't.  :D

Best wishes,

Helene in Sweden
AN found in February, 2006, size 0,8 cm
Surgery 20th May, 2009, retrosigmoid approach
SSD and balance issues
Forever grateful to Dr Siesjo and Dr Kahlon, University Hospital of Lund, Sweden
Two AN:s found 1st March, 2016
Waiting for GK

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Re: Putting on my ANA Forum Moderator "hat".....
« Reply #29 on: March 01, 2009, 11:22:41 pm »
OMG Steve!  You are just mass-producing these hats, aren't you??

Where do you find time to knit?  Did you quit your day job?  Between working, moderating, and knitting I'm wondering if you get any sleep at all :o

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