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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #270 on: May 18, 2009, 08:47:14 pm »
Looking good Nancy! Huge difference in the two. You look relaxed and happy too... ;D
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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #271 on: May 18, 2009, 09:14:14 pm »
What a difference several months make! Glad you shared.
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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #272 on: May 19, 2009, 05:07:26 am »
Nancy,

You look great, and the hair cut to is cute.   ???I did not understand what you mean when you said, don't be eating when you look at this.  I think you look great!!!!  You give me who is stilll W&W great hope!

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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #273 on: May 19, 2009, 10:55:28 am »
Hi Nancy,

Looking good! I know it must seem like an eternity for you, but you are just about there!
Dave (and his daughter) did a great job with the do. Maybe I could hire them to do a trim for me?

Good luck with your appt. Thursday.

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1.5 cm x 2.5 cm Cystic AN - Right side
Retrosigmoid 3/18/09 at MGH in Boston,MA.
Dr. Barker - Neurosurgeon, MGH - Dr. Lee - Neuro-Otology, MEEI
no facial issues, SSD right side, balance issues to work on.
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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #274 on: May 19, 2009, 01:00:57 pm »
Hey Nancy,
I definitely see a little upturn on your ANside smile.  The tone in your cheeks and around you eye looks more lively too.  (Canyou tell I'm a speech pathologist?)  Can't wait to see more updates.  As for exercises, Helga and I got into a fairly risque conversation about getting muscle tone back following surgery.  If anything, the suggestions will get you laughing...

Love hearing from you and seeing you,

Molly
Diagnosed 3/09 1.1cm tumor - 4/17/09 - had grown to 1.2
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The tumor has grown back.  Now working with Mass General.  Dr. Loeffler feels I am not a candidate for proton beam.

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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #275 on: May 20, 2009, 01:13:06 am »
You look super great Nancy!  Loving the new hair!  You must be so pleased with the progress!!  It's great you're documenting it - it's easy to think nothing's changing otherwise.  Once you look at pics you think, hey I'm doing really well!!

Yay you!
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Right sided AN 2.7cm at last MRI.  Hearing loss/facial numbness.  Translab scheduled March 11th 2009.  Translab at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia successful!  Total tumour removed, SSD, no facial issues, numbness has left the building, balance issues but they'll get better and I'm loving life!

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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #276 on: June 15, 2009, 11:28:27 am »


I was just PMing the bear photo to a coupla forumites when I saw my previous face pic in photobucket and thought, Oh, my, the photo from the boat ride on Saturday is a tad different!  So, here it is two months, one and a half weeks post-op.

Compare to at 12 days and one month, one week and two days post-op.
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Right SSD, tinnitus, compensating balance
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Translab April 8, 9 hours, 18 mm Tumor all gone SSD some facial weakness

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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #277 on: June 15, 2009, 11:47:59 am »
wow, you look great. boat trip looks fun. i thought your passenger was smoking a cigar !! (at first with just a quick look)
you did ROCK IT. (thanks jb)
1.5 left side; hearing loss; translab scheduled for 1/29/09 at Univ of MD at Baltimore
My head feels weird!!

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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #278 on: June 15, 2009, 01:42:06 pm »
Looking good, Nancy, and having a great time it looks like!  Have you done any rowing/skulling yet?

Cindy
rt side 1.5 cm - Translab on 11/07/08 Dr. Friedman & Dr. Schwartz of House Ear Institute,
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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #279 on: June 15, 2009, 02:14:21 pm »
Awesome... :)
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Cut the little bugger out the second time around in 2009..translab at MGH with Dr's McKenna and Barker.
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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #280 on: June 15, 2009, 02:28:49 pm »
Nancy ~

Lookin' good!  :)  It's a joy to 'watch' your progress!  Thanks for the updated photo. 

Jim
4.5 cm AN diagnosed 5/06.  Retrosigmoid surgery 6/06.  Follow-up FSR completed 10/06.  Tumor shrinkage & necrosis noted on last MRI.  Life is good. 

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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #281 on: June 15, 2009, 02:54:45 pm »
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Have you done any rowing/sculling yet?

That's a sore point up here in New England.  We've decided not to have summer.  Cold and wet.  But the boats are ready to go, and I'm going to make Dave go out with me one early morning this week as the weather forecast is improving.  Where's Ernie when you need him?!

I remember when I was terrified I would lose my smile (It's a distraction from all my flaws.).  It's baaaaaaack!
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Increased from 1.1 x 1.9 to 1.9 x 1.9 cm as of 10/27/08
Right SSD, tinnitus, compensating balance
Dr. McKenna at Mass Eye and Ear and Dr. Barker at MGH
Translab April 8, 9 hours, 18 mm Tumor all gone SSD some facial weakness

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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #282 on: June 15, 2009, 03:16:59 pm »
Nancy, the weather in the midwest isn't any better.       I have wore shorts once and haven't even got some of the summer clothes out.      There is an occ night with winter pjs too.            I had a garage sale this past Sat and sat with a heavier fleece coat on.                 Today is some better.
Super to hear about the smile.                     We knew it would come back sooner than you thought, you just didn't think so!
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Right mid fossa 11-01-01
  left tumor found 5-03,so have NF2
  trans lab for right facial nerve tumor
  with nerve graft 3-23-06
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   near deaf on left before surgery
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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #283 on: June 15, 2009, 05:43:07 pm »
I LOOOOVE your smile. I knew it would come back! ;D
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Re: Nancy's Spa Day - Lipo and a Face Lift
« Reply #284 on: June 15, 2009, 09:35:20 pm »
Faaaaaaabulous pictures darling!!!  I think you need to change your signature from "Almost rocked it" to "totally rocked it!"... besides it's all in the attitude as to whether you rocked it or not... the actual after effects are insignificant - if you feel you rocked it, then you rocked it.
Right sided AN 2.7cm at last MRI.  Hearing loss/facial numbness.  Translab scheduled March 11th 2009.  Translab at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia successful!  Total tumour removed, SSD, no facial issues, numbness has left the building, balance issues but they'll get better and I'm loving life!