ANA Discussion Forum
General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: TastyKakeman on January 12, 2007, 03:42:02 pm
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Looking for anyone close by. I live in Harford County, Maryland . Just looking for anyone who had their AN operated on at Johns Hopkins Hospital . My doctors are DR Brem and DR Holiday. Trying to compare our AN's. Left side paralyzed, no hearing in left ear, Left eye stays open. 3 months post-op. Waiting for something to improve. Bob
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Bob I had surgery with a Dr. Brem in FL ..wonder if there's any relation betwee the two? LOL I truly think 3 mos out was the toughest month I had. What have your doctors said about your eye and paralysis?
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Your Dr. Brem is my DR. Brem's brother. He told me this in my first consultation with him. I go back to ask those questions this month. On the 18th of Jan I get my 3 month MRI. The face and the droop of the left side of my face is the most of my problems. My left eye has been stitch at the corner. I lost my hearing in my left ear. The eye is great and the loss of hearing I can accept. I just need the face to come back. Thanks .
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Oh wow what a small world. I didn't know he had a brother :o) I lost my hearing before my surgery so knew that wasn't going to be saved :( I think it's easier to deal with that the face. My face doesn't droop I just don't feel it. :( Did you wake up with the droop? I know mine has changed since my surgery but it took a real real long time. I had a slight symmetry thing going in my mouth. When I'm real tired my left side will droop just a wee bit. Most people don't notice. My mom picks up on it right away and will tell me to go take a nap like I'm a 3 year old LOL You're screen name makes me want to go eat tasty cakes LOL
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Chris had a 5+ cm AN removed this past summer. His face didn't start to droop immediately because he is young and has tone but within a month, his facial paralysis was evident. In October, he had facial nerve anastomosis to reanimate the face. It will take about a year for it to work. I'm already seeing tone returning to his face.
About your eye, the doctors implanted a gold weight in his eye about a week after his final AN surgery. They knew that soon his eye wouldn't close ( and they were right). An eye that doesn't close can easily dry out or become injured, either way a cornea transplant would be necessary. The gold weight is completely hidden in the eyelid and you can't even tell that he has one.