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wife4life

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how would you know?
« on: March 26, 2014, 01:21:16 pm »
hi-
  I was wondering if you might know what kind of signs to look for in a regrowth?  if you already have facial paralysis, no hearing at all, dry eye mostly- what kind of signs/symptoms would you be on the look out for?
Thank you if you can help
3cm leftsided an
surgery scheduled 6-29-06
charlotte nc
**complete resection of tumor, total left side facial paralysis,total hearing loss**

alabamajane

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Re: how would you know?
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2014, 03:43:53 pm »
Hi,, personally, I have most of those issues and I depend on my annual MRI to tell me if there is anything to "worry" about.  It's been 2 1/2 yrs now,, so 2  clean MRIs and one next Oct.

Most of my dizziness is gone, not many headaches ,, little fatigue, not often,, so I try not to obsess about it,,as far as I know,, the test is only indicator you will have unless your symptoms GREATLY decline,,, but I'm not a Dr,, just my opinion,,,

Jane
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Re: how would you know?
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2014, 06:38:44 pm »
I had no symptoms of my regrowth. In fact, I was still experiencing post-surgical improvements...as I continue to do so. Only the MRI told us of the growth and after that I had 28 sessions of FSR.

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