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Crazycat:
Hi Joe,
   Are you refering to what I wrote in DeniseSmith's topic about the golfball? If you are I'm copying and pasting it here for easy access for others:
"Wnen I was five years old I was clocked on the left side of my head with a golf ball - on the ear
specifically. I started having short, profound dizzy spells at age 11 that would occur only once in a while up through the age of 30. I often wonder if those dizzy spells were a sign of what was to come?  The hearing in my left ear was good until 2001 or so."
  Now, I brought this to my doctor's attention during one of my visits and he didn't think it had anything to do with it.
  Interestingly enough, my paternal grandfather, who was also a musician as I am died from a non-cancerous brain tumor in 1941. Is it that these things are inherited? Not according to what I've been reading on the net. Is it if we have fibrocystic tendencies that we're susceptable?
 
                   Paul

Joef:


Hey Crazycat ...
   Yea, I was referring to your post about the golf ball !! ..

   I know there are a lot of people that believe that Aspartame causes a huge list of issues, and I do think some people can have a allergic reaction to it,  or cell phone use but in most cases in don't think the cause is a simple as that  ..otherwise AN would be a common issue!  It seems that the nerve gets irritated by getting pushed against the bone from some sort birth defect or head trauma ..causing bells palsy or AN .. depending on how bad the nerve is irritated ...

Boppie:
Joef, This is a good topic.

I never had head trauma, never attended a rock concert.   In my past I have had very good health.  The only connection I have ever pondered for my AN is estrogen use for HRT (6 years) This is probably bad logic.

I believe the deeper we look for a common cause of tumors in the body, the more varied our stories will be.

Since the advent and greater availability of the MRI, the head tumor is found and treated before mortal damage occurs.  I think there have always been more ANs in the world than the statistics state.

I wish that ANs could be prevented.   

JHager:
Cool thread!

I could spend hours (none of you are surprised, huh?) regaling you with tales of head trauma.  Biking, falling, failing to duck, etc. - I've been blasted many times.  Not sure if there's a connection there, but the stories are funny.

Figuring out the cause of tumors is tricky business.  There are different causes for different tumors, but medicine doesn't know them all.  (For example, there's a virus that seems to be the cause of cervical cancer - research is still being conducted, but confidence is high.)  However, all tumors operate in basically the same way: they are cells that don't know when to stop dividing and growing.  When you cut your skin, a scar forms - but it grows only enough to repair the wound site.  Cells have a natural 'brake' that stops them from reproducing when they come in contact with surrounding, healthy cells.  Tumor cells have, through some means, lost that ability - they keep reproducing, even into healthy surrounding tissue.  One known cause of this is radiation damage to cellular DNA - but we've all been exposed to radiation at some level or another.

Basically, I think we could all find very common experiences we share, in addition to have AN.  And it's fun to share the stories!  ;D

As for many of us who are teachers - some students are a pain in the neck, some in the butt, and others (apparently) in the head.  Not to mention parents, administrators, and people who verbally admire what you do but still think you are nothing more than a glorified babysitter and should be pain accordingly.  (Bitter party, party of one, your table is now available!)  ;)

Keep posting these stories!

Josh

jamie:

--- Quote from: JHager on December 28, 2005, 06:30:07 pm ---(For example, there's a virus that seems to be the cause of cervical cancer - research is still being conducted, but confidence is high.) 

--- End quote ---

HPV is the virus, there's over 100 strains and it is believed 80% or more of sexually active people have had HPV at some time, most clear it from the body within a year or two and it doesn't cause genital warts, dysplasia, or any other symptoms, but the 1-2% of women who have one of the few strains that can cause cancer and whose immune system isn't able to irradicate go on to have an increased risk of cervical cancer if they do not get regular pap smears. Also smoking increases that risk. Pretty freaky though, 80% of us get it, but women have the most to worry about.

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