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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: tugnutt on August 31, 2016, 02:19:19 pm

Title: Help with understanding the AN "language"
Post by: tugnutt on August 31, 2016, 02:19:19 pm

OK, I've lurked... and now I want to understand!  What is "SSD" and NF1 and 2?  retrosigmoid? I realize I should know, but I don't!

I had my surgery October 5, 2015; I was pretty ill - awful headache and nausea, because the tumor was pressing on my brainstem, compressing my brain ventricles, and I had fluid buildup.  It was done on an emergency basis, and I wasn't really very aware of what was going on. 

Thanks for your help!  Any explanations for what these (and other terms) mean would help me out. 

Title: Re: Help with understanding the AN "language"
Post by: PaulW on September 01, 2016, 03:16:22 am

SSD Single Sided Deafness
NF2 Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Is a genetic defect that typically causes you to have an acoustic neuroma on both sides

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurofibromatosis

Retrosigmoid a medical way of saying where they make the hole in your head to get to the tumour

Title: Re: Help with understanding the AN "language"
Post by: tugnutt on September 01, 2016, 05:42:39 pm

Thanks, PaulW!  SSD - single sided deafness.  Now wonder I saw it with most posts! 

I am SSD too! And thanks, retrosigmoid sounded a LOT more complicated...