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Archive => Archives => Topic started by: Patti UT on September 14, 2006, 09:05:48 am
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I was looking at the map on the frapper.com site, Thought it kinda weird that most of the posted patients are on the East side.
Wonder what that's all about. More hazards in the esstern states that could bring on the AN?? very interesting!!!
Patti UT
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I've noticed that too .. its a small sampling, but I would guess the population is higher on the Best, I mean East coast .. so the AN rate will be higher... and the sides are basicly the same .. flip of a coin as to which side your AN will be ..
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I just found frapper and put my AN on the map! I'm in the middle (dallas) so i guess I don't get a side. I used to live in Calif. so I think Ill take that side.
Nobody is on the chat line!!!
Pattibobatti
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Just further proof what coast is really the best! :o
I'm wondering if it's just because the east is more densely populated than the west (no, I did not imply the east is more populated with people who are dense...he he he!).
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Just further proof what coast is really the best! :o
I'm wondering if it's just because the east is more densely populated than the west (no, I did not imply the east is more populated with people who are dense...he he he!).
I am so NOT touching that! :)
I have to agree about the population of East US vs. West US...
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Hey Joe,
Maybe we can call it the "beast" coast. West is best, east is beast!! I probably shouldn't have said that but it's funny.
Laura Ingraham, the talk show host, used to refer to the west coast as the "left" coast - in a political sense.
Hey, at least we don't have the San Andreas Fault, or the Northern Pacific ring of fire to worry about!
Maybe we're being poisoned by rampant industrialism and urban blight on the beast coast. Or maybe we can refer to the west coast as "bestial" instead of simply best. That way, we're even! Best being the diiminutive of "bestial".
How's that for poetic licentiousness!!
Paul
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The east coast of the U.S. is not only heavily populated and has lots of hospitals, doctors, sophisticated medical diagnosis equipment (such as MRI scanners) but, most importantly, a lot of folks who are well-insured and are not afraid to use the available physicians and medical facilities. That would help explain the high number of AN cases in the eastern section of the nation.
I am one AN 'survivor' (see my signature) who rejects the notion that Acoustic Neuroma tumors can be caused by enviromental hazards, cell phones, exposure to loud music and so on. These kinds of tumors were noted and operated on by surgeons (usually unsuccessfully and with a dead patient as a result) over a century ago and that fact blows away many of the somewhat fanciful attempts at 'explaning' their cause, in my view.
My opinion? Glad you asked! Genetic.
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Hey, we're not exactly the boondocks over here! We have more than just coffee and computer nerds!!! We have some very highly rated hospitals/doctors, and we've got CK/GK too!!!! Suddenly I have the urge to run out and stick a piece of wheatgrass in my teeth.......
I do agree with you on genetics. I like the screwy gene answer.
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Gennysmom,
Boondocks??? Thought that was where I was, here, in of all places, Utah. Spent the first 30 yr of life on the coast of Calif, so I m a true WEST COASTER. Still a Lefty Westy of the country though.
Wow, kinda wondered if this thread would stir up the battle of the coasts. Yes I'm sure there is no enviornmental reason for the higher number, but like said, the denser population (lol) would be the reason, (meaning the more densly poupulated area).
So glad we can poke fun on this forum
patti UT
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PAUL--No more bong-water for YOU!!!
Capt Deb 8)
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maybe.....just more people are posting on the east coast.......... ;D
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Everybody knows the Eastern US has the COOLEST AN's :)
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Everybody knows the Eastern US has the COOLEST AN's :)
OK.......... we had a thread wiht MRI pics of who had the bigest, So now do we need to start a new thread on who's got/ or had, the coolest AN?? LOL!!!
Maybe we could post pics and compare scars. The beastie coast would win cuz they'd have more entries.
More silliness?
Patti UT
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I have been told that I had a girlie AN, and I thought it looked like an ice cream cone with 3 scoops on it. That's pretty cool!!!!!!!!!!
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Everybody knows the Eastern US has the COOLEST AN's :)
OK.......... we had a thread wiht MRI pics of who had the bigest, So now do we need to start a new thread on who's got/ or had, the coolest AN?? LOL!!!
Maybe we could post pics and compare scars. The beastie coast would win cuz they'd have more entries.
More silliness?
Patti UT
Hey! I just picked my films up from the docs and thought I'd post it!!!!
(http://image1.frappr.com/pix1/i/20060915/0/0/a/00abeb67ff295015a7665391b0f3cfeb0_large.jpg)
Howzat one for cool!!!!
Capt Deb 8)
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I love it Cap. Deb!
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Hey! I just picked my films up from the docs and thought I'd post it!!!!
(http://image1.frappr.com/pix1/i/20060915/0/0/a/00abeb67ff295015a7665391b0f3cfeb0_large.jpg)
Howzat one for cool!!!!
Capt Deb 8)
oy.
*shakes head and giggles*
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I vote for Gennysmom as having the cutest and perfectly symmetrical AN (virgo trait)  ;D
Capt. Deb - ROFLMAO
I think more people post from the "other" coast. I have met 9 people that live within a 40 miles radius of me in CA that have/had AN's. I better start recruiting to get our numbers up.
cheryl
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I vote for Gennysmom as having the cutest and perfectly symmetrical AN (virgo trait)  ;D
Capt. Deb - ROFLMAO
I think more people post from the "other" coast. I have met 9 people that live within a 40 miles radius of me in CA that have/had AN's. I better start recruiting to get our numbers up.
cheryl
aren't you suppose ta be on your 2nd honeymoon or sumptin? ;)
xoxooxxo
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I'm back and yes, I am exhausted ;D
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Oh yeah, THAT :o really wears us out! ;)
Capt Deb 8)
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Well Deb, I knew it was the Window Pane!
Paul
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I always thought it was the "sunshine!"
Tee-hee-hee!
Capt Deb
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Ok, I really thought that environment had something to do with AN's. I live in Texas (and my heart is here) but I am from NY. The side of NY I am from is not densely populated. The onlything dense about it are the forests and the people. Nice people, but they just don't get it, most of the time. Now I need to ask, how to you post your MRI's? Scan them? Or what? I am not computer savy. I got to meet Boppie's daughter today. Very nice person. Have a strong feeling she takes after her Mom.
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Brenda--there is a topic called "tips and How to's" in the Welcome message area about posting pictures. Most of us have our MRIs on CDs.
Capt Deb 8)
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Gennysmom has the cutest most girly AN, But Cap'n Deb's was clearly an AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!tumor
Patti UT
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Capt. Deb,
Thanks for the tips............ ::)I'll give it a try.
BrendaO
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Go east coast...go east coast...go...go..go!
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Its all that smokin' pot and listening to Rock and Roll music I bet!!!!!
Deb! You have way too much time on your hands.....................
RTD
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Okay, I have to speak up for the least dense area of the country. The good ole upper midwest. Even more specifically, the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. If the statistics are correct in that only 1 in every 100,000 people get ANs, I should be one of three in the whole UP!! Haven't heard from the other two. I know you're out there somewhere. lol
Jean
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I drove thu UP Michigan once .. its true, not much up there !!
(about 15 years ago, I was contracting in Chicago, and one weekend we had nothing to do, so we drove around Lake Michigan just to see the sights!)