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Post-Treatment => Post-Treatment => Topic started by: sophiegian on September 24, 2018, 05:23:06 am

Title: pregnancy after surgery
Post by: sophiegian on September 24, 2018, 05:23:06 am

 I would like to ask if anybody has this experience. I had surgery for a large AN ,4.4 last summer. The neurosurgeon left a sliver of the tumor at my facial nerve to preserve it. My last MRI saw that it shrunk. Did anyone had a child after surgery or treatment and the tumor grow?My neurosurgeon told me that it would not be a problem but he can't guarantee. Thank you for any advice or experience

Title: Re: pregnancy after surgery
Post by: Kathleen_Mc on October 02, 2018, 12:45:42 am

I had two children with a regrowth, the tumor did grow during pregnancy however not any faster than it was when not pregnant.

Title: Re: pregnancy after surgery
Post by: sophiegian on October 04, 2018, 09:07:24 am

Thank you for the response

Title: Re: pregnancy after surgery
Post by: Maria Odete on May 28, 2019, 09:14:31 pm

Hi Sophiegian,

My son was born 6 years after my Acoustic Neuroma surgery. I didn't have an AN recurrence during my pregnancy.It's been 27 years since I had my Acoustic Neuroma surgery, and I thank my God Yahweh for healing me.Thankfully to Him, I never had a recurrence.

Maria Odete

Surgical Team: Dr. Fraser Noel, Otologist/Neurotologist, Victoria, B.C. Canada and Dr. Michael Boyd, Neurosurgeon, Vancouver, B.C. Canada