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tenai98

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got the call
« on: September 21, 2009, 12:20:05 pm »
Baha surgery 8am tomorrow....released next day at 7am....
Excited but yet terrified.
JO
14mmX11mmX11mm left ear
TRANSLAB 04/07/09 2cms at time of surgery
Dr. Benoit and Schramm, Ottawa Civic Campus
SSD ,some facial numbness
Baha surgery sept 22/09
residual tumor 13mmX7mmX8mm
2016 new growth.  25mmX21mmX22mm
cyberknife on June 7

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Re: got the call
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2009, 01:27:21 pm »
Jo

You're gonna do great! Cheering you on and will look for the updates! Hang in there....

Good luck!
Phyl
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Re: got the call
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2009, 01:38:15 pm »
No, no....no being terrified!  Be excited!   ;D

It'll be worth it!

Good luck and let us know how it goes - although, we all know it will go just great!

Lori
Right 3cm AN diagnosed 1/2007.  Translab resection 2/20/07 by Dr. David Kaylie and Dr. Karl Hampf at Baptist Hospital in Nashville.  R side deafness, facial nerve paralysis.  Tarsorraphy and tear duct cauterization 5/2007.  BAHA implant 11/8/07. 7-12 nerve jump 9/26/08.

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Re: got the call
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2009, 01:43:22 pm »
I love mine ... drives my wife nuts because I wear the stickers on it they give to kids... (I'm a 40'ish year old kid....)
4 cm AN/w BAHA Surgery @House Ear Clinic 08/09/05
Dr. Brackmann, Dr. Hitselberger, Dr. Stefan and Dr. Joni Doherty
1.7 Gram Gold Eye weight surgery on 6/8/07 Milford,CT Hospital

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Re: got the call
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2009, 03:24:13 pm »
Jo ~

We'll be thinking of and praying for you on Tuesday.  Just keep thinking about the improvement the BAHA will make in your life! 

Jim
4.5 cm AN diagnosed 5/06.  Retrosigmoid surgery 6/06.  Follow-up FSR completed 10/06.  Tumor shrinkage & necrosis noted on last MRI.  Life is good. 

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.  The way we cope with it is what makes the difference.

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Re: got the call
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2009, 05:24:02 pm »
Seriously, by this time next week you'll be telling other members who are considering BAHA surgery how easy it was.  ;D

Lisa
Lisa from Portland, Maine age 46
Diagnosed June 2006
15mm X 17mm AN right side 80% hearing loss
GK March 14,2007 Dr. Noren, Providence RI
1 Year follow-up MRI shows "slight shrinkage".
2 Year follow-up MRI shows "No Change".
3 Year follow-up MRI "stable".
BAHA surgery 4-22-09 BP100 Sept. 2009

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Re: got the call
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2009, 05:36:58 pm »
Go girl! You can do this!

HUGS

DHM  :)
4cm Left, 08/22/07 R/S 11+ hr surgery Stanford U, Dr. Robert Jackler, Dr. Griffith Harsh, Canadian fellow Assist. Dr. Sumit Agrawal. SSD, 3/6 on HB facial scale, stick-on-eyeweight worked, 95% eye function@ 6 months. In neuromuscular facial retraining. Balance regained! Recent MRI -tumor receded!

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Re: got the call
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2009, 09:05:57 pm »
Jo -

You can do this - piece of cake  ;D

Best,

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

I don't actually "make" trouble..just kind of attract it, fine tune it, and apply it in new and exciting ways

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Re: got the call
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2009, 09:12:37 pm »
Jo -

looking forward to your release tomorrow morning - and to your first post as a BAHA recipient.

Hope everything went amazingly well today.  You'll be hearing better in no time  ;D

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
Left AN 3.0 cm (1.5 cm @ diagnosis 6 wks prior) SSD. BAHA implant 3/4/08 (Dr. Battista) Divino 6/4/08  BP100 4/2010 BAHA 5 8/2015

I don't actually "make" trouble..just kind of attract it, fine tune it, and apply it in new and exciting ways