Author Topic: Brain Blood Flow is affected by balance organs  (Read 3882 times)

jerseygirl

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Brain Blood Flow is affected by balance organs
« on: September 23, 2009, 06:03:23 pm »
Hi,

Here is an article that explains how brain blood flow is affected by balance organs - most of us have them removed/altered at least on one side:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164924.php

I think I can understand now how some people might have memory and other cognitive problems even though surgery was nowhere near in neurosurgical terms. I also understand how Gingko Biloba makes me think straight again - it improves cerebral blood flow!

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Right side AN (6x3x3 cm) removed in 1988 by Drs. Benjamin & Cohen at NYU (16 hrs); nerves involved III - XII.
Regrowth at the brainstem 2.5 cm removed by Dr.Shahinian in 4 hrs at SBI (hopefully, this time forever); nerves involved IV - X with VIII missing. No facial or swallowing issues.

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Re: Brain Blood Flow is affected by balance organs
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2009, 09:57:20 am »
It certainly makes sense to me. And  helps a great deal. I suffer most of my symptoms (outside of persistent numbness and tingling in the cheek and tongue) when I move from sitting to standing. It doesn't matter if it is rising rapidly or not (which used to cause issues).

Just musing here, but I have suffered problems with what I thoughts was postural hypotension since I was a kid/teen) You know, stand up and get dizzy. Well my AN is 2.9cm and if it is growing 1-2 mm per year (average growth rate according the AN site posted on someone's sig line) then I wonder if I've had this little devil since I was 14-15 years old.

I'm starting to think if my AN as my other conscience. The one that is always there, sometimes talks to me, sometimes just kicks my a** for no reason.

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Diagn Apr 14 2009 with 2.5 cm lt AN. - numbness in the face and sudden onset headaches accompanied by balance issues. Consults with Drs in S Ontario, California (House) and Vancouver. Picked Dr. Akagami in BC.
Retrosigmoid July 6, 2010, 3.0cm by then. SSD left, no other significant side effects.

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Re: Brain Blood Flow is affected by balance organs
« Reply #2 on: September 26, 2009, 08:34:28 pm »
Ahhh....so that explains it...I thought....what was it we are talking about again?..... ;D
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6mm AN treated with Proton Beam Radiosurgery in March 2004
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Cut the little bugger out the second time around in 2009..translab at MGH with Dr's McKenna and Barker.
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Re: Brain Blood Flow is affected by balance organs
« Reply #3 on: September 26, 2009, 08:45:00 pm »
Hmmmmm, very interesting.  Does this explain why the disorientation/balance issue is worse immediately upon standing up?  As a young person, I always had to be very careful not to stand up rapidly when awakening in the morning or I risked blacking out ..... presumably postural hypotension.  Now that I am a controlled hypertensive, I do not have that problem.  However, since my AN surgery I have to be very careful when standing from a sitting position to wait until I am oriented before beginning to walk.

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Right MVD for trigeminal neuralgia, 1994, Pittsburgh, PA
Left retrosigmoid 2.6 cm AN removal, February, 2008, Duke U
Tumor regrew to 1.3 cm in February, 2011
Translab AN removal, May, 2011 at HEI, Friedman & Schwartz
Oticon Ponto Pro abutment implant at same time; processor added August, 2011