Author Topic: Surgery Date November 9th  (Read 10023 times)

CHD63

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3235
  • Life is good again!!
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2009, 07:47:27 am »
Tina .....

Thoughts and prayers ..... hope your recovery is going well.

Clarice
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

Tamster

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 70
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2009, 08:32:10 pm »
Just wanted to let you all know I heard from Tina today. She sounds wonderful! They saved the facial nerve and her hearing. She said today she was able to go out for some dinner, although she still has a ways to go with her balance. Only a week out and she seems to be recovering well.
« Last Edit: November 16, 2009, 08:32:12 am by Tamster »
6mm AN left side, diagnosed Sept 22, 2009
Middle Fossa  December 8th 2009,  Drs. Brackmann and Schwartz.
Facial nerve preserved, tumor out, SSD. tinnitus.

Life isn't t about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/Tamst

sgerrard

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3475
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2009, 10:15:29 pm »
Ooh, that does sound good. Go Tina. :)

Steve
8 mm left AN June 2007,  CK at Stanford Sept 2007.
Hearing lasted a while, but left side is deaf now.
Right side is weak too. Life is quiet.

leapyrtwins

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10826
  • I am a success story!
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2009, 10:18:00 pm »
Tamster -

thanks for the excellent news about Tina  ;D

Glad to hear she's doing so well!

Welcome to postie-land, Tina.

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

Debbi

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1921
  • Originator of the Magic Scarf
    • Debbi's AN Blog
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2009, 12:23:32 pm »

Ditto what Jan and Steve said!  Way to go, Tina!!!

Debbi
Debbi - diagnosed March 4, 2008 
2.4 cm Right Side AN
Translab April 30, 2008 at NYU with Drs. Golfinos and Roland
SSD Right ear, Mild synkinesis and facial nerve damage
BAHA "installed" Feb 2011 by Dr. Cosetti @ NYU

http://debsanadventure.blogspot.com

lawmama

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 258
  • I'm a Postie Now!!!
    • My AN Blog:
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2009, 01:32:12 pm »
Wow!  Out for dinner at one week?  Impressive!!! 

Glad to hear you are doing well, Tina.  I hope the rest of your recovery is just as speedy.   :)

Tammy, thanks for the update.

Lyn
9mm X 7mm tumor (left side), diagnosed 10-15-09
Retrosigmoid on 12-14-09 by Drs. Antonelli and Lewis (my heroes!)
Shands in Gainesville, FL
SSD, but no facial issues.  Mild tinnitus.

Jim Scott

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7241
  • 1943-2020 Please keep Jim's family in your hearts
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2009, 03:26:08 pm »
Tina ~

Congratulations on a successful surgery and what seems to be a splendid recovery! 

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.

Doc

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 376
  • “Shake off the BooHoo and get with the program”
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2009, 01:06:26 pm »
Tina - Wow, a week out and already going out for dinner...at a week out I was still in the ICU being fed through a tube...!  You're doing great, best wishes for continued success in your recovery.

  ;)
Doc
Left-Translab July '09. Cyberknife Jan 2010. In Apr 2017, four more tumors found; three in the brain and one, 7cm long, on my spinal cord; it was surgically removed. It was cancerous, and so are the others. I've been receiving Chemo since June '18, and I'm still in treatment.

cyrmom2

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 72
Re: Surgery Date November 9th
« Reply #23 on: November 17, 2009, 01:56:42 pm »
Hi Tina & Mike.

Hope you both recover quickly.  Welcome to the 2009 surgery group!

Cyndi
diagnosed 7-27-09 4 cm CPA
12 hr translab 8-25-09
Dr Chicooca & Dr Welling at OSU/The James
sliver of tumor remains on brain stem
left SSD & facial paralysis (was 6/6, 2-3/6 at 9 weeks, 1/6 within 4 months) 6 month MRI on 3-17-10.