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Vivian B.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« on: December 27, 2009, 05:02:17 pm »
Hello my AN friends,

I want to wish everyone a very happy new year to you and your families and a better year for all of us.
Thank you everyone for all your support throughout this difficult time. I could not have done it without you.


Vivian
CPA AN(most likely meningioma) 1.6cm by 1.5cm by 1.9cm diagnosed early March 09. Watch and Wait.

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2009, 05:06:22 pm »
Vivian ~

Thanks for your kind words and of course, a very happy New Year to you, too.  I think we've all earned it, one way or another.

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: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2009, 05:17:50 pm »
..... and a Happy New Year to you ..... along with all of the other friends I have made on this essential forum!

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

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2009, 06:09:42 pm »
HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the forumites...
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: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2009, 06:37:33 pm »
Here's to the new year, 2010, and all the gains we will make, the hurdles we will  face, and the good friends who will hold our hands and cheer us on through it all!

Priscilla
Diagnosed  left AN 8/07/08, 1.9 CM
Surgery 12/10/08 at Methodist Hospital w/Vrabec and Trask for what turned out to be a cpa meningioma.

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2009, 07:39:13 am »
Hello my AN friends,

I want to wish everyone a very happy new year to you and your families and a better year for all of us.
Thank you everyone for all your support throughout this difficult time. I could not have done it without you.
Vivian 

Hi Vivian!  Well said, well said - and Amen!

Sincerely,
Sue
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Little sister to Bigsister!
9mm X 6mm X 5mm
Misdiagnosed 12+ years?
Diagnosed Sept. 2008/MRI 4/09/MRI 12/09/MRI 1/21/11
Continued W & W

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2009, 05:53:45 pm »
Wishing you all a Happy and Healthy New Year.  Here's hoping it's a good one for all of us.

Wendy
1.3 cm at time of diagnosis -  April 9, 2008
2 cm at time of surgery
SSD right side translabyrinthine July 25, 2008
Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Extremely grateful for the wonderful Dr. Choe & Dr. Chen
BAHA surgery 1/5/09
Doing great!

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2009, 02:36:08 pm »
Same to you, Vivian!  Happy New Year!

Regards,
Brian
Diagnosed 4/10/08 - 3cm Right AN
12hr retrosig 5/8/08 w/Drs Vrabec and Trask in Houston, Tx
Some facial paralysis post-op but most movement is back, some tinitus.  SSD on right.
Story documented here:  http://briansbrainbooger.blogspot.com/

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2009, 02:44:04 pm »
So many fond memories for both me and my caregiver Dave.
So many great laughs, great ideas, even recipes and books to read.
What more could any one ask of friends.
You're all lifesavers for sure.
To a wonder-filled 2010.
Cheers!
Nancy
Watch and Wait since 9/19/01
Increased from 1.1 x 1.9 to 1.9 x 1.9 cm as of 10/27/08
Right SSD, tinnitus, compensating balance
Dr. McKenna at Mass Eye and Ear and Dr. Barker at MGH
Translab April 8, 9 hours, 18 mm Tumor all gone SSD some facial weakness

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2009, 06:05:26 pm »
Happy New Year to all!
Facial nerve hemangioma. Probable dx 7/2008 confirmed 4/2009. Combo middle fossa and translab to remove the blood vessel malformation and snip ruined hearing and balance nerves by Drs. House and Brackmann @ House 6/2009. Doing great!

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2009, 07:43:56 am »
Vivian  :-*

thanks so much for the new years wishes.....

As I sit here, knowing 2009 has been (in my case) a very "mixed" year of good and not-so-good.... my hope is that 2010 is happy, HEALTHY, propserous year  for all my AN friends.... we all deserve nothing but goodness in our lives and may the new year bring it it you all in over-abundancy.

Happy new year all!
Phyl
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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2009, 10:45:03 am »
Happy New to all  ;D and may 2010 be a wonderful year for each and every one of us.

A special thanks to Phyl for being here through all the ups and downs  :-*

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

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2009, 02:31:38 pm »
Thanks for the well wishes. I also wish all of the Forum participants a happy ,healthy New year.
4/07 MRI 8x5x6 mm  AN, RS  
Partial hearing loss and tinnitus 
4/08 MRI 10x5x5 mm
No additional hearing loss
4/09 MRI 1.2 cm , 6mm in AP dia, small mushroom shaped component into CB angle cistern. No additional hearing loss
Gamma Knife 11/09 Univ Hosp GK Ctr, Syracuse
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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2009, 05:12:06 pm »
Best Wishes to all for a better and happier New Year!!!
2.4cm AN removed, Retrosigmoid, 10/1/07
Memorial Hermann, Dr. Chang & Dr. Alp
lost hearing Lt side, paralysis Lt side hopefully temporary
recovered from the balance issues at about 4-6months

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Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2009, 07:38:40 pm »
Happy New Year

I cannot believe how far I have come in 2009, and many thanks to many of you.

I was a newbie a the last year change and very scared.  Reading posts, learning and finding new research has helped so much. My small AN is more of a interesting path in my life (along with the bengin breast lumps which are the exact same size as the AN and the double entrapement ulnar nerves in my elbows - I am HEALTHY!).  I am a bit amused that such a healthy person (in my opinion) could have so many medical issues (minor in issue, thank goodness) crop up.  Alas, this AN has made me very patient and less fearful of the decisions to made over the next 2, 5 or 10+ years.  We shall simple wait and see. 

Otherwise, I would say I am very lucky and blessed with an a great husband, an amazing gang of kidlets (I will post new pictures on the blog soon if anyone is at all curious) and still employed (I work for a Wall Street investment bank that laid off massive amounts of people over the past year). 

Cheers to all of us in 2010.

Ann
dx Dec/08 - 5mm x 8mm AN
'watch and wait'