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Debbi

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Re: It's NOT TMJ!
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2011, 01:58:51 pm »
Hey, SaraLynn!  To answer your question about speech - yes, I definitely slur when I have the guard in my mouth.  And I tend to slobber, too (I know, lovely.)  Glad to hear that it is already making an improvement for you - I wouldn't be without mine, slurring and slobbering aside.

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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

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Re: It's NOT TMJ!
« Reply #16 on: April 16, 2012, 07:35:46 pm »
About 6 months ago, I started getting a horrible, periodic sharp jaw pain on AN side of surgery (12 month previous) as well as left eyelids (? bottom too) that don't open all the way.  So, my internist, concurred by a separate specialist, agrees, both after-affects of AN surgery.  Surgeon (of course) says, "No way."  Wish they'd all get over their God-complexes.

Trigeminal nerve and facial weakness.  Wonderful.  The tumor gift that keeps on giving.  But, hey, it's not cancer, so I will deal. There are worse things in life.
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Age: 61 on Jan. 4.  Retrosigmoid for 2.2 cm AN on Nov. 30, 2010. Loyola-Leonetti & Anderson.
SSD left AN side.
There is nothing "benign" about this tumor.
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