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6pick

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18 months post Cyberknife
« on: May 03, 2012, 12:09:41 pm »
…and all is as well as possible. I've now graduated to the once-per-year-in-the-tube schedule.

My alien shrunk a little bit in length from 25mm to 23mm. I'll have to fix that in the profile.

The Audiologist said my hearing hasn't changed since we attacked this thing. At first, that bummed me, then I realized that it also means it hasn't gotten any worse. I'm trying a meta-physical approach - "restore my hearing, restore my hearing…" maybe it's helping  ;)
5/21/10 diagnosis: Left side AN: size 25X17; tinnitus with variable volume, garbled word recognition, disequilibrium.

10/11/10 CK treatment@Stanford; Drs. Chang, Gibbs, Lieberson size 25 x 20 x 15 mm

4/24/12 size 23 X 20 X 15 no hearing change

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Re: 18 months post Cyberknife
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2012, 01:08:55 pm »
Congrats, 6pick!

Best wishes,
TW
L. AN 18x12x9 mm @ diagnosis, 11/07
21x13x11 mm @ CK treatment 7/11/08 (Drs. Chang & Gibbs, Stanford)
21x15x13 mm in 12/08 (5 months post-CK), widespread necrosis, swelling
12x9x6 mm, Nov. 2017; shrank ~78% since treatment!
W&W on stable 6mm hypoglossal tumor found 12/08

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Re: 18 months post Cyberknife
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2012, 02:14:23 pm »
Hi, Mark ~

Thanks for the positive update.  As for chanting "restore my hearing" as therapy, let us know if that works for you so we can all try it.  ;)

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. 

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Re: 18 months post Cyberknife
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2012, 05:09:54 pm »
Good luck with that meta-physical approach; let us know if it works  ;)

Sounds like things are going well for you.  Thanks for the update.

Good to see you back here,

Jan
Retrosig 5/31/07 Drs. Battista & Kazan (Hinsdale, Illinois)
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Re: 18 months post Cyberknife
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2012, 07:39:25 pm »
Congrats 6Pick ... and as someone who is 6 years post CK.... continued wellness wishes to you! :)

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