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Jeopardy!
« on: September 18, 2007, 08:15:20 pm »
Hey, anybody see Jeopardy! tonight (Tuesday)?  The contestant named JT told about his Acoustic Neuroma which was on his brain stem and he said he had the same headache for 4 hundred and (I can't remember) days. Alex was very sad for him.  Wow, one of us made it to Jeopardy!  Cool.

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Re: Jeopardy!
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2007, 08:23:26 pm »
How neat!  Wish I would have seen it.  Prior to being diagnosed, I'd never heard of an acoustic neuroma.  I think the public has a general unawareness of it.

So, did JT say if he had surgery or radiation?  Just curious.

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Re: Jeopardy!
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2007, 12:02:24 pm »
He had surgery. I was so surprised at the mention of his Acoustic Schwannoma, which he said first, and I was trying to locate my husband (Hey, Hey..come here quick! sort of thing) that I kind of missed how long his surgery was, but I think he said 12 hours or something like that.  It was pressing on his brain stem, so I suppose that's why he chose surgery. Didn't say how big it was.  You know Jeopardy...don't have much time in which to tell your story.

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Re: Jeopardy!
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2007, 06:45:09 pm »
Well, it's certainly promising that he made it to Jeopardy.  There are some days my brain is so confused, I can't talk straight, much less think about playing Jeopardy  ;D

Good for him.  And for mentioning his AN.  It kind of "put us on the map".
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Re: Jeopardy!
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2007, 05:51:37 pm »
You know- my friend Cheri told my husband about the jeopardy show.  Too funny!

Also on the Fox Network- the medical drama House - featured a guy going out of his mind- the young spud doctors thought it could be a hemmoraging AN, turns out it was literally a bug in his ear... so much for drama!

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