#Dr earman neck surgery how to#
Nose started dripping fluid the next day but nurses didn't believe me that it was a brain leak. A 2nd day of dripping and me complaining then the doctors put a shunt in my lower back and I had to limit my liquid consumption. Each change of shift, my husband had to re-teach the new nurse how to arrange the collection bag and my shunt. The 13 hour surgery itself was easy because I was asleep. In ICU for 1 night, could hardly see the nurse. I needed 2 units of blood but I had only donated 1 and had enough sense to refuse anyone else's. Took 1 week off work before surgery to prepare stuff, thinking I might die. Thank God I am alive! It wasn’t easy but I checked all grudges and depression related to AN at the door. see you in 12 months.� I do consider myself lucky despite experiencing a long serious surgery. Eighteen month MRI looks good and doctor stated, “very pleased mass gone.
#Dr earman neck surgery full#
Back to work full time less than 2 months after surgery. Balance was challenging for a few weeks but other side compensated well. Did have terrible neck pain on and off for first six months. I even had the stitches that dissolve on their own. That feeling of sickness later doubled while witnessing birth through c-section. In fact, I almost threw up when my wife and I arrived at the hospital for her scheduled c-section ten months ago. Hospital stay sucked and til’ this day don’t even like walking in a hospital. Hearing tests later revealed 0 percent speech discrimination which I wasn’t surprised. I also had some very nasty shooting pains in the AN ear. I was losing my hearing for maybe six years prior which like others also went misdiagnosed so I never followed up with MRI until a doctor suggested one following a car accident. I am 37-year-old male that had translab surgery for 1.cm AN April 2004 at age 35. Sorry Scott, so much for the one paragraph! :Pluv2teachsped Thanks to the small(?) dent in my head, my hairdresser must nick it with the clippers. Well, I've finally caught on, every time I have a hair cut I have small scabs on my scar. One minor problem I have had a few times(I'm a slow learner, I actually teach special education!)My incision became absessed and infected and had it drained as a few tiny hairs were in it. After a day at the clinic, IVs, drugs and many blood tests, I went home and was fine. The only negatives I've really had were my migraines and vomiting reaction to the anesthesia(every surgery I've ever had, and I'm having out-patient, general anthesia this Friday ugh.) and I had an allergeric reaction to the neosporin they used on my incision. I was in ICU 2 days, 4 days later I was released. My surgery was 10 hours long, with 2 of those hours spent scraping the tumor off the facial nerve, for which I am very thankful!! My surgery and recovery went very well. I had a 2.5cm tumor removed trans lab, on May 18,2005 at University of Michigan. I'll look for a picture to get up here soon.ġ5 pages down to 4 paragraphs.hey we'll let that one slide. Ok, I violated my one paragraph thing, but you know what I mean. The fear and anticipation is probably worse that anything else. Work hard, stay positive and listen to your Dr's. Recovery was tough for the first few days, but once you realize that you get a little back everyday it makes it much better. I'm one of the unlucky ones that have to do this whole thing twice, but I imagine it's a great relief once it's over and that feeling alone should probably superceed anything else you're feeling. When you wake up you're pretty sedated (or I was) so you don't really realize (or I didn't) the hearing, the dizziness, the balance or anything else, that became more evident a few days later for me. Nurses are checking on you constantly so you can't get into that deep sleep, even though that's all you want. No real pain, just annoying beeps and constant needle pricks and exams. Because of complications I was unconcious for quite a while, but when I finally woke up I was in ICU and it was over. I went into the hospital (first time ever!) at 6am, changed into the buttless gown, cried for the first time in a long time and within a half hour they had knocked me out. 7th of 2004 and I had to have it in two stages, the second being on Feb 1st, 2006. I was diagnosed in Aug of 2004 with a 3.5cm AN, My surgery was Oct.
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