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LTL Surgery February 21
Fri, 01/26/2007 - 16:05Topic: Surgery and Devices
Hi everybody. To my friends out there I wanted to let you know that I have finally finished all of the testing and they are going to perform the surgery next month to remove part of my hippocampus in my left temporal lobe. The neurosurgeon says I have an 80 percent + chance so I am keeping my fingers crossed. I just had the WADA performed on Tuesday and it was nothing that I feared it would be (I was up and around that afternoon). Thanks for all of your support
Dawn ;-)
Comments
Re: Re: Re: LTL Surgery February 21
Submitted by ScottR on Wed, 2007-01-31 - 20:23
Thanks Dawn, I met with my new nuro and she was great. She was full of questions and answers. they will be calling me within the next two weeks to schedule the video eeg.
Good luck and take care Scott.
Re: LTL Surgery February 21
Submitted by forestams on Sun, 2007-01-28 - 17:44
Good Luck on your surgery - You'll have to let me know how it goes- i'm going in to have a RTL on the 22nd- are you scared at all? I'm starting to get a little antsy but I'm trying not too - I kind of have a residual tumor situation as well so they weren't able to give me a % of seizure freedom afterwards but 80+ sounds great to me- I met a nurse at the hospital I'm having my surgery at that had a major LTL done and was given a 60% chance of seizure freedom and has had NO seizures since her surgery- 10 years ago- Best wishes on a quick recovery- just remember to keep your head raised when you sleep- or you'll wake up with a puffy face :P
Re: Re: LTL Surgery February 21
Submitted by dmh on Mon, 2007-01-29 - 15:28
Good luck to you also. Are you just now starting all pre-surgical testing. If so wishing you the best. Dawn ;-)