Surgery a success!

[STC]

Hi Everyone:

I just got released Friday (6/17) from translabyrinthine craniotomy surgery performed on Tuesday 6/14 in Pittsburgh. I was diagnosed back in February this year with a recurrence of a vestibular schwannoma, aka an acoustic neuroma (AN) tumor of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA) in the posterior fossa of the brain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_schwannoma
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001782

This highly technically demanding craniotomy was performed by an otolaryngologist and neurosurgeon team in tandem using the translabyrinthine approach at Pittsburgh Ear Associates – Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. I'm spending my time in Pittsburgh with my aunt for convalescence and rehabilitation. Keep me in your prayers for a speedy recovery. My head still hurts... it has only been four days. I'll be driving my Yaris in six weeks... from what the doctor says :smile:

Cheers! Mark :smile:

[SilverBack]

Didn't realize you were having this problem til now. Great to hear it all went well and you're gonna be okay! :thumbsup:

[tomato]

wow, that's a lot of long words! :wink:

We didn't know you were going through this.

Best wishes for speedy recovery!

[silver_echo]

glad you are okay, maybe you should look up darb while you are in pittsburgh...

[rick996]

Happy to hear that your procedure went well. :thumbup:

[fluke_boy]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery from as well.

[STC]

Thank you all for your well wishes and prayers. Day six (6) and feeling good. Still really tired and the head hurts on the surface incision behind the right ear and inside behind the right eye. My right ear feels full and aches at times. Other than that I feel GREAT!

Blessings,

Mark :smile: