"Hello Peggy,
I had a benign astrocytoma as a child which was partially removed at age 7. It was in cerebellum and some stem. So after seven brain surgeries in 99 I was a first year optometry student when I suffered a…"
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Peggy Card left a comment for Tracey Burton"Thanks for asking Tracey, everything is good. I love the holidays, especially the joy in my granddaughters faces. Hope all is good with you!"
Tracey Burton left a comment for Peggy Card"HellO Peggy, I am stopping by to check on you!! How are you doing these wintery days?"
Peggy Card replied to Angelique Navarro's discussion Looking for answers into my ex boyfriend's death, he had a tumor but died of alcohol?"Dear Angelique,
I am so sorry for your loss. Sometimes there are no answers to our questions. Since you were together for so long, you must have loved each other very much. May you find peace."
Peggy Card replied to Debbie Higgins's discussion depakote for migraines? What other meds work? in the group Migraines"I have several different kinds of migraines based on the triggers. I am currently taking Verapamil, which is a calcium blocker as well as a vascular dilator and it has been working for a while. I did the Depakote thing but if you miss…"
Peggy Card commented on Beth Rosenthal's group Depression and anxiety Group"Sorry, very wordy today. To Alice...I had a wasband at the time of my illness. Unfortunately, he decided I was well enough at year two to stop paying my health insurance. I took him to court and the judge said he had been more than…"
Peggy Card commented on Beth Rosenthal's group Depression and anxiety Group"First, to Brenda. A lot of Acoustic Neuroma survivors have problems with the eye. I once read about a spring that can be installed in the eye lid that lets the eye open and close. I am not up on it anymore but if you go…"
Penny Harrison commented on Peggy Card's blog post Happy Anniversary?"What a wonderful thing to celebrate. I hope that I get the chance to celebrate with my grandson when he has survived 20 years! You are blessed and I am certain you are a blessing to all who know you."
Peggy Card commented on Peggy Card's blog post Happy Anniversary?"Beth, for those that love us, they have a hard time remembering that day as joyful. They certainly celebrate that we lived but they had to watch us suffer and as a parent, their is no greater sorrow than watching your child suffer and being…"
Beth Rosenthal commented on Peggy Card's blog post Happy Anniversary?"Congrats Peggy! It's a very important day. I wish people remembered my day. At 11, I was too young to remember or understand it. But I'm glad that you're celebrated. You should be."
Peggy Card posted a blog postHappy Anniversary?
This Friday will be the 20th anniversary of my first craniotomy. Funny, I didn't think people celebrated these types of anniversaries, but we do. I would rather celebrate that awful day than to not be here to celebrate at all. I remember preparing for that day. I was a single parent and my daughters were 6, 11 and almost 13. I borrowed money from family to do Black Friday Christmas shopping. I bought them everything they had wished for, lovingly wrapped them and put them under a decorated tree.…See More
Peggy Card replied to Kay Kizzier's discussion Relating to the hale and hearty!"I know just how you feel. I love my children, who are grown, and they went through all of this with me, but even they don't get it. I may have survived all this fairly well, but I am not normal. For fear of being unemployable, my employer does…"
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Happy Anniversary?
This Friday will be the 20th anniversary of my first craniotomy. Funny, I didn't think people celebrated these types of anniversaries, but we do. I would rather celebrate that awful day than to not be here to celebrate at all. I remember preparing for that day. I was a single parent and my daughters were 6, 11 and almost 13. I borrowed money from family to do Black Friday Christmas shopping. I bought them everything they had wished for,… Continue
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 9:34am — 3 Comments
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- At 9:44pm on December 5, 2011,
Sebouh Kandilian said… Hello Peggy,
I had a benign astrocytoma as a child which was partially removed at age 7. It was in cerebellum and some stem. So after seven brain surgeries in 99 I was a first year optometry student when I suffered a hemorrhagic brainstem stroke which completely changed my life. I now have double vision ringing in ear hearing loss on right difficulty with balance writing right side of face is paralyzed so i cant chew on that side and use a straw to drink.. i have chronic headaches now which are so so debilitating. Just after the stroke I suffered a few seizures so I was put on keppra and never taken off of that drug. I wanted to comment on the spring that you mentioned for the eye. I have the eye weight in the lid and dont think its closing all the way because my eye is always red too. I have seen headache specialists for years and nothing seems to help. Life is so so hard now because you cant do what most young adults my age do. I do photography on my good days and exhibit at a rehab hospital. They also can cosmetically like do face surgery where they get a nerve frrom the ankle attach it to a facial nerve wait until it grows and do the second surgery then. Not sure if i want surgery now. I do check my regular email more often which is kan0085@aol.com I also wonder if t his site has survivors from Boston. TAKE CARE.
Sebouh
- At 6:57pm on December 14, 2010, Tracey Burton said…
HellO Peggy, I am stopping by to check on you!! How are you doing these wintery days?
- At 11:28pm on November 5, 2010, Beth Rosenthal said…
- Hello Peggy and welcome. Thanks for joining. I started this site because I had such difficulty finding benign brain tumor survivors, like myself. I'm a long term survivor (but have many side-effects): diagnosed in 1985 at age 11. Besides connecting with survivors, we can exchange medical info, get support, etc. There is also a Q & A with a neurosurgeon and a nutritionist under the Resources tab. Also there are many different groups such as relious discussions, migraines, seizures, single parents, etc. Thanks again for joining. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
P.S. There are a few members with trigeminal shcwanomas. Also I have trigeminal neuralgia.
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