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

HellO Peggy, I am stopping by to check on you!! How are you doing these wintery days?