Experiences with

Neurosurgery

Just had a tele-medicine visit with my new MPN Specialist at Johns Hopkins. the renowned Dr. Spivak has decided to cut back after 47 years in practice. The new doc, Dr. Braunstein was trained by Dr. S and seems like a great doc. He recommends continuing my current treatment regimen for JAK2+ PV age

Apologies in advance for the long post, but I feel like I’m losing my mind here, and the detail is relevant. We have an extensive, highly varied cardiac history, particularly on my mum’s side. She had obvious cardiac symptoms for years, even had a dodgy ecg when participating in a medical research project

After two years I am still struggling with this affliction after having brain surgery . So dizzy and the right side of my face is numb . I have drops and gel and use a patch at night. I’m So fed up with it especially the discombobulated feeling . Do any of you suffer from dizziness ? It’s stopping me

Hi I'm new here and would welcome any advise or tips.I am not sure what to expect or what is considered 'normal' expectations of recovery, so am looking for tips, advice, similar experiences out there. I'm not even sure if I can be considered as having brain injury owing to my individual situation.

New resp-sx pts Pulmonary Clinic offshoot is open * CDC is no longer imposing home quarantine on providers who were wearing only droplet iso PPE when intubating, suctioning, bronching, and in one case doing bloody neurosurgery.

Excerpt: "The classical message today about Parkinson’s disease (PD) is that it is a "neurodegenerative“ progressive disease and that treatments, drugs and neurosurgery can only reduce its symptoms but not stop its progression.

Musician Plays Her Violin During Brain Surgery https://www.npr.org/2020/02/19/807414527/musician-plays-her-violin-during-brain-surgery?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social

Author information 1 Department of Neurology, Loma Linda University Health, Loma Linda. 2 Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY. 3 Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.

I have a story to tell and I hope to get some advice on. 1st and foremost Im really bad at writing so all the grammar police don't come at me. On just 12th 2019 I died 2 times once at home And once at the hospital all due to a blood/Brain infection from my hydrocephalus. I was in the ICU for 37 days

"Raylin" passed away on Monday. He must have been in so much pain. He had a brain bleed from lack of platelets (Advanced Prostate Cancer with bone mets). I took him to MD Anderson in a wheelchair for his scheduled chemo treatment -- we both thought it was chemo fatigue. We didn't make it to the chemo

I’ve been a coach for forty years Horses and people get nervous it’s as common as air Patience and having friends around who get or are genuine friends help anyone as does lots of practice and preparation I don’t judge anxiety is just a normal human condition we all have e nerves Granted fircsome

I had a brain surgery sept 7 2018 spread from lung cancer 3 cm big and last 2 years they radiated 4 times for very small Mets 0.5 and 0.3 mm 3 different times in the last two years, I was clear for 6 months now this came up and I don’t understand please help me, is this growing into another tumor or

Hi, I'm new here and appreciate My husband has both PSP and Hydrocephalus. The hydro was diagnosed first, and he got a shunt in the fall of 2018, clearing up the symptoms almost right away (headaches, fuzzy thinking, incontinence, balance). Nine months later, I began noticing changes...first his gaze

Conditions treated We treat the following conditions: Neurogenic and idiopathic detrusor overactivity Non-urological urinary retention Fowler's Syndrome Referral contact address: Uroneurology Dept The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Queen Square London WC1 3BG Telephone: 020 3448

Hoping the new year finds you all well and looking forward to happiness and success in the coming year. Decided it was time to post an update on the ongoing saga of managing PV along with various and sundry other issues. History - The current saga starts back in January 2018 when I had a god-awful

PMID: 31830211 DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.4636 [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29618107 Neurosurgery. 2019 Mar 1;84(3):647-654. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyy075.

Hi I’ve just joined. I’m 52 and I’ve had a rough year with having brain surgery, just found out on Friday that I have this bullseye maculopathy so I don’t really know much about it. Just wondering can people please tell me what treatment they do. I’m in Australia. Thanks

I have always been prone to light headed ness and fainting but not that regularly until the last 18 months. I had brain surgery 12 months ago to remove benign tumour and now the symptoms are daily and I have been advised that brain surgery can exaggerate the condition. Initially I was told my first episode

Hi all, I have only joined this site a few weeks ago and all I can say is that I'm hooked on it. People sharing their struggles, words of encouragement....It makes one feel "normal" and not so alone. One suffering with RA or any other autoimmune disorders {that's what I call them}, one can't explain

Hi. My partner's father is in coma after a brain surgery after a bad accident. I am physically away as I live in a different city. I love my partner. I am there through the tears as he is a single child and is going through a tough phase. I miss him. Terribly. I am waiting to speak to him. Once. I miss