Day 28 of 28 under the linear accelerator for stereotactic radiosurgery for a recurring brain tumor that pops up every few years to try and kill me.

I feel bad at this point, functioning, but strange, fatigued, dizzy, and clumsy.

I'll know in March if I'm cured.

Please feel free to reach out if you're in for a #craniotomy or three, or have a #schwannoma or #AcousticNeuroma, or if you need the support of someone who has survived some hard life lessons.

To a better 2023!

I have current research in #CochlearImplant, #TBI, #NoiseInduced #HearingLoss in an #ovine model, #Encephalocele repair, and otic organoids, and I have recent publications in #Stapedectomy/ #Stapedotomy, #VestibularSchwannoma/ #AcousticNeuroma, #LabyrinthitisOssifcans, #Tympanoplasty, #COVID, and #ResidentEducation. I’ve been known to do my own #MedicalIllustration and stats for publications, too. 2/3

#schwannoma #vestibular #craniotomy #VestibularSchwannoma #AcousticNeuroma

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By way of introduction, I'm going to share details from my favorite article to date.

We looked at preop testing (audios, vestibular testing, FN testing) of facial nerve schwannomas and #VestibularSchwannoma (#AcousticNeuroma)--an issue because often the diagnosis can only be determined intraop for schwannomas of the internal auditory canal.

The only thing we found different was that hearing was better preserved for facial schwannomas.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lary.29628