5 years ago, I had to receive two brain operations, the first being a brain abscess which resulted from a previous mastoid surgery. the second brain surgery was my lower brain had sunken down into my ear area and from that received bacterial meningitis. I was told that I have scarring on the brain, and was wondering would could potentially arise health wise in years to come as I was never fully informed on anything due to young age at the time and routine scans stopped over 2 years ago.
Then at my 17 I had me second accident and I had 5 operations, 2 majors (around 2-3 hours operation) and 3 minors (around 30 mins operations). All operations were under full anaesthesia. 3 months ago, I had an operation for fixing my tendons. The operation was planned for 1 hour and 30 minutes, but due to complications, was extended to 2 hours and 30 minutes. Around two weeks after the operation, I had my first panic attack.
Am totally stressed out over the most minor task or question Had a brain mri which came back with increased signal in white matter in brain stem signal is not diffuse, dr said it is not a tumor, not cancer, not ms, not life threatening, have an appointment with a neurologist but am a wreck. Anyone have anything like this in the brain stem? what is the significance of something in the brain stem?
My question is, how much riskier it is for him to have this 2nd re-op in comparison to his 1st and second op? Is the scar tissue/age a big obstacle for a surgeon? At the Cleveland clinic, what is the mortality rate for someone my dad's age having a 2nd re-op and how does this compare to an 80 year old having his primary AVR there? Also, is it important for him to have a CAT scan along with a cath before the surgery?
Hi I am 74 and had two operations March/ April 2006 one for a bladder stone and then for enlarged prostate I was advised that I would have retrograde ejaculation . The operations were successful and I was fearfull of sex would it hurt when I ejaculated etc etc but after a few months I masturbated and ejaculated from my penis as per normal.
Calif was a highly rated surgeon at a great facility but he turned out to have very little experience with pit surgery specifically, only about 6 per year. The facility also does mostly complex malignant brain tumor surgery. I am having trouble finding out how to locate a very experienced pit surgeon and/or good facility for this particular type of medical problem. We live near Disneyland in S.
I have a seventeen year old son that has had several operations for shunt replacements in 2009. He was diagnosed with Hydrochapulus and a Cysts in the "Small Brain" area. The cysts is very large which covers nearly the entire bottom part of the brain at the back. We have just had a CT scan done and they mentioned hypodensity in the Medulla area. My son's behaviour has become very erratic, he is very depressed, and he is suicidal as he does not want to live.
Yes but I don't believe lobotomies are done anywhere anymore. There are brain operations done in cases of extreme ocd that I could describe if needed but they are targeted to stop specific areas of the brain in cases of a person who is harming themselves compulsively and are done with a person's consent. The difference between them and lobotomies is day and night and its not applicable to anyone posting here anyway.
Cataract surgery is one of the most common operations done on adults, over 4 million/year in USA. Most surgeons are quite skilled in cataract surgery and most have volumes of 200-1000 per year. If that doesn't reassure you the only place I know by reputation are Stanford School of Medicine Dept of Ophthalmology.
Hey, I have this mate that has had sinuses problems for nearly 9years now, constant pain in the nose sinuses, the ears, the eyes, frobbing to the head, it affects balance, driving, hearing, sighting ect, she's had nose operations, ear operations, the best doctor we no still don't no what's wrong, its runion everyday life for her and she beginning to give up, there must be some one somewere out there that knows a cure for this, I cannot stand to see my mate like this anymore, someone
First, I am not convinced the medications had anything to do with it, becuz he would have been hooked up to oxygen monitor machines postop. But second, it could be whilst he was under, he may have suffered an insult to his brain somehow, be it undetected lack of oxygen (despite monitors) or change in blood supply or a clot.
I have enlarged ovaries with cysts...both ovaries...what can I expect at the surgeon's visit?
I have one cataract that needs surgery, the other eye could wait. Because my prescription is so strong (-4.25 in the eye that can wait), I've been told I won't be able to wear glasses after the first eye is done, because the two eyes will have images of different sizes that the brain won't be able to fuse. I've worn contacts for years, so I'm not worried about being able to tolerate a contact in the other eye, but I've rarely been able to wear them a full day.
My 39 year old son was diagnosed with Glioblastoma (Brain Tumor) about 10 years ago. he had two operations and two rounds of chemo and radiation therapies. after his second operation he noticed loss of touch on his left hand. then he had a seizure and began loosing control on his left side of the body. about three months ago he gradually began loosing movement on entire body (the most difficult days). he was hospitalized and had his second round of therapies.
IN 2008 went in rehab for 12 days and when i came out i felt like death for 20 more days , they sent me home empty handed, now before i got back on the meds i tried 4 operations i have c4 c5 c6 ect neck problems nerve damage, they told me operations are not gone to help , I even had a nerve stimulator installed to shock brain nothing work, nor dose these pills im on , lets not fool are selfs, the number one thing on my mind is where is the next pill comeing from I dont see my dr.
Please help. my 19 yr old daughter back in Oct...had strange irregular "purple" rash, swelling, headache, pain in face, couldn't move that side. Went to college clinic, sent to ER, ER felt it was cellulitis and prescribed 2 antibiotics. Condition resolved in about 2 weeks. Last Friday, she started having similar symptoms again. Rash this time was not purple, more regular redness. but otherwise symptoms the same.
I have had two Macular Picker Operations and now do not know what to do. After the two operations I did all of the Post. things, like drops, shots, dye ect. Last week I went back to the Retna Spec. and he said that my eye was getting worse. He siuggested that I come back in three months. He did not say what he would do. What should I do?? I have shodows in my left eye and when I put my hand over right eye, I cannot read small prinmt out of my left eye. The Retna Dr.
With children there is usually two operations, the second operation to account for the growth factor of a child.
she caught something which caused her to have various operations, her hair thinned considerably, i suspect she may have developed some kind of brain function thing too. what does the doctor think this illness might have been? my mother has long passed now heart attack and old age. thank you.
Iv had a IOL inserted last October which aimed to correct my vision following operations performed in the 1970s for congenital cataracts. Unfortunately surgery is ongoin. Debris stuck to the new lens and needed flushing out. Several wks later I developed scar tissue which needed zapping with a YAG laser but this caused retinal detachment. The tear was sealed with an ice probe. Full vitrectomy was completed and I had a C3F8 gas bubble inserted.
There are a lot of informative discussions on macular pucker which you can access with the search feature and archives. Especially pay attention to the comments from JodieJ who has had the surgery and writes very informatively.
There is not truly fail safe way of dealing with this. If its not troublesome then live with it. You should monitor it with daily amsler tests, regular Eye MD exams and macular OCT.
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