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Post-Surgery Update

Posted on 17. Oct, 2009 by Wes Comer.

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Hi everyone, Brooke here. :) It is now Friday afternoon (1pm), about 36 hours post-op. Wes is doing well and is able to talk, eat, and use all his extremities. He is experiencing virtually no dizziness, and is in very little pain. His head surgeons, Drs Reid Thompson and David Haynes, are very pleased with [...]

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Coming this fall…

Coming this fall…

Posted on 02. Jun, 2009 by Wes Comer.

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Yesterday was a pretty full day. I had my first visit with the surgeon who’ll be performing the procedure at Vanderbilt, and his colleague who’ll also be performing part of the surgery. Here’s what I know: It’s an acoustic neuroma. We pretty much knew this going in, but it could also have been a meningioma. [...]

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Neurosurgeon Visit

Neurosurgeon Visit

Posted on 19. May, 2009 by Wes Comer.

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Yesterday I had a consult with the Knoxville neurosurgeon who originally looked at my MRI. This was really more of a formality than anything. He performed a physical exam to test my reflexes, balance, vision…basically making sure that all my neurological functions were still doing their thing. While I didn’t really get any new information, [...]

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