Guest guest Posted January 19, 2000 Report Share Posted January 19, 2000 Re: chiari > Hi ! > > Somewhere in my box, I have another post of yours to reply to! I've > gotten behind the past few days, sorry! I'll have to catch up later on > that one. > > As far as your latest post, that's a rough one! Are you having a lot of > symptoms, are they " bad " ones, in other words, can you live with it?? > How big is your herniation?? I know that they say that size doesn't > matter, but what type of symptoms that you're having......... > > Is Dr. Fessler WACMA approved? Is he on the list of approved Dr.'s? I > know that some Dr.'s that don't understand about Chiari may tell you > that you don't need the operation as they really may not understand what > is going on with ACM. > > I would post to the group and see what everyone else thinks. Ther may > be others who either have dealt with Fessler or who know/heard of him. > Get a group opinion and take it from there. > > I just learned from Bernie this AM how to publicly post, so if you > haven't done that as yet and want to know how, I can forward the info to > you. > > You really have a good question there! I know from what I heard and > have read that it is not something to rush into, that's for sure!! > > Get back to me when you can regarding some of the above questions, > curious as to your symptoms.......If you have told me already, or if > it's a post that I've forgotten (there are soooo many!), forgive me!! > > Take care, God Bless, > > Diane > kellyglo@... P.S.(My son may be " taking control " of the > computer for a bit, I'll catch you later! > > > Beller wrote: > > > > Dear Diane, > > I thought I would drop you a line or so on what is going on. No 1. > > Dr. Rosner said I need the chiari operation. No 2., I got a second > > opinion from Dr. Fessler at Shands Hosp. in Gainesville, Fla. He did > > not see me, but he did look at my mri. He does not believe I need the > > operation. He did not believe I needed the operation, but does agree > > that I do have a small chiari malformation. I definitely am confused > > because if I do get the operation in ville, N.C., I will live > > l2 hours away from Dr. Rosner. I am really torn about this, I know if > > I put off this operation now, it will take months to get it > > rescheduled. What or who do I go to if there is an emergency? Just a > > piece of information I thought you would be interested in. > > Sincerely, B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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