arteriovenous malformation (avm) surgery Posted: 01-18-08 23:09pm
Here's my background first: I am a 16 year
old female who is active in sports and in
relativly good shape. I have had episodes
for the past couple of years where my
vision will go away and ill have a loud
ringing/buzzing in my ears and nausea
followed by a headach. I have also have a
history of migranes. I went to a pediatric
neurologist a couple weeks ago and he
thought i had complex migranes but wanted
to be sure so i got an mra and mri and am
scheduled for an eeg next week. the mri
came back with arteriovenous malformations
in my left parietal lobe. my neurologist
now wants me to go see a nerosurgeon and i
have an appointment with him in mid
february. my mom is a rn and works in a
neurologists office...i have never met the
doctors but she brought my films in and
they think that i will have surgery to
have them removed.
i have accepted the fact that surgery is a
very real possibility, but i am really
scared, maybe its too much greys
anatomy...for the type of surgery to
remove avm will they keep me awake? what
kind of recovery am i looking at? i am a
varsity starter on my water polo team,
will i still be able to play? will the
complex migranes go away after the
surgery?
thanks for all the help, i could realy use
some answers.
jessica
