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Old 05-16-2009, 02:42 PM
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Default AVM Cured and Almost Died

hi every one i"m 34 years female,8 months ago i had a problem at a club i got hit in the head with a bottle i went to the hospital i got 8 stapples and after that i was fine home working going well i usual 15 days later i went to the hospital for the removal of the stapples in my head and the nurses at that hospital was so kind and nice she removed all stapples and ask me u dont mind if i send you for a ct scan and i said to her no at all but why she said i just want to make sure everything its fine before you leave and i said ok she did it and like 45 minutes later she comes up to me and ask me do you suffer from anything and i said to her from nothing my self very healthy she response to me im sorry to said this to you but you are notyou have avm im will send you for a more intensive test which is a mri i said to her what ok i began to worryso i did it i was in that hospital for11 hour she did everything in her power to find out what i had and she did she refferl me to few neurosergeon and nothing coulnd be dont so i went with my life to january 26,2008 i was not feeling well i had lots of headache vomiting numb hands legs blurr vising stiff neck spinal i was in the stages of a stroke i got to the emergengy just in time samarithan hospital in bayshoe long island i was there like for a good9 hour yhey did everything you can imagine i was scarred crying and very nervouswent they said to me we are going to rush you to north shore hospital because you are very sick and you need to see a neurosergeon at north shore they waiting for you we have already contacted dr, dave chalif and he is waiting for you i was shaking i was lost they transfer me the same nigth as i got there yes he was waiting for me they did ct scan,mri,spinal blood caterer agram i was getting more and more sick and worse all this time i was in icu i went to the operation room for embolization 3 times january 31 februry 02 feb,5 after that they decided the removal of the avm why because with the embolization the saw that the! shink 7 5% of the avm it was risk but ither way was risk living the avm so i gave the doc the ok for surgery he said to me im not a god but im good in what i do and he said to me i will cure you 100% but your avm is big and is in your rigth motor area you will loose movemed of your rigth side if anything gos wrong lets pray i said to him i trust you do the best you can i dont want to worry ever about avm in my life he i know i said to let go he said to me on the 7 at 7.30am ok it was suppost to be a 3 hour operation it last it 8 i bleed alot went i wasnt suppost to but i did but the operation was well why because went i woke up i was able to move my legs my eyes lips talk so here iam cure and happy thanks to dr dave chalif all the nurses the team they have and everybody that was there for me including my best support my girlfrien she was there to the end praying for me ,so i adviced any one always get few opinion do not settle for the first secon find the best or follow your insting
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