Hi Ana! I am so very surprised to finally hear from someone, I sure wished we lived closer, I would love to talk to you over a cup of coffee! Yes, I too am doing well, I just have been so curious if any one else was out there. I am 44, married and have 3 beautiful teens, so I have always had lots of support. I know they tell me this is a slow growing tumor, so they believe I had the first one a long time. I have always been very physically active, so in my late 20's, when it started, I just thought I was having lots of aches and pains from gymnastics. I don't know what you felt, but my back would just "go out" on me a few times a year, then it would just ache, especially at night, till I finally went to a doctor and said I THINK something is really wrong. I too have had titanium nuts and bolts put in, after they scrapped the tumor out, they had to repair the damage. I felt so good when it was all over with, I recovered great! that was in 2001. Last Jan. everything came back, I was so in disbelief! I refused to believe anything could comeback, but, this time I had numbness and my legs would give out, along with that very familiar pain, aching all nite, so, I had to have it removed AGAIN, it was a 'reoccurrance". This time I feel great again, but, I have always been a fighter, and I think we can take charge of ourselves too. I found a very old post on a board that hasn't been used since 1999, from a guy who also had what we had, and he had a reoccurance too! I tried to email him, but, I knew it was probably to old, it just came back. I know this is probably very long winded, I am just so glad to hear from someone else, and to hear that you are ok too. I would love to know how you felt too, how long did it take for them to figure out what was bothering you? I also wanted to tell you I am from St. Louis, Missouri, and we have a huge Bosnian community here. Take Care.....Debi
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