I found a doctor at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor. Dr. Wolf is great, his specialty is Otolaryngology, so Ear, Neck, and Throat. He told me it was serious but the surgery would be simple and he does it quite often. I felt much more at ease with this doctor than with the one before. I wanted to go on a trip with my grandparents and sister so I told the doctor that I'd like to wait to have it removed. He said that that would not be a problem. I was able to go on the cruise I had planned with my Grandparents and Sister to the Bahamas. We had a great time, I just had to make sure not to get a sunburn on my neck. Once we got back at the beginning of May it had been decided that my surgery would be on May 14th, 2013.
On May 14th I went in for the surgery. It took the anesthesiologists 7 tries to get an IV for the surgery. I remained relatively calm until they started telling me that they were going to try going in through my feet. They brought out the ultra sound to try to find a vein and still weren't able to get one. Finally someone found a spot in my left hand that worked. I was bruised for weeks afterwards. The surgery went well, they ended up snapping a nerve in my neck to get the whole mass out which had grown to about 3x4 inches, inward. They reconstructed the nerve but I could not feel most of the left side of my face (including my ear) along with having problems with lifting my left arm and shoulder. I will have problems with this for up to 6 months to a year is what they informed me.
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