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SurgeriesMy Journey

Surgery 18 – Pilonidal Cyst

Well, this was bound to happen, surgery number 18. Before we get into it though, let’s take a trip back to months prior. It was...

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Golf Balls Seem to be a Recurring Theme = Surgery 17

Well, this was bound to happen, my 17th surgery. You might ask yourself, “how did Zach get to surgery 17 without 16?” The answer is, I...

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Working on the Face – #halfsmilesarecool for even a little while longer – Surgery #15

              On December 16th, I had my second facial nerve reconstruction surgery.  Dr Azizida and...

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Half Smiles are Cool™ for a little while… Surgery #14

A little background about my face… One of the things that happened after my cyst fenestration surgery in January of 2018 was...

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Opening up the skull again – Surgery #13

So for the last year, I haven’t felt real good consistently.  Most mornings I wake up with nausea, my vision even though I’ve...

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Uncrossing the eyes almost – Surgery #12

For the last year, I have had double vision left to right and up and down. This is due to 6th nerve palsy – my 6th cranial nerve is...

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Checking ICPs – Surgery #11

Since I started back at school in August, each day I woke up with a stomach ache.  It progressively got worse to the point in which I had...

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Gamma Knife – remove some left over tumor – Surgery #10

I had outpatient surgery/treatment on May 31 at San Antonio Hospital to treat some residual tumor tissue that was not removed from the...

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Tube Free! – Surgery #9

On May 1, I had outpatient surgery to remove the stent, the catheter and PIC line.  This actually was the first procedure I had that...

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Lack of Sun and Vitamin D not good – Surgery #8

On April 14 – not so Good Friday – I was supposed to have an easy surgery to remove the balance of the kidney stones and the stent...

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