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Title: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: MAlegant on October 07, 2008, 03:53:53 pm: Yay, I passed with flying colors. My hearing in my AN ear is 100% normal which is what it was on the baseline audiogram pre-surgery. Nothing short of amazing, especially given the size of the tumor. Now I can't pretend I don't hear my husband. ;)
Marci
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: jazzfunkanne on October 07, 2008, 04:02:08 pm: Hi Marci , your AN was on the large side, what route did they take too do the surgery? am amazed they saved your hearing nerve.
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: lori67 on October 07, 2008, 04:05:34 pm: Marci - what were you thinking? Telling your husband you got 100% on your hearing test? You could have told him you failed miserably and then bribed us all to keep quiet! ;)

Well, I suppose you were probably a little excited to share the good news with someone, and I suppose he was the easiest one to tell... so...I guess we'll let this one go!

100% is great news! Make sure you hang that one on the fridge for all to see!

And won't it be great in Chicago next year when you can hear ALL of us perfectly???? :o

Lori
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: MAlegant on October 07, 2008, 04:48:02 pm: Jazz, they did retrosigmoid. I know the tumor was wrapped around the acoustic nerve but did not go into the auditory canal. The tumor was not sticky and peeled off nicely. But the neurotologist is still amazed that I had no hearing loss.

Lori, you are so right. The first thing Brian said was "well, I guess you really CAN hear me!". I tried to backpedal with some garbled sentence about fluid still being present but I think I'm busted. And yes, I will be one person who can be seated anywhere to accommodate everyone else's SSD. A table full of AN folks--that has got to be pretty humorous.
M
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: Kaybo on October 07, 2008, 07:18:47 pm: Marci~
I think the ones of us that have been SSD the LONGEST should have 1st dibs on the seating - I want the END so I can see everyones' mouths!! ;)

K
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: wendysig on October 07, 2008, 07:30:19 pm: Marci!

What fantastic news!!! I am soooo happy for you ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Too bad Brian can't be fooled anymore, but this is one more thing to celebrate. It is a HUGE victory. I am doing the happy dance for you!

Hugs,
Wendy
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: NL on October 07, 2008, 07:44:12 pm: Marci,

That is such great news! Congratulations! So glad to hear you had the best possible result!

Nancy
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: andrea in slc on October 07, 2008, 08:39:35 pm: Wow, that is great news! Whooo-hooo! Doing the (dizzy) happy dance for ya! Oops, just fell into the wall. ;)
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: Kaybo on October 07, 2008, 09:03:00 pm: Marci~
I forgot to say (I was too busy claiming my spot at the table!) that I am so very happy for you!!

K
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: Cheryl R on October 07, 2008, 09:09:43 pm: Some of the tables where we have ate have been round. But you know there are so many of ANers here planning to attend that we will be at multiple tables. So all the right sided ones will be at one and the lefties at another. Just hope your good friend matches your hearing side. LOL! The discussion ones are usually rectangles with longer tables for general sessions and small ones in the rooms for the small sessions. They have captioning for most sessions which is a big help. Those pins which say which side you are deaf on will come in handy. They never gave us any till the Sat evening banquet so getting one earlier would be better.
Cheryl R
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: msmaggie on October 08, 2008, 05:53:32 am: Hi everyone,

I have family in Chicago, so I guess I will have to make my reservation and see everyone! It will be really nice to talk to people face to face instead of relying on my decidedly dyslexic typing skills. You have no idea how long it takes me to post anything :-\.

We do love to celebrate good news, Marci, and your news is great :) :). Congratulations! When someone is happy, we all get to share in the smiles.

Mags
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: HeadCase2 on October 08, 2008, 06:20:06 am: Marci,
Wow, great news on not losing any hearing. The image of a bunch of SSD ANers trying to find seating at the same table gave me a chuckle. :D
Regards,
Rob

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l46/HeadCase2/wanda105.jpg)
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: MAlegant on October 08, 2008, 07:16:27 am: That's a fabulous picture, and exactly what I thought it might look like. :D
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: Jim Scott on October 08, 2008, 10:10:52 am: Marci:

Congratulations on retaining your hearing at 100% following AN surgery! This is fairly rare but indicates that SSD, while the most common AN symptom, is not always automatic with an acoustic neuroma.

My wife hears just fine - in both ears - but has the uncanny ability to 'tune me out' on a regular basis, especially when I'm talking about something that doesn't really interest her or even when I go on a bit too long about something that does. Funny how that works - because I do the same thing when she talks to me about things I'm not especially interested in hearing. I expect that you and your husband have a similar situation, so I doubt your (retained) ability to hear him will be a detriment to your relationship. :)

Jim
Title: Re: 3 month follow-up hearing test
Post by: lori67 on October 08, 2008, 10:37:58 am: Rob, that is hysterical! I think I'll just sit over on the side near Spongebob and wait for you guys to finish fighting it out for a good seat!

Lori