Thank you Clarice for responding,
As for symptoms, Buster started losing his hearing over 2yrs ago, when tested then it was down to 30 % in his right ear. For the past 6-8 mo , gradually increasing complaints, of dizziness and losing his balance just walking.
Guessing because he left his job in Feb, it was mutual agreement between him and his job, I began noticing lots of little things. Things that led me in a different direction, like memory and confusion. Since we share the same primary doctor, which at this point seems to have been , honestly God sent , I took it upon myself to voice my observations to the doctor. He in turn sent us to a Neurologist who ask some questions but truly feel on my persistence that something was not right went ahead and order the MRI to be safe.
Then we got the phone call from that doctor he wanted to see us to discuss the results. He could not give us much info other than what it was , where it was and that it was beyond his expertise and they got the appointment for us with the specialist.
So basically in my opinion it really was a fluke or definitely Divine intervention and am thanking my blessings. Buster is relieved to know why he has been feeling the way he has but now that he is getting the idea of the whole scope of this is getting nervous and anxious.
Seems to me the first lesson learned here and wish i could broadcast this to ppl is when you see the doctor don't just give him one symptom at a time. My husband philosophy on this is changing , he always just wanted to give the doctor one thing to work on at a time, and tried to ignore a lot , i.e. including frequent headaches, trouble swallowing.
We are now waiting for part of the "team" to call about setting up evaluation of his health for surgery and I am hoping this will give us more info on things to do before surgery and what to expect after. This could not have hit us at the most vulunerable time for us. Buster decided to take early retirement since he is already retired for the military and thought his SS check would start in Oct , but it does not til Dec. He did work seasonally for H&R Block which will be out of the question next year. I just don't know what all he will need after surgery. I don't know what to try to plan for financially. Guessing that the part with the "team" calling will help in that direction. The God send thing is that he is retired military and at the moment don't seem to be having any problems with the insurance part, so am praying that keeps holding up.
I am also Thankful for my daughter and son-in-law who have been most supportive and some close friends in the neighborhood, at least we know we will not go hungry.
Well sorry for typing you eyes off, will check back again and Thanks again for responding it helps to know there are others out there. If there is anything anyone knows that maybe I should expect and/or need to know I would be most grateful.
Sincerely , Wendy - Wlo
