Hello everyone! I am so thankful to have found this post. It seems relieving to see so many others who can relate to this issue. Tomorrow will be 13 days since I had surgery to remove an Vestibular Schwannoma (Acostic Neuroma). I was someone who had their tumor found by accident with no symptoms although the tumor was midsize at a little more Han 2 x 3 cm. I had been having a lot of digestive problems that I couldn't seem to get figured out despite gluten free diets and removal of gallbladder. None of these prob have anything to do with the Scwannoma and its discovery is coincidental. I was also discovered to have Lynch syndrome which can cause abnormal tumors and a lot of colon issues. I'm 36 years old and very healthy considering. I work in the field of law enforcement and I tend a small family farm where i live. Back in 97, my only other sibling passed from a cancerous gleoblastoma brain tumor so finding out I had any type of brain tumor was scary for the entire family. I was recommended by one Doctor the gamma knife surgery and two others recommended surgery to remove. I chose removal just because of my Lynch syndrome history although the gamma knife sounded much more appealing. I was told with my lynch syndrome that radiation to a benign tumor could actually cause cancer. Although rare. Iwent to sleep Tuesday morning for surgery with no symptoms and woke up with poor vision, a lot of head pain, dizziness, one eye that won't close and facial paralysis across majority of my right side. I also lost my hearing in my right ear after surgery despite having had perfect hearing prior to the operation. It's certainly been a scary feeling to go into surgery feeling fine and waking up with so many new issues. I remain positive as I know these Things take time. I felt a little saddened to know that the doctors can't really give any idea as to how long to expect these types of things and that it seems to be that everyone is different and so is their recovery time. I look forward to hearing from you and I enjoy reading about your experiences. I look forward getting to know many of you and I wish you all the best in your roads to recovery!
