Didn't know it was a facial neuroma till they got in there
Excised a small amount of it, and unroofed the canal, so it has room to grow if it needs to.
Facial neuromas groom more slowly than acoustics,
So come 10 -15 - 20 or more years from now, i may need another operation, in which they can splice in a bit of nerve from elsewhere,
have a brief weakness, while the neural circuits reestablish themselves, and then have pretty good facial muscle recovery.
Thanks god i didn't nuke it, or the remnants would have been so scarred down that a neural repair would be very difficult, and less promising,
And since it would have been the facial nerve itself that got gamma knifed, i would have almost certainly had a VI/VI facial weakness for years or even the rest of my life.
Mcelveen says that in his experience about 1 in 200 neuromas turn out ot be facial in origin, instead of vestibular/acoustic
I am so very very grateful to God, the team, and everyone that has been praying for me.
Hearing intact,
Balance intact
Facial expression 98% intact
No headache
Hopefully home tomorrow if csf leak remains stopped.
Far better outcome than i expected.
Thanks to everyone for your notes, thoughts, and prayers,
This forum has been a big help going through all this.
Aces,
Jesse
