I havent posted in awhile but am a little apprehensive tonight as tomorrow I have my first post op MRI since middle fossa surgery June 8th. Dr. Chen said he removed it all and I hope that is the case. He also said my hearing nerve responded the same at the end of surgery as at the beginning but I can't hear much out of that ear. I am starting to notice some voice recognition on the phone in my affected ear. Don't know how long hearing can continue to improve but am hopeful for a
little more. I have been doing better each day. I am back to work fulltime since Aug 23, 2010. (How ironic on our 35 anniversary.) I have some hearing in my operative ear but not much and the tinnuitis is still there. Sometimes I wander if the sound wlll ever stop and realize no it won't. It does not bother me to fall asleep but when I am in crowds it can get loud. I have a follow up appt with Dr. Chen and Dr. Aziz November 11th. I am hoping I can get some kind of hearing aid to help with my right side defecit. It is amazing how you just don't know which direction sound is coming from. Does that ever improve? My husband gets a chuckle watching me try to locate my ringing cell phone. ALthough I haven't posted, I get on nightly to read any new updates. I am glad the surgery is past and I am doing everything I did prior to surgery. I was fortunate not to have tooo many balance issues. The daily walking helped with that alot. I still can tire easilly but it is not extreme. I also find my balance affected in the dark. All in all I feel very fortunate and thank all of you for the support. I have met 3 people in these past 4 months diagnosed with an AN and have spent some time telling my story. It is amazing in our little FAmily Practice office in Blairsville Pa. we have 5 individuals with this diagnosis. One had radiation, 3 of us surgery and one wait and watch. I really think this diagnosis is more common than 1/100,000. Our practice is certainly not that big as our town only has 5,000 residents. This experience has given me a whole new prospective on surgical patients and the apprehension one has. Well let you know the outcome of the MRI. Tweety