Thanks for the article. It explains so much. As someone who was recently diagnosed I am just getting up to speed on all this. My symptoms actually started in 1982 and I was misdiagnosed and treated for other things for all these years. The docs think I have an exceptionally slow growing tumor (2.5 cm as of a few months back) and that I really have had this thing for 30 years. Fortunately for me, the tumor has grown so slowly that although they tell me my vestibular nerve is shot, I have had years to learn to compensate for the loss as the system slowly died. At least knowing what it is explains all the falls down the stairs, the episodes of vertigo, the fatigue, and now with the information in the article, the memory and communication problems, as well as the depression. I have significant facial symptoms now and I remember a few years back finding myself slurring my words during a phone conversation in the middle of the day. While slurring may be common for me now, it certainly wasn't back then. And knowing that I had the something-is-not-quite-right feeling for years, I remember saying "Ya know, one of these days we're gonna find out I have a brain tumor". Well, "ta-da!".
Thanks again for posting this article.
