Hang in there. As you can see from the various posts, no two of us are alike. I am 5 months post op. I had significant bruising to the facial nerve. At first I had total paralysis of the left side. I like to talk about my symptoms as a journey that has had numerous "stops" along the road to recovery. First, balance was the challenge, then that switched to eye pain, then hearing loss, then tinnitus, then loss of sleep, back to balance and now the annoying thing is a runny nose and a tearing (crying) eye. At the time that each item was at the forefront of my symptoms, it seemed like the worst was yet to come. But, all of these things are gradually improving. At this stage, I would say that if I never get any better, I can live with myself. I'd like better balance, no tinnitus and to not have a drippy nose, but after reading what a lot of other folks have been through, I am just pretty happy that none of my conditions are debilitating. I have been very lucky - often the posts that we read are not very encouraging. Progress can be slower than we want. Just wanted you to know that at least some of us are doing OK! I wish you the best. John
