Hi,
I found out about my 1.5 AN about a month ago; have translab scheduled for 1/29.
When my friends and family used to ask about it, I'd say something like, "I feel great - just have some hearing loss, full feeling in my ear, some ringing, some off balance feelings sometimes." Besides these issues, which really didn't hurt or cause pain, etc, I really did feel fine.
I'm increasingly feeling NOT so fine sometimes! I don't know if it's just knowing that the AN is in there or what. I have more headaches (used to rarely have them), but they're not bad, just there and more frequent. My balance really feels increasingly worse from time to time. My head feels more and more weird / wonky / whatever (when i read about the wonky thing, seems to be post surgery, not pre). I'm tired (historically, I just stay up too late; if I go to bed too early I wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep), so I can't blame this on the AN! I've never been great with words, but it seems like more often I'm getting mixed up when I talk and forget what word or thought I was about to say. I did read the balance article that ?? can't remember her name?? posted, and it seemed to explain some of this. The ringing is constant, but not loud and I've just gotten used to that.
With what I've been learning about AN's lately, I always thought that I was fine for now and I'd have problems after surgery. I thought that it didn't really affect how I feel now physically, just my hearing was mostly affected. But lately, I am definitely feeling more physical changes in my head. I feel like my posts here aren't even coherent!
I don't know if my problems are 'all in my head' or really ARE 'all in my head' !!
Thanks for listening. I look forward to what others have felt like before surgery or radiation treatment.
Keri