Wow, I just found out this week that I have AN in right ear (3mm) and only symptom (ringing) was in left ear. Both my mother and older sister had AN and so the doctor said that was the only reason he was suggesting an MRI. Sure is strange to have 3 in family. I am currently just on the watch and wait (another MRI in 6 months. I was also reading about burning mouth. I have had burning mouth syndrome for about 10 years but I guess this is not part of the AN thing. My daughter found this site for me.
Phillip -
You and I are similar. In April 2011, I was diagnosed with AN in left ear (only 2 mm) and my symptom was "whooshing" in right ear, which started in January 2011. My younger sister also had an AN - hers was only 3MM in right ear, caused major balance issues - basically, she was disabled by it - and she had the middle fossa done - that was 10 years ago. Since my diagnosis, we have now realized that I have had some minor balance symptoms these past few years, and I then suffered disequilibrium in June 2011 - I now am on a very low dose of non drowsy Dramamine to drive. My June MRI, done in the 3T MRI machine, showed a 2MM AN...although I have to admit, both the neurosurgeon and the ENT (my sister's doctor) said that maybe, just maybe, I don't have an AN after all )?!)... maybe it's an inflammation of the nerve there causing my problem ... I have two radiologists reports saying AN and two doctors saying treat as watch and wait even though these same doctors say..maybe it's not an AN. My sister's doctor think it's "statistically unlikely" I will go down the same road my sister did...a small AN that disables me and results in surgery...but he did not say it was "impossible" either.
I don't think I have run into many other folks with the ring or the whoosh in the opposite ear. I just had to comment. (Hi Phylis! This is Gale..from the Gale and Felicia Sisters with AN at the conference, although now we don't know if I really have an AN...but I hope I can still post on this board while I am in limbo...my next MRI will be in 9 to 12 months! Felicia still thinks I have one, and frankly, logically, I think I have one too...what else explains my wonky head?.....but I still am hopeful that maybe it's not).
Gale