Dear Nank,
I agree with others here in as far as determining your baseline. Take time out before making a critical decision, at least get a second opinion (or a third in some cases) in all cases there maybe more than one treatment option. So the wisest choice, in my considered opinion, is to do some good research, and select your neurosurgeon from a group of top neurosurgeons or neurooncologists and carefully listen to what they have to tell you. You can choose by getting the US News and World Reports List of Top Docs It (is put out every year).
It is you who will have to live with the results of your choice for the rest of your life. You want quality here, not only the doctor you choose but the institution(major hospital as well) This is a long and hard journey! You are just at the start of it. You have been given a YELLOW FLAG! Slow down...... Do some research...we will guide you along the way if you ask us ...Look at it this way, it is a much more complex than you think, after all the part controls (your brain) controls you! Do not act fast!!
Thank you for coming here, there are a number of us here, all patients (I think) who have been down this road, you have found a wealth of information in the Acoustic Neuroma Association. There is a meeting in August in California (it occurs semiannually) and a wealth of information from past symposiums which are also available. Good luck. Think carefully, remember once a particular option is done (surgery or Gamma Knife) there is no going back, it is up to you and your future doctor to choose wisely (mostly since it is YOU who will be the subject of whatever treatment option you take).
Most importantly YOU are not alone, PM me or others if you would like.
Mike
P.S look up "THE YELLOW FLAG" in my life I was given a great many of them it is up to us to pay attention to them- a key health diagnosis like this is one of them. The way you can look it up is by Search which is located between Help and Profile at the top of the page.
