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[Butten]

Hi everyone

I am new to this site, back in 2014 I had lung cancer and had it removed
Now I find I'm having loss of hearing in right ear and headaches along with dizziness when I bend over or look up
Last night when I got out of bed to go to wash room I was walking like I was drunk
I had a an ear infection with blood and awful smell the ENT went in and cleaned it up and said it was a acute infection
2 weeks later there are no changes I still have no hearing in right ear along with all these symptoms above

I did have a CT scan and it showed nothing
The ENT said there is something going on further inside and now will be starting testing on January 8th.
I am truly scared
Has anyone else had issues like this?
I am 51 year old female

[arizonajack]

Yes, all of us here have had some or all of those issues and we all found that all or some of those issues were caused by an Acoustic Neuroma.

At this point I suggest pushing for an "MRI with contrast". That's the best way to determine if you have one or not.

If you have one, this is a good place for knowledge and support.

[Butten]

Thanks I see family dr on Monday and ENT on friday

[ANER]

Statistically, patients with unilateral hearing loss as measured by an audiologist have a 1/1000 chance of being diagnosed with an AN.   Keep positive, get an MRI and keep us posted..  As I tell my wife, It's not time to worry....yet.

[arizonajack]

Statistically, patients with unilateral hearing loss as measured by an audiologist have a 1/1000 chance of being diagnosed with an AN.   Keep positive, get an MRI and keep us posted..  As I tell my wife, It's not time to worry....yet.

It's never time to worry.

If you don't have an AN, there's nothing to worry about.

If you do have an AN, it happens whether you worry or not. So why worry?

 

[ANGuy]

Statistically, patients with unilateral hearing loss as measured by an audiologist have a 1/1000 chance of being diagnosed with an AN.   Keep positive, get an MRI and keep us posted..  As I tell my wife, It's not time to worry....yet.

It's never time to worry.

If you don't have an AN, there's nothing to worry about.

If you do have an AN, it happens whether you worry or not. So why worry?

 

This is very true.  Worrying does nothing to help us.  Of course, it is human to worry about this kind of thing, but I think we are all better off being aware of the fact that we will tend to worry and we should avoid it.

[PaulW]

Sounds like a serious but pretty common inner ear infection.
A CT scan will pick up most AN's over 10mm so if you do have an AN it will be a baby one.
These infections can damage your hearing sometimes permanently. You may need a small procedure done to help your hearing and resolve the infection.