Hi I’m new to the group and Mayo Clinic. I’ve been coming here since October 2018. I had an Acoustic Neuroma tumor in my left ear since 2014. I’m 61 years young. The tumor began to grow and cause problems for me. The neurosurgeon I was seeing for it kept telling me it hadn’t changed in size but my symptoms sure had changed. So I looked to my ENT for help and told him I wanted to go to Mayo Clinic for the surgery to remove the tumor and get a cochlear nerve implant because my hearing was diminishing in my only good ear. I was down to 45% hearing in my right ear and no hearing in my left ear. That’s what the Audiologists found her at Mayo. I still had life in my cochlear nerve if they turned the volume up all the way. So this meant I had a 50% chance of the surgery working. I have Dr Matthew Carlson as my Doctor here at Mayo. I come back Monday for them to turn on my implant for me. I also have Aniket Saoji that is doing everything for my implant and Christopher J Plummer that worked with Dr Carlson on me! They are the best angels you can have!!! I’m so anxious to hear out of my left ear. I just know this is going to work. These three angels that operated on me worked a miracle for me on the 21st and they are my 1st and biggest gratitude!!!!

Liz waiting to hear in Illinois